Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Keystone Concrete Placement, 2201 North IH 35, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS 78628
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a hand grinder to eliminate discrepancies on columns around the project when the grinder jumped and came out of the employee's hands. They sustained a little finger amputation.
On August 28, 2024, an employee utilized a sawhorse and a circular saw to cut a 2 x 4. The saw struck a knot in the board and kicked back, amputating the tip of the employee's thumb.
An employee was cutting a hole in a plywood wall using a rotary saw when the employee sustained a laceration to the leg that resulted in hospitalization.
An employee was using a 16-pound sledgehammer to set formwork for concrete along the side of the street when the hammer struck his right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
The injured employee was part of a wrecking crew removing plywood formwork from a structural concrete deck. He was using a pry bar to loosen the formwork. As he was pushing the pry bar upward, the formwork separated from the concrete and the pry bar slipped upward, smashing his left index finger between the bar and a metal support pole and causing amputation of the proximal joint.
An employee was using a circular saw to cut flashing. He was finished with the cut and started walking away when his fall protection ropes became entangled in the saw and the saw was pulled into his leg. The employee sustained a left hamstring laceration.
An employee had finished sharpening a knife on the grinding wheel and was returning it when he lost grip of the handle. As the employee reached to catch the it, his abdomen was lacerated by the knife blade in the right lower quadrant.
An employee was removing an ambulance off a lift jack when the pressure against the jack caused the handle to kick upward, striking the employee on the left side of the head, neck, and jaw. The employee suffered injuries that required hospitalization.
An employee was installing a flange on an evaporator skid. The employee was holding the bar of a torque wrench when his hand was caught in the pinch point as another employee turned the wrench. He suffered a right middle fingertip amputation.
An employee was holding a concrete pump hose when an air bubble in the hose caused it to kick out of the employee's hand. They sustained a crush injury to the right hand and middle index finger.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 238110)
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was changing a boom pipe delivery system on a concrete pump truck. He tripped and fell from an elevated level to the ground, resulting in multiple leg fractures.
An employee was reading numbers off a belt that feeds a plant. He reached his hand up and the belt caught his finger, resulting in a finger amputation.
An employee was guiding the pouring end of a concrete pump truck's boom while standing on top of 4-foot wall forms. The boom contacted power lines and the employee was shocked. The employee sustained third-degree burns on the entry and exit path of the electricity, and also sustained first- and second-degree burns to their torso and legs.
An employee was holding a form board on a section of pavement. A skid steer backed into the employee's ankle, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
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.