Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Austin Bridge & Road, LP, 440 Pinn Rd., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78227
on — Fractures, affecting the Nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
The injured employee and a co-worker were removing the bolts supporting a section of formwork. As the injured employee went to access the top of the formwork, they fell through the formwork. The employee fell 20 feet to the ground and sustained broken vertebrae and multiple contusions.
An employee was obtaining a lab sample of AC oil for an asphalt mix design when oil contacted his heat protection glove gauntlets. The employee removed the gloves when the oil contacted both his palms and six fingers, resulting in second-degree burns.
A crew stopped operations when rainfall started. The injured employee was putting away tools in the tool truck bed while a pickup truck was driving to the end of the location. When the pickup truck applied the brakes, the mud caused the vehicle to slide. The injured employee was caught between the rear bumper of the tool truck and the front bumper of the sliding pickup truck. The employee sustained fractures to their pelvis and femur.
An employee had been measuring a head gate. The slide gate was being hoisted out of an aeriation basin box when the edge of the slide gate caught on the metal grating at the top of the box. The grating became dislodged and fell, contacting the lower right leg of the employee. The fibula and tibia were fractured.
An employee was removing asphalt from a buggy auger. The employee's right index finger was amputated in a shear point between the spinning auger and the machine's frame. The auger was not locked out at the time.
An employee was standing on a platform spraying a surfactant onto the bed of an asphalt truck. The truck pulled next to the platform, then veered right; the platform fell over and the employee broke his left leg.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee was cleaning out an inlet pipe in a stormwater structure. The employee stepped back, fell into the pipe, and landed on concrete 13 feet below, at the bottom of the structure. He suffered a broken back.
A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.
An employee was working with paving equipment and heard a noise on the opposite side of the machine he was working on. When the machine stopped, the employee went to the opposite side and crouched down to investigate the noise. A mini track loader backed up and drove over the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures to their lower leg, ankle, and foot.
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