Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c. · Dislocation of joints
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc, 2.5 Miles West Highway 107, SANTA ROSA, TEXAS 78593
on — Dislocation of joints, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was helping retrieve a wind-damaged sign. The sign was in the bed of a pickup truck, with the employee holding it down, when a gust of wind picked it up. The sign fall back onto his finger and dislocated it.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedTools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
More severe injuries at Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc
An employee had been placing pre-warning burning flags in a sugar cane field. When completed, he walked into a grassy area and was bitten on the left leg by a rattlesnake. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was using a pneumatic chisel to dig though asphalt when the chisel became stuck. He was trying to unstick it when the chisel came loose and caught his right pinky finger between it and the wall, amputating the fingertip.
Employees were about to take samples of hot sugar cane juice as the machine was processing the sugar cane. An air bubble inside the line caused the line to burp, and 200-degree hot sugar cane juice inside the line splattered onto the employees.
Two employees sustained first and second degree burns.
At 4:00 p.m. on July 3, 2023, a severe thunderstorm passed over a job site. An employee was taking shelter under a carport where batteries were stored. The carport was destroyed; flying objects struck the employee, who suffered a jaw injury and a knee injury.
An employee was clearing a clogged sugar chute, containing rare earth magnets inset into an aluminum bar to catch any metal in the sugar. The employee loosened the middle of three magnets and it was attracted to the outside magnet, crushing the tip of his right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was working in the pallet repair line when a pneumatic nail gun shot a nail into their right wrist. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery to remove the nail.
An employee was emptying a plastic bucket of soils around a newly planted tree using a hay hook to assist. The hay hook suddenly broke free of the plastic bucket and struck the employee in the right eye, resulting in blunt-force trauma injuries to their eye.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 115115)
A temporary employee was on top of a cane wagon, throwing cane down to the ground (i.e., planting). He reached the end of the field row and started to feel ill. He experienced cramping and headaches due to heat exhaustion.
Employees were pushing a potato conveyor belt as one employee was adjusting the belt to make it shorter. The injured employee's right index and little fingers were crushed by a roller and a metal plate. The fingers were partially amputated and required sutures.
An employee had been working at the nursery and loading trees on a trailer in the heat. The employee experienced symptoms of dehydration including body aches, chills, muscle pain, and cramping.
An employee was working in the field when he began to experience chills, dizziness, nausea, and blurred vision. He sat down and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration.
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.