DEER PARK, TEXAS—
Performance Contractors, Inc.
Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached · Dislocation of joints
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Performance Contractors, Inc., Shell Deer Park, DEER PARK, TEXAS 77536 on — Dislocation of joints, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was standing under a crane's boom while a coworker released the stow pin to disconnect a jib from the crane's boom. Once the coworker pulled the stow pin, the heavy side of the jib drifted down and made contact with the employee, dislocating his hip.
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An employee was walking back from the tool room through the scaffolding material storage area. The employee's pant leg got caught on one of the 8-foot long scaffold planks that was in a scaffold rack. The employee tripped on the scaffold plank and fell forward, landing on his left elbow. The employee sustained a compound fracture to his left arm above the elbow and was hospitalized.
PORT SULPHUR, LOUISIANA—
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A crew was using rope to move a 24" diameter blind flange from the receiving deck of elevation 4 to a lower location so it could be more easily accessed by a crane. The rope broke and the blind flange fell 15 inches to the receiving deck of elevation 3, landing on the injured employee's feet. Both feet were fractured.
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