Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Enterprise Products, LLC, 20358 Hwy 277 South, SONORA, TEXAS 76950
on — Fractures , affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was opening a pig trap receiver during pigging operations when they were struck by metal grating. The employee sustained a right leg fracture.
Hospitalized Leg(s) unspecified Panels, sheets, plates metal
An employee was purging the air from a filter vessel. The job assembly became unscrewed. While trying to stop it, the employee suffered a laceration causing muscle damage to the palm of his right hand.
An employee collected a sample cylinder of gas and was placing the cylinder into a weather guard job box that is used to organize the sample cylinders. The job box drawer closed on his left hand, amputating his left ring finger at the first joint, right below the nail.
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 checking a pole-type transformer tank for leaks. A hydraulic clamping device was lowered onto his right thumb and crushed it against the sharp edge of the bottom of the tank. He suffered a partial transphalangeal amputation to the thumb.
An employee had been cleaning the work area. While lifting a saw, the employee's index finger was lacerated by the saw blade. A tendon was cut and required surgery.
An employee was installing a hydraulic extension cylinder in a tow truck when their leg was caught between the cylinder and the truck frame. The employee was hospitalized with a broken tibia, which required surgery.
An employee was sorting sucker rods. His right hand was caught in the area where the rod hits up against the frame and his index fingertip was amputated just below the nail.
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