Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Harcon, Inc., 229 Clayton St., MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36104
on — Effects of heat and light, n.e.c., affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was hammering plywood at an outside construction site when he lost his vision and fainted. He was hospitalized due to dehydration.
An employee fell 4 feet from a concrete form while using a concrete vibrator. His leg was broken between the ankle and the knee, and he was hospitalized.
An employee was gathering stacked building materials at the perimeter of the job site. When the employee picked up a piece of lumber, a raccoon jumped out from underneath the pile and bit the employee's right hand. The bite pierced the employee's glove. The employee was hospitalized due to rabies.
An employee was standing beside a concrete column form, guiding it as a crane picked it up. The rigging came loose and the form fell to the ground, striking the employee on the way down. The employee suffered a left clavicle fracture, a left acetabulum fracture, transverse vertebrae fractures, compression vertebrae fractures, and multiple contusions and abrasions.
An employee was dismantling sections of scaffolding. A section of the scaffolding took his personal fall protection with it as it fell, causing the employee to fall about 15 feet to the ground. He suffered a fractured left shin and a laceration to his forehead.
An employee was working near the edge of a concrete slab preparing a skip pan to be removed from the building. The employee fell 10 feet when a skip pan that was on a cart rolled off the side of the first level of the building. The employee suffered a broken nose, three dislocated fingers on the right hand, and a right front hematoma.
An employee was performing finishing work on a residential driveway when they began to experience body cramps and were hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration.
An agent was participating in SWAT team selection and was performing various physical fitness skills including running and exercise intervals. The agent experienced dehydration and a muscular injury that required hospitalization.
On September 26, 2023, an employee was delivering packages when he began to feel ill with a pain in his side. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 238110)
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was changing a boom pipe delivery system on a concrete pump truck. He tripped and fell from an elevated level to the ground, resulting in multiple leg fractures.
An employee was reading numbers off a belt that feeds a plant. He reached his hand up and the belt caught his finger, resulting in a finger amputation.
An employee was guiding the pouring end of a concrete pump truck's boom while standing on top of 4-foot wall forms. The boom contacted power lines and the employee was shocked. The employee sustained third-degree burns on the entry and exit path of the electricity, and also sustained first- and second-degree burns to their torso and legs.
An employee was holding a form board on a section of pavement. A skid steer backed into the employee's ankle, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.