BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA—
Sabre Industries, Inc.
Exposure to environmental heat · Multiple effects of heat and light
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Sabre Industries, Inc., 5031 Hazel Jones Road, BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA 71111 on — Multiple effects of heat and light, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee began feeling ill and sweating profusely while building a shipping crate. The employee then passed out due to dehydration and was hospitalized.
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ALVARADO, TEXAS—
Sabre Industries, Inc.
An employee was walking down the incline of a concrete culvert. His left foot slipped. The right toe of his boot caught the ground and he then fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to his right ankle and was hospitalized.
CONROE, TEXAS—
Sabre Industries, Inc.
Two employees were moving a 566-pound railing from a work table onto the floor. One employee was sliding it off while the injured employee was manually lifting it off the table. The railing fell onto the injured employee's left thigh, causing a hematoma and a sprained little finger.
ALVARADO, TEXAS—
Sabre Industries, Inc.
An employee was getting ready to tack weld a bearing plate into place when the bearing plate slipped out of the vise grip clamp and landed on their left foot between the steel toe cap and the metatarsal guard. The employee sustained two fractured toes and was hospitalized.
ALVARADO, TEXAS—
Sabre Industries, Inc.
As employee 1 was walking between a dump table and a backstop, a brake press operator (employee 2) actuated the machine's ejector. A pole half shell was ejected from the press and struck another half shell sitting on the dump table. The pole half shell struck employee 1, resulting in a right arm fracture, an abdominal contusion, and internal organ damage.
ALVARADO, TEXAS—
Sabre Industries, Inc.
An employee was moving a bundle of I-beams on a conveyor when the employee's finger was pinched and amputated under a bundle.
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