Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Colorado River Constructors, 7748 U.S. 290, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78736
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was removing pads from crane outriggers. The outriggers were retracted as the employee was holding them, causing him to sustain three fractured fingers requiring surgery.
An employee was in the basket of an aerial lift, which was being moved across a lane of traffic with help from a spotter truck. A vehicle entered the lane and struck the aerial lift, leaving the employee hanging outside it. The employee suffered minor rib fractures and an abdominal injury.
An employee was climbing a portable ladder. The ladder slipped and the employee fell onto a shovel 4 or 5 feet below, suffering bruised ribs and a partially collapsed right lung. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was attempting to correct a rubber seal that had flipped upside down when a concrete panel shifted and crushed the employee's leg between it and another concrete panel. The employee suffered a left femur fracture and left knee laceration.
An employee was operating a rough terrain forklift to repair a metal guardrail along the highway when the forklift drove off a 6-foot ledge and rolled over. The employee suffered dislocated vertebrae, a fractured left eye socket, lacerations, and contusions.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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Employees were building a gantry. The injured employee was carrying part of the gantry when their left ring finger was crushed between the gantry and wood. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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An employee was removing a blade that was lodged in a pipe when their foot was caught by the cold cutter blade attachment. The employee sustained a crush/laceration injury to three toes on the right foot. The employee was hospitalized.
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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.