BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI—
Jindal Tubular USA, LLC
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Jindal Tubular USA, LLC, 13092 Seaplane Rd., BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI 39520 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to move a 75-foot pipe. The employee used a pipe bar tool to grab the pipe with two prongs on the lip of the pipe, then began to move the pipe. The employee's fingers were pinched between the pipe bar and another, adjacent pipe. The employee's fingertip was surgically amputated.
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BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI—
Jindal Tubular USA LLC
An employee was rolling pipe on a table to reposition it and finish grinding on the edge. Another pipe (weighing 4 tons) was moving down the same table and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs and a partial lung collapse on the right side.
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An employee was caught between a large pipe and a paint booth resulting in multiple back fractures.
BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI—
Jindal Tubular USA LLC
An employee was grinding a pipe that was on a rotator when his right hand got pulled between the rotator and the pipe, resulting in broken bones in his hand and wrist.
BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI—
Jindal Tubular USA LLC
An employee was applying pipe identification to a pipe moving along a v-roller line. A support frame failed and the pipe fell over, injuring the employee's hips/pelvis and leg.
BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI—
Jindal Tubular USA LLC
An employee was grinding the end of a 30-inch diameter, 40-foot long spiral steel pipe. The pipe was spinning and was set on fixed rotating wheels. The employee was in line with the V-roller line which brings pipe to the rotation station. The V-roller line engaged, sending a pipe in a south to north track. The employee was caught between the moving pipe and the pipe that was on the rotating wheels. The employee was hospitalized for an abrasion.
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