Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CC Forbes, LLC, FM 2505 & FM 541, MCCOY, TEXAS 78113
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the head, unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was performing work on a workover rig when a lifting cap came loose from a valve and hit the employee's hardhat. The employee suffered cuts on the head from the hardhat.
An employee was using tongs to run tubing. As the employee went to set the tongs on a post, the employee's right thumb was caught between the tongs and the post. The employee was hospitalized with a lacerated and fractured right thumb.
An employee was holding the guide wire rope of a rig that was being relocated. The employee walked into the loop of the guide wire over the base beam as a cable moved forward and was caught between the base beam and the loop of the wire, breaking the left lower leg.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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