SGL Constructors

Two employees were working from an aerial lift about 10 feet off the ground. One employee was taking off a bracket to remove an overhead wood platform. The platform fell and pinned the other employee's pinky finger against the lift's rail resulting in the amputation of the employee's pinky finger.

An employee was waiting for a crane operator to unload an I-beam from a flatbed truck. His right hand was on the load. When the material reached the ground, his middle and ring fingertips were caught and amputated between two H piles.

An employee was walking across stored rebar on the ground to access some framework angle iron. He retrieved a piece of angle iron and was returning back across the rebar, when he slipped and fell. The band of rebar that was being carried in his right hand came down on his left ring finger causing an open fracture which required surgery.

An employee was unloading a truck of pipe pile when his finger was pinched causing a right thumb amputation above the first knuckle. The employee was hooking up rigging from a crane at the end of the pipe pile which was beveled and significantly sharp. His right thumb was inside the throat of the hook as the crane operator was signaled to take the slack off of the rigging. When the hook was pulled into the pile edge the employee's thumb tip was pinched.

An employee was loading a tire rim into a truck when the tire rim slipped and pinched his left pinky finger between the rim and a grease gun, fracturing his fingertip and requiring surgery.

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee was cleaning out an inlet pipe in a stormwater structure. The employee stepped back, fell into the pipe, and landed on concrete 13 feet below, at the bottom of the structure. He suffered a broken back.

A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was working with paving equipment and heard a noise on the opposite side of the machine he was working on. When the machine stopped, the employee went to the opposite side and crouched down to investigate the noise. A mini track loader backed up and drove over the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures to their lower leg, ankle, and foot.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.