GRAMERCY, LOUISIANA—
Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Turner Industries Group, L.L.C., 1714 E. Park Ave., GRAMERCY, LOUISIANA 70052 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was inspecting a rotary valve airlock system. He opened a hatch to see if it was plugged and attempted to move some plugged material. He contacted the internal rotating parts, partially amputating three left-hand fingers.
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TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA—
Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.
Two employees sustained injuries when steam was released from an open flange on a heat exchanger. One employee sustained partial thickness burns to the upper posterior extremities. The other employee sustained partial thickness burns to the upper posterior extremity and upper buttock.
SARGENT, TEXAS—
Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.
Two employees were offloading a 120-ton rough terrain crane from a lowboy trailer. The injured employee was deploying the ramps on the trailer when the co-worker unhooked the trailer and began to lower it. The injured employee's left foot was caught between the lowboy trailer and the ground. The injured employee sustained a severe laceration to the first and second toes.
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA—
Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.
An employee was lowering a boom on a vertical mast light tower. While operating the winch with his left hand, his right index finger was crushed by a falling part of the light tower, resulting in amputation between the first joint and knuckle.
CARVILLE, LOUISIANA—
Turner Industries Group L.L.C
An employee came into contact with hydrofluoric acid vapor while working on a line, suffering a second degree burn to the lower face and neck area.
ORANGE, TEXAS—
Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.
A supervisor was on a utility cart, watching another employee cut brush using a tractor with a brush head. An object was ejected from the tractor, striking the supervisor in the head just below his hard hat and causing a fracture.
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