Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sugaright, LLC, 4656 Ripley Dr., EL PASO, TEXAS 79922
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
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Final narrative
An employee was changing a valve while working from a ladder. The ladder slipped and the employee fell with the ladder to the concrete floor, sustaining a head injury.
An employee was removing the end cap of a main valve to hook up a hose. Hot water (approximately 180 degrees) ejected out of the valve onto the employee, causing burns to the lower half of their body.
An employee was operating a forklift. The forklift began to slide during a right turn. As the employee tried to keep it from hitting a stairway, his left hand was caught between the frame of the forklift and the stair rail. The hand was broken.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was using a motorized chain hoist to lift a pump weighing 600 to 700 pounds onto a working table. The hoist, which weighed approximately 100 pounds, fell from an overhead crane onto the employee s fingers, resulting in a finger amputation.
A warehouse employee was moving equipment using a dolly and was loading a filler machine when it fell off the dolly onto his left leg. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
While explaining to a co-worker how to install a new gate on the palletizer machine, an employee's left thumb tip was amputated by the machine's piston.
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.