Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at KINDER MORGAN, INC, 1165 Tennessee Gas Rd, ISOLA, MISSISSIPPI 38754
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
While setting up a pressure washer, an employee fell to the ground from a height of about 4 feet. The employee was hospitalized.
At about 3:20 p.m. on July 7, 2022, an employee developed a heat-related headache while doing measurement work in the field. He went home and was later hospitalized with heat-related illness.
An employee was spotting for a forklift that was transporting compressor cylinders. The cylinders slid off the forklift's forks, struck the employee, and pinned him against another cylinder on the floor. He suffered lacerations to the abdomen and face and was hospitalized.
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.
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An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.
An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.
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