Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cemplex Group Texas, LLC, 3351 Walton Dr., CORINTH, TEXAS 76208
on — Fractures , affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was installing materials used for waterproofing on the roof of an apartment complex. The area was protected by a passive fall protection system with both the middle and top temporary railings installed. The employee was on his knees installing aluminum flashing and bumped into the middle railing. The middle railing failed and the employee fell 25 feet to the ground below, fracturing their right leg.
An employee was operating a gypsum pump when he lost his footing and grabbed an area to prevent him from falling. The area he grabbed contained mixing blades that were rotating. As a result, he lost the end of his left middle and ring fingers just above the fingernail.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee was standing on the surface of a steel beam about two feet wide. He slipped and fell backward, landing on the concrete ground about 20 feet below. The employee sustained a broken pelvis.
An employee was cleaning out an inlet pipe in a stormwater structure. The employee stepped back, fell into the pipe, and landed on concrete 13 feet below, at the bottom of the structure. He suffered a broken back.
An employee was working on a platform, raised 6 to 8 feet in the air, to get something off a rack. The employee fell from the platform to the ground and sustained a head injury and injury to multiple body parts.
An employee was preparing to unjam an auger shaft while standing on a forklift-elevated, job-made platform. The employee's wrench slipped off the equipment, causing them to lose their balance and fall. The employee landed on the ground 14 feet below and suffered fractures to the orbital bone, left elbow, and lower back.
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An employee was mixing self-leveling cement when his hand was caught in a mixer. He suffered a partial amputation to his left middle finger, as well as a laceration to his buttocks.
An employee was working to pull open the stuck door of a concrete slurry container. The door sprang open and struck the employee in the lower jaw, causing a laceration and fracture to the jaw.
An electric crew was unloading a lighting instrument rack (approximately 400-500 pounds) from a box truck when one of the wheels rolled off the lift gate and the rack tipped over, falling onto the injured employee's right leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured tibia and required surgery.
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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.