Austin Bridge & Road LP

An employee was obtaining a lab sample of AC oil for an asphalt mix design when oil contacted his heat protection glove gauntlets. The employee removed the gloves when the oil contacted both his palms and six fingers, resulting in second-degree burns.

A crew stopped operations when rainfall started. The injured employee was putting away tools in the tool truck bed while a pickup truck was driving to the end of the location. When the pickup truck applied the brakes, the mud caused the vehicle to slide. The injured employee was caught between the rear bumper of the tool truck and the front bumper of the sliding pickup truck. The employee sustained fractures to their pelvis and femur.

The injured employee and a co-worker were removing the bolts supporting a section of formwork. As the injured employee went to access the top of the formwork, they fell through the formwork. The employee fell 20 feet to the ground and sustained broken vertebrae and multiple contusions.

An employee had been measuring a head gate. The slide gate was being hoisted out of an aeriation basin box when the edge of the slide gate caught on the metal grating at the top of the box. The grating became dislodged and fell, contacting the lower right leg of the employee. The fibula and tibia were fractured.

An employee was standing on a platform spraying a surfactant onto the bed of an asphalt truck. The truck pulled next to the platform, then veered right; the platform fell over and the employee broke his left leg.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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.

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 inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

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.