Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at A & E Cruz Construction, LLC, 700 Freedom Blvd., CANTON, GEORGIA 30114
on — Fractures, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
While stepping out of a construction vehicle, an employee suffered a foot laceration and two fractured toes.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
Employees were working to apply sealant to a customer's leaking foundation. The injured employee was digging out dirt and passing it to another worker. The hole that was being dug collapsed and the injured employee became trapped in dirt/mud from the waist down. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was standing on a concrete wall, stripping concrete forms using a pry bar. The employee fell from the wall to the ground 9 feet below, suffering a fractured back and arm.
An employee was welding a beam when they fell 12 feet from a scissor lift to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their face, thumb, and both wrists.
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.