Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TNT Crane & Rigging Inc, 6516 MD Anderson Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77054
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was assisting with the assembly of an 800-ton hydraulic crane and was preparing to secure the cable bridle to the base section of the luffing jib. The employee was holding the cable with his left hand as it was being pulled through the sheave. The employee's glove and left hand got caught and pulled into the sheave. As it caught his glove, he pulled his fingers out and suffered the amputation of the left index fingertip, a severe laceration and a minor fracture to the left middle fingertip and a contusion and minor fracture to the left ring fingertip.
On April 5, 2024, at around 8:45 PM, a 100-ton crane was being towed when the crane's brakes overheated and caught fire. While putting out the fire, a tire caught fire and exploded. Shrapnel and debris struck an employee's right leg resulting in lacerations and avulsions to the leg. They also sustained contusions to their left foot.
An employee was assisting with disassembling a 500-ton crane. The injured employee was pushing an outrigger while another employee pulled from the other side to stow the base of the outrigger. The injured employee's left ring finger became caught in the rail system, requiring surgical amputation at the first knuckle.
An employee had just mounted the all-terrain crane deck using the installed stairway and was egressing across the crane deck to enter the operator's cab when they lost footing and fell off the upper cab's walkway. The employee fell down and away from the crane approximately 6 feet to the ground. The employee sustained an L1 vertebra fracture.
An employee was standing on the deck of a 4-foot float trailer helping a crew member remove pins to swing the jib on a crane. The employee fell off the float trailer and struck the ground below, resulting in a compound fracture to their left ankle.
An employee was standing next to the outrigger beam of a crane. The beam retracted and pulled the employee's hand in-between two pieces of metal, resulting in amputation of the right ring fingertip.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 333923)
Employees were building a gantry. The injured employee was carrying part of the gantry when their left ring finger was crushed between the gantry and wood. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
A civilian vehicle entered the construction site to avoid a motor vehicle accident and struck two employees who were cleaning up the area. The two employees sustained injuries and were hospitalized.
An employee was removing a blade that was lodged in a pipe when their foot was caught by the cold cutter blade attachment. The employee sustained a crush/laceration injury to three toes on the right foot. The employee was hospitalized.
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.