Direct exposure to electricity unspecified · Electrical burns any degree
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CSS Farms LLC, 12295 CR 11, DALHART, TEXAS 79022
on — Electrical burns any degree , affecting the Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working on a potato piler. The employee's left hand came into contact with a live electrical line, and the employee suffered a third-degree burn.
An employee was cleaning an upstairs storage area. A motor was being tossed to a lower level when an attached hose clamp snagged his clothing and caused him to fall 10 feet. He suffered a broken leg.
An employee climbed a ladder on the front of a trailer to try to lift part of the cover tarp out of the trailer. He fell into the trailer, suffering broken ribs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was standing outside a potato truck and pulling a mat that was under some potatoes when the mat broke, causing him to fall and land on a railing. He broke his left leg and arm.
An employee was working to start an aerator machine on the front lawn of the customer's property. They pulled the starter cord of the machine and sustained an electrical shock to their right arm/hand.
An employee was adjusting the height of an ultraviolet (UV) lamp. She was electrocuted by the UV machine. She sustained burns on her left hand and an entry wound on the right forearm. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was monitoring the milling process when the flexible sock fell off a sifting machine. The employee put it back on and when he pulled his hand out, his right index finger was cut by a metal edge on the machine. The employee's right index finger was amputated. The machine was running at the time.
Two employees were cleaning a glass vessel when it ruptured. Employee 1 was hospitalized for abrasions/lacerations to the face, neck, and eyes as well as exposure to sodium amide to their face and eyes. Employee 2 sustained abrasions and lacerations to the neck and was not 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.