EDINBURG, TEXAS—
TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc.
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc., Intersection of Monte Cristo Dr and Expressway 281, EDINBURG, TEXAS 78541 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the scalp.
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Final narrative
An employee was guiding a concrete barrier onto a flatbed trailer. The barrier crumbled in the employee's hand, causing him to lose his balance and fall off the trailer. He struck his head on the crane tire rim and suffered a laceration to the rear crown of his head.
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MANSFIELD, TEXAS—
TNT Crane & Rigging Inc
On April 5, 2024, at around 8:45 PM, a 100-ton crane was being towed when the crane's brakes overheated and caught fire. While putting out the fire, a tire caught fire and exploded. Shrapnel and debris struck an employee's right leg resulting in lacerations and avulsions to the leg. They also sustained contusions to their left foot.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS—
TNT Crane & Rigging Inc.
An employee was assisting with disassembling a 500-ton crane. The injured employee was pushing an outrigger while another employee pulled from the other side to stow the base of the outrigger. The injured employee's left ring finger became caught in the rail system, requiring surgical amputation at the first knuckle.
DILLEY, TEXAS—
TNT Crane & Rigging Inc.
An employee had just mounted the all-terrain crane deck using the installed stairway and was egressing across the crane deck to enter the operator's cab when they lost footing and fell off the upper cab's walkway. The employee fell down and away from the crane approximately 6 feet to the ground. The employee sustained an L1 vertebra fracture.
BASTROP, TEXAS—
TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc
An employee was standing on the deck of a 4-foot float trailer helping a crew member remove pins to swing the jib on a crane. The employee fell off the float trailer and struck the ground below, resulting in a compound fracture to their left ankle.
SHENANDOAH, TEXAS—
TNT Crane & Rigging INC.
An employee was standing next to the outrigger beam of a crane. The beam retracted and pulled the employee's hand in-between two pieces of metal, resulting in amputation of the right ring fingertip.
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