Exposure to environmental heat · Heat exhaustion, prostration
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The L.E. Myers Co, 143 Haversham Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77204
on — Heat exhaustion, prostration, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
On June 16, 2023, an employee had been working on an electrical pole. After work, the employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.
An employee was assembling a 3-part composite power pole that was approximately 60 feet in length. As the employee went to align the sections, his right middle finger was amputated at the middle knuckle in the bolt hole.
On October 19, 2020, around 4:00 p.m. two line crew members were removing a fallen static transmission line when the line broke from the top of the tower and contacted the energized line on the opposite side of the tower causing an arc flash. The employees suffered burns to their hand and arms.
On March 12, 2020, an employee was trying to remove part of a broken power transmission line from the distribution line it had fallen on. An electrical flash burned the employee's stomach and wrist.
An employee was installing bolts on an electrical pole. The employee fell about 40 feet, suffering a shattered right ankle and a broken left heel. Fall protection was worn at the time.
An employee was performing finishing work on a residential driveway when they began to experience body cramps and were hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration.
An agent was participating in SWAT team selection and was performing various physical fitness skills including running and exercise intervals. The agent experienced dehydration and a muscular injury that required hospitalization.
On September 26, 2023, an employee was delivering packages when he began to feel ill with a pain in his side. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration.
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An employee was troubleshooting the control setup for a variable air volume box above a ceiling. The employee's hand came into contact with an exposed, energized 277-volt wire that had loosened from its terminal on the box's assembly. He was shocked and fell off a ladder. His left hand passed across the ceiling grid and was lacerated. He also suffered an electrical burn to the right hand and was hospitalized.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder approximately 6 feet above the floor while he attached a suspended light fixture to the ceiling. The employee lost balance, and fell to the tiled floor below, sustaining blunt force trauma to his head.
An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.
The injured employee was performing routine maintenance on a fan belt/pulley. The injured employee and another person were moving the pulley back and forth manually to find a bearing issue. The injured employee's left ring finger got caught between the belt and the pulley wheel, resulting in a soft tissue amputation.
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.