Struck by discharged object or substance · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CLS Insulation , 2770 Live Oak , DALLAS, TEXAS 75204
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a paint gun at the end of the day when a paint and water mixture was injected into his left middle finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was installing insulation in a second-floor wall from an A-frame ladder that was leaned against the wall he was working on. While positioning himself to the right side of the ladder, the ladder shifted, causing the employee to fall approximately 8 feet. He landed on the ladder, then the floor, resulting in broken ribs.
An employee placed a 24-foot extension ladder on top of a stack of sheet rock. The sheet rock moved and broke under the weight of the employee. The employee suffered a fractured left leg.
An employee was installing wood trim surrounding a skylight inside a home. While holding a piece of trim in it's desired location, his pneumatic nail gun discharged, sending a 3/4-inch pin nail into his left forearm.
An employee removed a safety valve on a trailer that unknowingly contained nitrogen gas. The gas released from the trailer and pushed the employee backward off a scaffold approximately 10 feet before they struck a garage door, resulting in a pelvic injury.
An employee was sitting at her workstation when a nail gun malfunctioned and shot a nail into her left leg. She suffered a puncture and blood vessel injury and was hospitalized.
On November 25, 2023, an employee was using a high-pressured water hose to perform sewer line cleaning operations. The employee's right little finger and palm were lacerated by pressurized water from the hose.
An employee was closing a rear trailer door in the parking lot when they were struck by a forklift. The employee's lower left leg was crushed between the pallet on the forklift and the trailer. The employee sustained muscle damage to their lower leg.
An employee was cutting wood with a circular saw. The machine lagged and cut the employee's finger. The employee required surgical amputation of the finger at the hospital.
An employee was climbing a 12-foot ladder when he lost his balance and fell from the eighth rung to the ground. He sustained multiple broken ribs, which caused lung punctures.
An employee was installing spray-on fire proofing from a scissor lift. The scissor lift tipped over and the employee fell, resulting in multiple fractures to their leg, shoulder, and skull.
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.