Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Flatiron/Dragados, LLC, 2506 North Port Avenue, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 78401
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Head unspecified.
Final narrative
After unhooking a load, an employee backed away and signaled the tower crane to cable up. The rigging got caught on a metal I-beam. When it broke free, the rigging hook swung back and struck the employee on the forehead. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Head unspecified Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
An employee was setting up a winch to adjust an internal cable/tendon when it jumped and the metal guide rod struck the employee on the right side of the cheek. The employee sustained a fractured jaw.
On September 14, 2024, at 7:00 PM, employees were removing multi-purpose metal bars from an I-beam support of the new bridge deck. When the injured employee was lifting a bar, the bar slipped from his hands. He was catching the bar and his left ring and little fingers became caught between the knot of that bar and the I-beam support. He was hospitalized for surgery and medical amputation of his ring fingertip.
An employee was performing scaffolding work when a piece of rebar fell from above and struck his right hand as it was resting on the scaffolding rosette. The employee's right little finger was amputated.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.
An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.
An employee was placing a board on top of a bundle of steel tubing. A crane was moving a bundle of steel that struck the employee and caught them against another bundle of steel tubing. The employee sustained a crushing injury and hematoma to the right upper leg.
Employees were using a crane to lower large tree stems and branches while removing limbs and branches from the load. This caused the load to shift and strike an employee in the back, resulting in a hematoma on the lower left part of their back and a fractured ankle.
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