Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Angel Brothers Enterprises, LTD, 7420 Apache, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77028
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
On December 12, 2017, an employee was driving a mini roller compactor on a roadway when the unit drove off the edge of the roadway and turned over into a ditch. He hit his head on the compactor's roll-over protection and was hospitalized with a concussion.
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More severe injuries at Angel Brothers Enterprises, LTD
Employees were trying to move a roadside traffic arrow sign onto a lowboy trailer. One employee's finger was pinched between the sign's hitch and the trailer frame. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the left middle fingertip.
An employee was attempting to free a section of tarp cover that was caught on a trailer when the trailer s air-operated gate was engaged. His hand was caught and crushed by the closing gate, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was resetting a traffic barrel on its side when an automobile veered off the road and struck the employee. The employee sustained injury to the legs, ribs and wrist.
An employee was driving an excavator that went off the road and tipped over. The employee was hospitalized with fractures and internal injuries. Their left arm was partially amputated.
An employee was backing a concrete delivery truck down a temporary road when a portion of the road collapsed. This caused the truck to roll into a drainage ditch; the employee sustained three left rib fractures and soft tissue damage.
An employee was driving a skid steer down an unimproved road when the vehicle hit an ice patch, left the roadway, and rolled downhill several times. The employee jumped from the skid sheer and was crushed by the vehicle at the bottom of the hill, resulting in multiple rib fractures as well as injuries to the legs, neck, and lungs.
An employee was making a grocery delivery on a scooter when the scooter hit a bump on the road. The employee fell off the scooter and suffered a fractured collar bone.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 236115)
An employee was unloading frameless mirrors from a trailer. When unstrapped, the mirrors fell over onto the employee, who suffered a skull fracture, a brain bleed and blood clot, a broken left ankle, and lacerations.
An employee was drilling a hole into the sealed hold of a vessel so a marine chemist could test its atmosphere. Upon drilling the hole, a gas that was under pressure was released and caught fire at the drill motor, where the employee was holding it. The employee was burned.
An employee was inspecting the attic in a home. The employee stepped off the drop-down attic ladder onto drywall, fell through, and landed on the floor about 10 feet below. He suffered a broken left tibia.
An employee went aloft in a bucket truck to install a rubber cover-up for the pole set. He was proceeding to frame and transfer the conductors to the new pole when he sustained electrical burns on his left side, arm, and leg that required hospitalization.
An employee was positioned on a scaffold. They were using a level to adjust a pole and place bricks on the side of a wall. They fell approximately 30 feet from the scaffold to the ground, resulting in fractures to their back, rib, and heel.
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.