Vehicle struck by falling or flying object(s), nonroadway · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Southwest Valley Constructors, TX Border Fence RGV 11A Fronton Texas 78584 County: Starr, MISSION, TEXAS 78572
on — Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Ankle(s) and leg(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was pushing brush and trees using a dozer during clearing and grubbing operations when a log fell onto the tracks of the dozer. The log penetrated the operator's cab and struck the employee, resulting in an ankle dislocation and a leg fracture.
Hospitalized Ankle(s) and leg(s) n.e.c. Bulldozers
More severe injuries at Southwest Valley Constructors
The injured employee was sitting in a parked forklift while another forklift was moving two metal tire racks. The top rack was empty and the bottom rack contained tires. As the racks were being lowered to the ground, they fell and the top rack struck the injured employee. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations and a fracture to the left foot, and they required surgery.
An employee was driving a forklift to a shipping dock. While he was rounding a corner, a stack of totes fell, and the top of one of the totes struck the outside of his left calf. He was hospitalized.
An employee was reversing a forklift in the warehouse when the lift struck a stack of boxes. The boxes fell onto the protection cage of the forklift and the employee's left little finger was crushed, resulting in medical amputation of the fingertip.
Two employees were driving groundskeeping mowers to cut the grass on a golf course. As the two mowers passed each other, one mower struck and threw a golf ball into the right leg of the employee operating the second mower. The injured employee was hospitalized with two fractures in their lower right leg.
Two order pickers turned into the same aisle in a warehouse. One of them hit a pallet, which fell and landed on the right leg of the employee operating the other order picker. The leg was broken above the ankle.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 237990)
A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.
An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.
Employees were securing the fuel line of an outboard motor in preparation for removing the motor from a small vessel located in the equipment yard. A gasoline-related fire occurred and one employee sustained burns to both hands and forearms.
A marine diver/construction worker was working underwater, using a hydraulic dredge to clear sediment away from the base of a dam. The dredge's suction nozzle began migrating toward him, and then pulled in his right hand and forearm. He sustained compartment syndrome in the hand and forearm.
An employee was standing on a sheet of -inch by 4-foot by 8-foot plywood on top of a rebar mat, supervising his crew. As he was moving to alert the crew to an incoming overhead load, he stepped off the plywood and his left foot slipped through the rebar mat and landed on the rebar mat below. His left ankle was broken and dislocated.
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.
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.