Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at William Brothers Construction, Hwy 249 and north of 1488 , MAGNOLIA, TEXAS 77354
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the scalp.
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Final narrative
An employee was dumping sand from his truck. The truck tumbled over and the employee hit his head on the inside of the truck door. He suffered a laceration to the top of the head that required stitches.
An employee was going to fill a pallet with items from the warehouse. He was reaching for the handle of the pallet jack but unintentionally grabbed the throttle, causing the pallet jack to move and pin him against another pallet jack. The employee sustained a leg fracture.
An employee was loading merchandise onto rolling containers that were on a remote-operated order picker. While reorganizing merchandise to prevent top loading, the employee's wireless control device contacted a container and caused the order picker to move forward. The employee's right ring finger was caught between two containers and was amputated above the first knuckle.
The injured employee was operating an elevator at a construction site. He went from the tenth floor to the eleventh floor with a plumber and a scissor lift in the elevator. The plumber was using a remote to operate the scissor lift. As the scissor lift was exiting the elevator, a pipe that was on the scissor lift struck the injured employee's chest. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was dismantling the engine from a vehicle. The vehicle slid off the loader and struck the employee, pushing him into his toolbox. The employee sustained a broken jaw.
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