HIGH CONCRETE GROUP, LLC

An employee was moving concrete panels when his left index finger was pinched between a panel and a piece of wood. The finger was partially amputated.

An employee was checking to see what was causing a mixer chute to jam when the valve engaged and caught the employee's fingers. Two fingertips on their left hand were amputated.

An employee was using a stressing jack when hydraulic fluid blew through a pin hole in the hydraulic hose of the jack and entered his left-hand palm.

An employee was pouring a pre-cast member while standing on a concrete form. The employee fell to the ground 4.5 feet below and was hospitalized for a concussion.

An employee was using a miter saw to cut the end of a wood piece when the saw lacerated the employee's right hand between the thumb and index finger.

An employee was tossing a damaged toilet into a compactor. The toilet bounced off the compactor and lacerated the employee's right wrist, cutting an artery and tendon.

An employee was operating a hydraulic jack to bend a frame when the jack came loose and struck the employee. They were hospitalized for a spleen injury.

A truck had been towed into the shop with a flat tire and a blown airbag. An employee checked the tire for damage and was airing the tire. The employee was installing the valve core when the bead slipped off the rim. Air escaped, and the aluminum wheel struck the employee's head and face. The employee became unresponsive and was bleeding.

On December 14, 2023, at 8:40 p.m., three employees were inspecting milling machines for startup. A few of the sleeves on the mill drum needed to be changed out. The injured employee was trying to input a sleeve on the mill drum using a hammer. The hammer hit the edge of the drum, which caused a metal piece to splinter off and strike the employee's cheek just below the left eye. The metal splinter embedded in the back of their eye socket, resulting in pain, swelling, and bleeding that required hospitalization.

An employee was pushing a line of carts into a vestibule when the door cable snapped and struck his right ankle. The employee suffered a fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.

An employee was walking to exit the work area when steel walls fell on them, resulting in fractures.

Employees were working to apply sealant to a customer's leaking foundation. The injured employee was digging out dirt and passing it to another worker. The hole that was being dug collapsed and the injured employee became trapped in dirt/mud from the waist down. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was cutting a tack weld with a grinder when the grinder exploded. The employee sustained lacerations to their right index finger.

An employee was standing on a concrete wall, stripping concrete forms using a pry bar. The employee fell from the wall to the ground 9 feet below, suffering a fractured back and arm.

An employee was welding a beam when they fell 12 feet from a scissor lift to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their face, thumb, and both wrists.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

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.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.