Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rock Solid Precast, LP, 11393 Sleepy Hollow Rd, CONROE, TEXAS 77385
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was using a power washer to clean a cement mixer. He fell, hitting his head on the way to the ground and suffering a head laceration and a concussion.
An employee was assisting a co-worker in opening a precast concrete form so that the outer shell could be removed from the form when his left hand became caught between the form and the shell. The employee suffered a crushed fingertip, causing a fracture of the distal phalange, and partial amputation of the middle fingertip.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.
An employee was patching precast concrete. He fell from a concrete wall support to the ground due to wind. He was hospitalized with fractures to his left ankle and right knee.
An employee was cutting wood on a table saw when the wood got jammed. While clearing the jam, the wood moved forward and his left index and middle fingertips were amputated.
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.