Collapse, engulfment building or structure · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Eco Material Technologies Inc., 8127 Oak Grove Rd., FRANKLIN, TEXAS 77856
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Arm(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
A storage silo imploded due to catastrophic failure and it collapsed, releasing 3,500-3,700 tons of fly ash which struck a 20- x 40-foot shipping container with maintenance supplies. When the silo collapsed, the injured employee was working near the container and was knocked to the ground. The shipping container was pushed onto their right arm, catching it between the container and the ground. The arm sustained an injury that resulted in surgical amputation.
On September 5, 2025, an employee was installing gang plates on a structure when the side walls fell and hit her head. She then fell onto her back and the side wall pressed her to the ground, resulting in hospitalization due to an ilium fracture and a transverse process fracture on the right side.
Employees were chipping concrete/brick to separate a building for demolition when the wall collapsed and debris fell onto the employees, resulting in hospitalization of two employees. One employee sustained a fractured left femur and a head injury, and the other sustained a severe head injury.
On June 11, 2025, employees were completing the installation of flashing and waterproofing material at the base of an existing masonry wall. The wall gave way while the employees were working on it and three employees were injured by falling brick and mortar. Two employees were treated and released. The third employee sustained fractures to both arms, a blunt force injury to the face, and a partial amputation of their right little finger. The third employee was hospitalized.
Two employees were standing under a mobile fall protection gantry span while it was being adjusted. While the security bolts were being removed, the adjustable legs began to spread, causing the main beam to fall and strike the employees on their heads. Both employees sustained blunt force trauma and lacerations to the tops of their heads.
An employee was overseeing the feeding of chicks in the chick hatchery. The feed piping became clogged, causing it to spill over onto the ceiling. The ceiling collapsed and struck the employee. The employee sustained broken vertebrae and a broken femur.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 423320)
An employee was shoveling excess material (spillage) that consisted of dry mix, sand, aggregate and cement. As he was shoveling, some material blew back in his face and around his safety glasses. He got a piece of metal in his left eye that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was spotting the dust auger as it was lowered onto the trailer so that it would not contact a piece of equipment already on the trailer and pinch electrical cords. As the auger was being moved into place horizontally, his thumb was caught between two brackets, one on the auger and one on a piece of equipment already on the trailer. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the left thumb.
A temporary employee was bending rebar on a bending table (machine) when his right little finger got caught in the rollers. The employee sustained an amputation down to the first knuckle below the fingernail.
At 10:00 a.m., an employee was preparing to cut lumber for an A-frame structure using a compound miter saw when the saw kicked back and contacted his left hand. The employee sustained complete amputation of the thumb and a partial amputation of the index finger.
An employee was unloading a bundle of quartz slabs from a truck bed using a forklift and lifting slings. The employee was standing on the truck bed to secure the slings to the bundle when one of the two A-frames supporting the bundle fell over. The employee jumped off the truck bed to avoid being hit, causing them to strike the ground and sustain fractures to their left hip, femur, and elbow.
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.
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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.