Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Cuts and abrasions or bruises
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TBC Corporation, 4114 Highway 6 N., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77084
on — Cuts and abrasions or bruises, affecting the head, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was teaching other employees how to inventory equipment. As the employee was taking an inventory of tires, he stepped off a catwalk and fell approximately 7 feet to a concrete surface. He was hospitalized with a head contusion and laceration.
On February 29, 2020, a sales employee entered a tire service bay and tripped over a pneumatic air hose, striking his head on a wall. He suffered a head laceration and two fractured vertebrae and was hospitalized.
An employee was working on a tire while a customer was putting air in an air tank. The tank exploded under pressure, causing injuries to both of the employee's legs.
An employee was unloading tires from a truck at a warehouse when he fell 2 feet out of the back of the truck and hit his shoulder and neck on the ground. He was hospitalized overnight.
An employee was opening the bay door when the door's roller came loose from one side and caused the bay door to shift. The bay door's glass window then shattered and impaled the employee in the chest.
An employee was preparing a tank car for loading while chipping away solidified product in the manway opening of the tank car. A pressure noise within the tank car startled the employee, causing him to stumble backward and fall approximately 10 feet over the guard railing at the chemical loading rack to the ground. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae, a fractured right wrist and ankle, and a dislocated jaw.
An employee was installing an electrical tray remover from a ladder. As he was descending, his missed a step and fell 6-7 feet to the floor. The employee suffered a head injury.
Two employees were installing spray foam insulation in the attic of a new residential construction. The injured employee fell 8 feet from an A-frame ladder to the floor. The employee suffered lacerations, abrasions, and a head injury.
An employee was on a raised platform attaching wires to electrical boxes. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to the floor below and struck an exit sign on the way down, resulting in an injury to his face.
An employee was in a forklift man basket fixing a garage door opener when they fell approximately 8 feet to the concrete ground below. The employee suffered head and back injuries as well as kidney bruising.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 441320)
An employee was replacing a tire on a wheelbarrow when the tire exploded. The employee sustained fractures to his right hand and an abrasion to the right side of his face. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on his right hand.
An employee was guiding a customer's automobile onto the alignment rack when the vehicle drove over the rack and pinned the employee against the alignment computer. The employee sustained a bruised left hand and a fractured left fibula and was hospitalized.
An employee was working on a cushion ring (steel). As they lifted the cushion ring with both hands to flip it up, the ring slid down and the employee's right middle fingertip was crushed between the ring and the work table. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture, and their right middle fingertip was amputated.
An employee was returning to their truck after collecting a check for a delivery of tires. As they were shutting the door on the back of their box truck they were struck by an electric all-terrain vehicle that was being serviced, resulting in a fractured left ankle, fractured elbow with bone through the skin, and fractured pelvis.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.