Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TAS Commercial Concrete, 712 Stagecoach Trail, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS 78666
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was pulling wire mesh into place on a roof deck when the employee fell 14 feet, 7 inches, through a cover-over hole to the concrete floor below. The employee suffered contusions and fractures to the right ankle, right thigh, and L4 vertebra.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Existing roof openings, other than skylights
An employee was helping a crane lower a column when his left thumb was caught between the hook and rebar. His left thumb fractured and his thumb tip was amputated.
An employee was traveling through an area where a lowboy flatbed was being moved when the lowboy trailer struck and ran over the employee. The employee suffered multiple fractures and was hospitalized.
An employee was standing just outside the jobsite fence to direct a truck driver to the truck wash-out area inside the construction site when a driver struck the employee with a public vehicle, fracturing his left tibia.
An employee was checking an HVAC unit in the attic when they fell approximately 15 feet through the rafters to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the ribs and scapula as well as a collapsed lung.
An employee was removing grating to change metal chip hoppers located in a pit. The employee lost his balance and fell approximately 12 feet from the grate, landing in the metal chip hopper. The employee sustained a sprained right foot, a left foot fracture, and a fractured L5 vertebra.
An employee was reviewing the next steps to take with the foreman when some material fell from above and landed near them. The injured employee then looked up, took a step on the catwalk, and fell through a gap, landing on the ground 15 feet below. The employee sustained three fractured vertebrae and a head laceration.
0n November 16, 2023, an employee was climbing onto a catwalk to cut valves for unit heaters in a building. The employee fell 14 feet through the attic onto the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured pelvis.
An employee was removing a rooftop curb when they fell approximately 15 feet through an opening in the roof, resulting in a fractured leg that required hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 238110)
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was changing a boom pipe delivery system on a concrete pump truck. He tripped and fell from an elevated level to the ground, resulting in multiple leg fractures.
An employee was reading numbers off a belt that feeds a plant. He reached his hand up and the belt caught his finger, resulting in a finger amputation.
An employee was guiding the pouring end of a concrete pump truck's boom while standing on top of 4-foot wall forms. The boom contacted power lines and the employee was shocked. The employee sustained third-degree burns on the entry and exit path of the electricity, and also sustained first- and second-degree burns to their torso and legs.
An employee was holding a form board on a section of pavement. A skid steer backed into the employee's ankle, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.
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.