Struck by discharged object or substance · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gulf Copper, 2920 Todd Road, GALVESTON, TEXAS 77554
on — Fractures , affecting the Wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking near a blast pot when a fitting on the pot broke free causing pressure to discharge and knock the employee to the ground. This resulted in hospitalization for two lacerations on their head and a fractured left wrist.
An employee fell approximately 12 feet from the top of a DOT water tank at the Naval Shipyard on February 2, 2015. The employee had been filling the tank with waste water from a naval vessel. They had just completed the job when it started to rain. The supervisor or team leader asked the victim to climb up and close the top hatch. The victim fell off, landed head first on the asphalt, and required hospitalization.
An employee was working to assess the operation of a high-pressure water nozzle. The water system was activated and the employee was cut by high pressure water on his left hand where the palm meets the wrist. The employee was hospitalized.
On October 5, 2025, an employee was pulling a pressure washer hose when it it disconnected from the cooker. The employee was struck by jets of high-pressure water, resulting in lacerations to their left thigh requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was sandblasting paint from a water tower when the blasting media sprayed across their forearm, resulting in an elbow injury that required hospitalization.
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