Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Zachry Group, Golden Pass LNG, SABINE PASS, TEXAS 77655
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was changing bolts on a two-hole splice plate of an erected steel beam. After removing the second bolt, the bull pin dislodged, causing the beam to fall. The employee fell approximately eight feet off the beam and landed on a pipe spool below. The employee sustained fractures to the left clavicle, left wrist, and a laceration above his eyebrow.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Beams-unattached metal
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