Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Turner Industries Group, L.L.C., Sasol, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA 70669
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
A scaffold carpenter was climbing a ladder to build a deck of scaffolding. He fell about 16 feet to the ground, breaking his right arm. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
Two employees sustained injuries when steam was released from an open flange on a heat exchanger. One employee sustained partial thickness burns to the upper posterior extremities. The other employee sustained partial thickness burns to the upper posterior extremity and upper buttock.
Two employees were offloading a 120-ton rough terrain crane from a lowboy trailer. The injured employee was deploying the ramps on the trailer when the co-worker unhooked the trailer and began to lower it. The injured employee's left foot was caught between the lowboy trailer and the ground. The injured employee sustained a severe laceration to the first and second toes.
An employee was lowering a boom on a vertical mast light tower. While operating the winch with his left hand, his right index finger was crushed by a falling part of the light tower, resulting in amputation between the first joint and knuckle.
A supervisor was on a utility cart, watching another employee cut brush using a tractor with a brush head. An object was ejected from the tractor, striking the supervisor in the head just below his hard hat and causing a fracture.
An employee was transitioning from a ladder onto a roof when the ladder slipped and they fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their pelvis and heel.
An employee was climbing a ladder to bring material onto a roof. The ladder slid and the employee fell 16 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken knee.
An employee was performing an inspection of a bridge crane while working from a 19-foot scissor lift. The employee was going to use a pendant to move the crane to access a different portion of the crane for visual inspection. The scissor lift guard rails were below the girder of the crane to avoid contact. The tow arm for the crane collectors contacted the guardrail of the scissor lift and caused it to tip over. The employee stayed inside the scissor lift basket as he fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the right arm and hip.
An employee was on a forklift that was elevated approximately 20 feet and was auditing inventory. The forklift malfunctioned and the employee fell down to the surface below, causing them to sustain multiple fractures.
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