PASADENA, TEXAS—
Roadway Construction, LLC
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Roadway Construction, LLC, Southbound Greenshadow, PASADENA, TEXAS 77503 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning out concrete at the bottom of a concrete pump hopper. The pump turned over and caught his fingers, causing partial amputations to two of them. He was hospitalized.
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