SABINE PASS, TEXAS—
Zachry Group
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Zachry Group, 3752 S. Gulfway Dr., SABINE PASS, TEXAS 77655 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
Two employees were adjusting a wire spool on the forks of a forklift when the spool shifted and pinned the injured employee's right hand. They sustained a right index finger amputation and a right thumb fracture.
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SABINE PASS, TEXAS—
Zachry Group
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.
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A rigging crew was installing structural steel beams from a staging area. A crane had been used to stand a beam up; an employee was standing on one side of the beam helping others adjust the wire rope rigging. The beam became unstable, rolled toward the employee, and struck his legs, breaking each one between the knee and the ankle.
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An employee was operating a forklift when a flatbed truck drove toward it. The employee's right hand was caught between the forklift's rear cab and the front end of the flatbed. The employee suffered an amputation to the ring finger.
SWEENY, TEXAS—
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