Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dal Tile, 10619 Red Bluff Rd, PASADENA, TEXAS 77507
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was fulfilling an order and attempting to pry apart a 359-pound piece of sheet panel. The sheet panel fell forward and landed on the employee, resulting in injuries that required hospitalization.
An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a conveyor belt and fell into the conveyor when he lost his balance. The employee suffered a broken left arm.
An employee was replacing a broken clevis and bolt on an automatic guided vehicle. When the employee moved the cylinder to inspect it, the cylinder released in the upward position. The employee's right hand was caught between the top of the stroke cylinder shaft and the hood base of the equipment.
A pile up of tiles occurred on line 8. An employee attempted to turn the conveyor off at the switch. The employee was looking at the pile while his hand was aimed at the switch. His hand missed the switch and the back of his hand made contact with the pulley and guard causing a laceration.
An employee was moving a piece of an I-beam for welding when it rolled off the cribbing. The employee went to catch it when it fell and crushed the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was helping to disassemble large reels used to store steel wire when a 264-pound flange from the reel fell over onto the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their leg and ligament injuries to the lower leg.
The injured employee was putting away materials on the warehouse floor as a co-worker was pushing a pallet onto a nearby shelf. The pallet knocked another pallet forward, causing it to fall onto the injured employee's shoulders. The employee suffered fractures in their right and left knees and ankles.
Employees were moving a single man lift into a building and reclining the lift to position it to fit through the door. The lift shifted and fell, causing the employee to sustain fractures to the left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was moving a light tower so it could be hitched to a truck. He grabbed the tongue of the trailer hitch on the light tower to slide it to the left. The tongue jack fell off, causing the light tower tongue to drop on the employee's right hand. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.
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