Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sema Construction Inc., 1701 E I30, GARLAND, TEXAS 75043
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was cutting a 4-by-4 using a circular saw and lacerated their right leg.
An employee was in a man basket working on stripping an overhang under a bridge in temperatures above 90 degrees. The employee started experiencing cramping and felt ill. The employee was hospitalized with heat exhaustion.
An employee was in an aerial lift to lift supplies from the ground to the bridge deck and contacted overhead power lines when the lift rotated. The employee was electrocuted and was hospitalized.
Employees were setting coping on a wall with an excavator. The excavator pulled on a piece of coping (weighing 800-1000 pounds) and caused it to tip over. It fell onto an employee's lower legs; the employee suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized.
An employee was spotting a dump truck carrying fill material. The truck's bed was extended to its full height to dump the load. The truck then began to move forward, toward overhead electrical lines. The truck contacted the lines while the spotter was touching it. He was shocked and suffered burns to the arm and back.
An employee tripped over the edge of a box scraper attachment and fell landing on top of the loader attachment. The employee sustained a head laceration and a broken collarbone.
An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.
An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.
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