Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC

An employee had been removing phosphorus pentasulfide while on a scaffold. He was using a non-sparking tool to dislodge the phosphoric material. The employee noticed a flash of flame. He descended the scaffold, but the flash ignited residual phosphorus pentasulfide that was on the outside of the employee's personal protective equipment (PPE). He sustained thermal burns to his right hand and right calf.

An employee was squatting down to knock some rubber buildup loose on the inside of a diverter feed hose when the valve diverted in the direction of his left hand, pinching the tip of his left middle finger between the diverter feed hose and the diverter housing. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

An employee was moving a barge upriver, using a winch and cable to give slack in the mooring lines so they could be removed. As the cable reeled in on the winch, it caught the employee's life vest and pulled him into the winch pulley bolted to a stanchion. He suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized.

A millwright was operating a rotating lathe when it caught his right hand. He suffered an open fracture to the little finger and a laceration to the index finger. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Two employees were using a golf cart to transit from one production building to the other when the golf cart veered off the road and turned over into a ditch. The cart landed on one employee's right leg, breaking it in several places.

On October 25, 2023, an employee was in the warehouse driving a forklift toward the dock door. The forklift struck a conveyor belt and the employee sustained broken ribs.

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when it struck a stanchion. The employee sustained fractures to the right chest and right ankle.

An employee was operating a forklift when the vehicle collided with a wall. His right foot struck the wall, resulting in three fractures in his foot.

An employee was using a walkie-rider to load a trailer. As she turned a corner, the walkie-rider struck the trailer and the employee was thrown to the ground. She was hospitalized with a fractured left leg.

An employee was driving a forklift and struck a pole, resulting in a broken left ankle.

An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.

An employee was operating a lift truck when it struck a stationary lift truck. His left thumb was pinched between the two lift trucks, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was disassembling a pressurized unit using a driver drill. When the unit was disassembled, it caused a kickback from the tube head, causing the drill to strike the employee's left forearm. They sustained a diaphyseal fracture to their left radius and ulna, which required surgery.

After repairing a piece of industrial equipment, an employee had brake-cleaning liquid on his gloves. A lighter ignited the liquid, and the employee's hands were severely burned.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.