CEDAR PARK, TEXAS—
Coreslab Structures (Texas) Inc.
Contact incidents unspecified · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Coreslab Structures (Texas) Inc., 15916 Anderson Mill Rd., CEDAR PARK, TEXAS 78613 on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Thumb(s).
Final narrative
A crew was working to untangle a spool of 1/2-inch wire cable. One employee's left thumb became entangled in the cable, causing an amputation/avulsion. The employee was hospitalized.
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CEDAR PARK, TEXAS—
Coreslab Structures Texas, Inc.
An employee was setting a stress jack into place, getting ready to stress the cable. His hand was around the ram and his thumb was in the cylinder channel against the back wall. The stressing operator started moving the ram cylinder into position and the cylinder crushed the tip of the employee's left thumb against the back wall.
CEDAR PARK, TEXAS—
Coreslab Structures (Texas) Inc.
An employee was securing a load of precast concrete on a trailer. He fell and was knocked unconscious, suffering a concussion, a laceration to the left side of the head, and a skull fracture.
CEDAR PARK, TEXAS—
Coreslab Structures (Texas) Inc.
A dunnage board for setting concrete moved, and an employee's left hand was caught between the board and a concrete panel. The employee's middle and ring fingertips were amputated.
CEDAR PARK, TEXAS—
Coreslab Structures, Texas Inc.
An employee was in the process of cleaning and setting a 20' steel siderail for a mold while standing on top of the 2.5' high mold. The employee stuck a piece of rebar into a hole of the mold to adjust the siderail's position in the mold. The employee pulled on the rebar and it came out of the hole, causing the employee to fall to the ground and fracture the right femur.
CEDAR PARK, TEXAS—
Coreslab Structures, Texas Inc.
A strand of cable from prestressed concrete impaled an employee's right leg.
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