Exposure to harmful substances or environments, unspecified · Burns and corrosions, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lori's Transportation & Excavation, LLC, Malone Drive, LILBURN, GEORGIA 30047
on — Burns and corrosions, unspecified , affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
While cleaning the bars to the tack spray, some tack spray material landed on the employee's shirt and burned his chest.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersPaving asphalt, asphaltic cement
More severe injuries at Lori's Transportation & Excavation, LLC
An employee was attempting to clean out a tack truck when the spray bar expelled tar/tack onto the employee. He suffered second degree burns to the right side of his face, ear, neck, chest, and arm.
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An employee was trying to identify the location of a blockage in a pneumatic line. Two pipes in the line came apart, expelling batch mix onto the employee. The employee suffered abrasions and burns to the head, neck, and back.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee was cleaning out an inlet pipe in a stormwater structure. The employee stepped back, fell into the pipe, and landed on concrete 13 feet below, at the bottom of the structure. He suffered a broken back.
A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.
An employee was working with paving equipment and heard a noise on the opposite side of the machine he was working on. When the machine stopped, the employee went to the opposite side and crouched down to investigate the noise. A mini track loader backed up and drove over the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures to their lower leg, ankle, and foot.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
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An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.