Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gate Precast Company, U.T. San Antonio, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78259
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was setting hollow-core plank at a new construction site. The employee fell from the third floor to the second floor, suffering a broken rib and a broken bone in the back.
On February 15, 2022, an employee was offloading 5 pieces of 1/2-inch bent plates that had a total weight of 1,225 pounds. The employee was using an overhead crane equipped with a new basket lift sling. Sharp edges on the bent plates cut through the lifting sling causing the plates to fall about 3 feet to the floor. One of the plates fell on the employee's right leg causing a laceration. The employee then developed a hematoma of his lower right leg and was hospitalized.
An employee was at a job site helping to unload a truck when the employee became overheated and dehydrated. The employee was hospitalized due to heat exhaustion.
The employee was on top of a rail car to level the grain that was deposited into the car when they fell 13-15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a right leg fracture.
An employee was on an extension ladder installing a satellite dish on a roof when they fell approximately 12-15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures.
An employee was setting a 5-foot pry bar into a precast concrete slab and stood on the end of the pry bar to move the slab into place. The pry bar slipped out causing the employee to fall backward 15.5 feet to the dirt ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg.
An employee was on a step ladder to measure and mark a crane rail for modification. The employee fell approximately 12 to 15 feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured right hip.
An employee was on a trailer securing a load of logs when they fell approximately 9-12 feet to the ground. The employee sustained brain hemorrhaging and lacerations to the thigh and above the eye. The employee was hospitalized.
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