Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. · Concussions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at STANDARD CONCRETE PRODUCTS, INC, 1848 HOLLYWOOD ROAD, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30377
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting a lifting hook in order to pick up some rebars and was struck in the head by the hook resulting in hospitalization for a concussion.
An employee was adjusting and stabilizing an oil tank that was being set into a containment bin by a telehandler when the employee's arm was caught between the tank and the containment wall. The employee sustained a left forearm fracture.
An employee was lubricating a concrete mixer when they were struck by an energized paddle. The employee sustained lacerations and a fracture to the forearm.
An employee was monitoring the unrolling of cable when the cable became tangled, causing the spool of cable to topple over onto the employee. The employee sustained injury to their right leg.
An employee was adjusting wooden dunnage under concrete piling when the pile unexpectedly shifted due to a wind draft. The employee was then caught between a metal form and the concrete pile, fracturing his pelvis.
A crew was pulling a 4-inch plastic gas pipe off a reel and straightening it for installation. The injured employee stepped up on the trailer to cut the last band holding the pipe in the coil on the reel. As he turned to step off the trailer, the end of the pipe rotated and sprung out of the cage surrounding the coil, striking the employee on the side of the head and knocking him off of the trailer into the roadway. The employee suffered head trauma that required hospitalization.
An employee and a co-worker were performing a pick inside a clear well. They rigged the skid pan that was full of broken concrete. When lifting, the load began to swing toward a wall. The employee tried to stop the skid pan from swinging and was struck by the pan, resulting in fractures to their left hip and wrist.
The employee had just completed refueling a lattice crane that was breaking up material and was winding the fuel hose back into the fuel truck when he was struck by the catwalk/stairs of the crane. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to his backside, possible internal bleeding, and a broken hip.
An employee was fusing 10-inch black rubber utility pipes together using a pipe fusion machine and could not get the pipes to set correctly. The employee used a nylon strap attached to an excavator to lift one side of a pipe off a steel plate. As his hand was between two pipes, the pipes came back together, partially amputating two of his fingers.
An employee was lifting four bags of a lime blend weighing approximately 10,000 pounds using a crane. The load swung and pinned the employee against a structural I-beam, resulting in fractures to the hip and pelvis.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 327390)
An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.
An employee was patching precast concrete. He fell from a concrete wall support to the ground due to wind. He was hospitalized with fractures to his left ankle and right knee.
An employee was cutting wood on a table saw when the wood got jammed. While clearing the jam, the wood moved forward and his left index and middle fingertips were amputated.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.