Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals Construction Services, Inc.
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals Construction Services, Inc., Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project, CAMERON, LOUISIANA 70631
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
In preparation to cut rebar, a Bechtel Construction Services employee was picking up a battery-powered band saw from the ground with his right hand. He simultaneously reached underneath the housing of the band saw and grasped the blade with his gloved left hand. The band saw activated and caused a laceration to his left index finger.
An employee was emptying a self-tipping dumpster that was attached to the forks of a forklift. He tilted the forks forward to help facilitate the dumping of the dumpster. He then got out of the cab of the forklift, walked to the side of the forklift mast, and placed his left hand on the lower portion of the mast. He reached up with his right hand and disengaged the release lever on the back of the self-tipping dumpster, causing the dumpster to quickly shift forward. The resulting shift in weight of the dumpster caused the forklift forks to swing back into the mast, pinching the employee's ring finger between the forks and mast. The tip of his ring finger digit was amputated.
An employee was shifting a material support stand with a coworker when the employee's left thumb was pinched between the tops of the support being moved and an adjacent support. The distal tip of the employee's left thumb was amputated.
An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.
An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.
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