Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Chevron Lubricants, West 7th Street, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77640
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was filling a refrigerator with bottled water when the employee slipped and fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip that required surgery.
Employee was working from a ladder with a tool, repairing a conveyor belt system. Weight shifted and the employee tried to regain balance by stepping to the second step. Employee lost footing and fell to the ground, fracturing his femur.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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