HOUSTON, TEXAS—
EMS (Envir Marine Service) Management LLC
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at EMS (Envir Marine Service) Management LLC, 321 Broadway Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77012 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was closing a valve hatch cover on top of a tank railcar. The cover closed on the tip of his right index finger, lacerating the skin. The employee was hospitalized.
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