Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Energy Transfer Partners, 1300 Main Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee attempted to open a door while carrying packages when they fell and suffered a fractured left hip.
An employee was installing a belt on the regeneration fan at the facility when their left little finger was caught between the fan belt and motor sheave, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was draining natural gas condensate from a level transmitter. When a valve was opened, the escaping gas ignited. The employee suffered first- and second-degree burns to the face and neck.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
An employee was installing a belt on the regeneration fan at the facility when their left little finger was caught between the fan belt and motor sheave, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was monitoring the excavation of a 30-inch valve and the pipeline pressure. The employee started getting light-headed, short of breath, and hot. The employee was hospitalized with dehydration.
A valve stem had been stood up against the blades of a forklift so an employee could take a measurement. It slid down the forklift fork, striking the employee's left hand and partially amputating the index fingertip.
A pig was being run through a pipeline. Residual pressure forced the pig out of the barrel and it struck a door that had just been opened, which in turn struck an employee on the left arm. The employee suffered a compound fracture just below the elbow and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
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.