Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Traumatic injuries to bones, nerves, spinal cord, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ceres Gulf, Inc., 1515 Barbours Cut Blvd, LA PORTE, TEXAS 77571
on — Traumatic injuries to bones, nerves, spinal cord, n.e.c., affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee drove a truck toward the wharf crane. The crane lifted the truck while the employee was still inside. The truck and trailer became unattached, fell to the ground, and bounced onto the concrete surface, jostling the employee around inside the truck. He suffered two bruised vertebrae and required surgery.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedCranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
An employee was under a crane in his truck. The crane picked up the reefer container the employee's truck was hauling. The container was still locked onto the employee's truck, which was lifted about 1 foot off the ground with the employee inside. He was hospitalized.
A truck driver was parked and waiting outside on the back platform of his truck. The truck was rear-ended by another truck, and the employee fell down on his empty trailer bed, suffering a head injury.
An employee was under a wharf crane resetting a water side twist lock. The crane's spread bar and its load of containers shifted and crushed the employee's fingers, causing an amputation.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
While preparing to install a new spool piece for a vapor and spent sulfuric acid line, an employee was working to ensure there was no residual product or pressure in the line before removing the 6-inch hose. The valve was cracked, and some spent acid still in the line sprayed out. The employee was standing off to the side and at a distance, but was still contacted by the hot acid, resulting in corrosive and thermal burns to their upper torso and mid-thighs of both legs.
An employee was driving a utility tractor rig when it struck the rear trailer of another utility tractor rig, which was traveling in the opposite direction. The glancing impact caused damage to the cab, and he sustained a laceration on right side of his face, a cervical fracture, two fractured left ribs, and a pelvic fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
The injured employee was standing by the controls for the electric spud system on the barge, preparing to raise the spuds. Meanwhile, an excavator was moving a mat on the deck. As the excavator swung from port to starboard, it's counterweight struck the injured employee s shoulder, causing them to lose balance and fall against the spud controls. The employee sustained bruises and contusions to their right shoulder and chest.
An employee was standing on the outside edge of a hopper barge while watching a skid steer push ore for an excavator (with a clamshell bucket) to unload. The excavator was on a work barge. The bucket of the excavator struck the employee and caused a near-amputation of their right arm and fractures of the ulna and radius of the left arm. The right arm required surgery.
An employee was inspecting a conveyor to see why it was not running. The employee entered the the conveyor motor area, tripped on a piece of angle iron welded to the floor, and fell. The employee sustained a fractured orbital bone.
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.