Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Urban Concrete Contractors, Ltd, 2510 Pahmeyer Road, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS 78130
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was moving dunnage when a stack of lumber fell over and struck the employee, breaking the left leg.
An employee was climbing a 15-foot concrete form located on the fourth floor of a newly constructed commercial building. The employee was approximately 10-12 feet high and reaching for the next rung when they lost their balance and fell backward, striking a ladder rung (metal angle) and resulting in injury to their right arm.
An employee fell approximately 16 feet through a plastic skylight panel on the roof and landed on the concrete ground. The employee sustained a fractured right hip and injuries in the right cheek and wrist.
An employee was loading a piece of equipment onto his flatbed delivery truck when he slipped and fell to the ground, dislocating his right arm from his shoulder.
On November 9, 2015, at 1540 hours, an Urban Concrete employee was participating in a drilling operation when the dislodged auger being used on a construction vehicle struck him on the back, breaking seven ribs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading 30-foot 2-inch barrels from a pan holding about 20 barrels. The barrels tipped over, striking and breaking both of the employee's lower legs.
An employee was in a sandblasting area, preparing the surface of a plate heat exchanger frame for painting. The frame fell on the employee, who suffered fractures to vertebrae, the neck, pelvis, and rib cage; and punctured lungs.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
A maintenance employee was 6 feet up an 8-foot ladder to hand someone a bucket when he lost his balance and fell backward to the tile floor. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the back of his head that required staples, a concussion, and three fractured neck vertebrae.
An employee was sitting on the tailgate of a moving pickup truck while holding the handles of a wheelbarrow. The employee fell off the tailgate and struck his head on the asphalt. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured skull and a brain bleed.
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.