HALTOM CITY, TEXAS—
Mica Steelworks
Nonstructural fire, n.e.c. · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Mica Steelworks, 4201 Old Denton Road, HALTOM CITY, TEXAS 76117 on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the buttock(s).
Final narrative
An employee was returning from their break when the rags in his back pocket contacted a nearby stove heater. The rags caught on fire and spread to the employee's clothing. He sustained third-degree burns to the left and right buttocks.
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HALTOM CITY, TEXAS—
Mica Steelworks
An employee was working on a pole. As the employee was sliding a plate through the middle of the pole from the top, the plate came unhooked from the chain hooks holding it up and it slid through the pole. The employee was under the pole and was struck by the plate, which pinned his hand against the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to all four metacarpal bones in the left hand. The employee was hospitalized.
KAUFMAN, TEXAS—
Mica Steelworks
An employee was moving a stack of angle iron. Upon separating one from another, the mechanism used to secure them caused the angle irons to fall on his left hand. The employee sustained a partial amputation to their left index finger.
EULESS, TEXAS—
Mica Steelworks
An employee was operating an overhead crane to pick up a steel beam when their finger became caught between the chain and the beam. The employee sustained a crush injury to the finger.
HALTOM CITY, TEXAS—
Mica Steelworks
An employee was standing near a shaft while it was being moved with an overhead crane. The shaft bumped into another shaft which hit the employee's foot. His right foot was fractured.
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