ORANGE, TEXAS—
Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.
Struck by discharged object or substance · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Turner Industries Group, L.L.C., 1000 Powerhouse Road, ORANGE, TEXAS 77630 on — Fractures, affecting the skull.
Final narrative
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.
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TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA—
Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.
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.
SARGENT, TEXAS—
Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.
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.
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA—
Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.
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.
CARVILLE, LOUISIANA—
Turner Industries Group L.L.C
An employee came into contact with hydrofluoric acid vapor while working on a line, suffering a second degree burn to the lower face and neck area.
WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA—
Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.
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.
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