Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Barrilleaux Inc., 100 Co Rd 201 , PECOS, TEXAS 79772
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a mini-excavator from a trailer and broke a bone in their arm.
An employee was standing on a pipe trailer to disconnect cabling from a pipe that had just been loaded. While reaching to disconnect the cabling, the employee lost footing and fell 7 to 8 feet from the trailer to the ground. The employee landed on the right hip, causing fractured vertebrae in the lower back. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was using a pressure washer to clean a forklift. The pressure washer lost pressure, so the employee walked around the pressure washer to try and see what was wrong. At that time, the "caps" blew off of the heater element on the pressure washer, striking the employee in the jaw and fracturing it.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
An employee was acting as a spotter for a forklift operator. While its forks were being raised, the forklift came into contact with a power line. The employee was touching the forklift's metal frame at the time and was shocked on the left palm. The employee suffered burns to both the left palm and the sole of the left foot.
An employee was working as a fire watch. The employee was exposed to anhydrous ammonia and was not able to see while climbing down a ladder due to eye irritation. The employee fell and was hospitalized for a broken ankle.
An employee was standing on the ground awaiting the lowering of a pipe. After the pipe was lowered to the ground by a skid steer, it rolled and struck the employee's left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured leg.
An employee was tightening a gas pipe with a wrench when the wrench slipped from his hand. The employee's arm then hit a metal cross-brace, resulting in a lacerated arm.
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.