Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Joslin Construction Texas, LLC., Pearland ISD Robert Turner High School, PEARLAND, TEXAS 77584
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was using a 6-foot breaker bar to demolish an old concrete sidewalk when the concrete slipped off the excavator forks, causing the breaker bar to pop up. Concrete hit the employee in the chin and Adam's apple area, lacerating his neck and knocking him unconscious.
HospitalizedNeck, except internal location of diseases or disordersConstruction debris
More severe injuries at Joslin Construction Texas, LLC.
An employee was grating the bottom of a 12-foot deep excavation that contained three benches. Vibrations from nearby traffic caused the first bench to collapse and strike the employee at the knee. The employee then tripped and fell to the second bench and struck his shoulder, resulting in a fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was loading a drum roller onto a truck when the roller fell off the side of the truck. When the roller fell, the employee was launched out of the truck seat. He landed on his right shoulder and neck, suffering C7 neck fractures and two broken ribs. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 238110)
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was changing a boom pipe delivery system on a concrete pump truck. He tripped and fell from an elevated level to the ground, resulting in multiple leg fractures.
An employee was reading numbers off a belt that feeds a plant. He reached his hand up and the belt caught his finger, resulting in a finger amputation.
An employee was guiding the pouring end of a concrete pump truck's boom while standing on top of 4-foot wall forms. The boom contacted power lines and the employee was shocked. The employee sustained third-degree burns on the entry and exit path of the electricity, and also sustained first- and second-degree burns to their torso and legs.
An employee was holding a form board on a section of pavement. A skid steer backed into the employee's ankle, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.
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.