PECOS, TEXAS—
Acadian Contractors, Inc
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Acadian Contractors, Inc, Coronado, PECOS, TEXAS 79772 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was moving a 2-inch joint of pipe when the pipe struck the lid of a toolbox. The employee tried to catch the lid when it was closing, but it struck his left ring finger, resulting in an amputation before the first joint.
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An employee was standing on the side of a skid plate while waiting for a welding box to be delivered. A second employee was driving a golf cart to bring the first employee the welding box. The welding box fell onto the accelerator pedal while the driver was approaching the first employee. The golf cart then struck the first employee on the back of his right leg and pushed him onto the skid plate. He sustained a fractured leg.
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An employee was walking next to a pipe that was being moved with a forklift when the synthetic strap slipped off the pipe and one side of the pipe fell onto the top of the employee's foot behind the protective steel toe. The employee sustained a dislocated big toe and open and closed fractures.
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