Struck by running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Baker Concrete Construction, Inc., 15944 Aluminum Way, BAY MINETTE, ALABAMA 36507
on — Fractures , affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
Final narrative
Two employees were using a hose to pour concrete during the construction of a concrete wall. Pressure built up at a 90-degree bend in the hose, causing the water to separate from the rock. The hose began to gyrate violently and spray out concrete. One employee was struck on the arm and the leg by the hose, resulting in a fractured arm and leg. The second employee was struck in the face by a mass of concrete that sprayed from the hose, resulting in a broken nose and facial lacerations. Both employees were hospitalized.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment n.e.c.
More severe injuries at Baker Concrete Construction, Inc.
An employee was operating a side-by-side while surveying the jobsite. The vehicle struck a rock and flipped onto its side pinning the employee's left wrist against the ground. The employee's wrist was fractured.
An employee was working from a scaffold platform when an I-beam fell and struck their finger, pinching it between the I-beam and the scaffolding frame. The employee's finger was amputated.
An employee was stripping formwork from poured concrete using a prybar when the prybar slipped and caused him to lose balance. The employee stepped back onto a piece of plywood which caused his foot to twist and fractured his right leg.
An employee was removing the headpin from a high load scaffold (shoring system) when it fell on his left ring finger resulting in an open fracture and partial amputation.
An employee was cutting a board using a circular saw. The saw pinched, kicked back, and cut the employee's left ring and little fingers. The employee suffered an amputation to the little finger.
An employee was cutting wood with a circular saw. The saw kicked back, and its blade cut three fingers on the employee's right hand, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was doing a cutback on a piece of lumber using a chop saw. The saw hit a knot, the piece of lumber buckled, then kicked back and broke the kickback guard. The board was then pulled back into the blade, which lacerated the employee's left index and middle fingers.
An employee was cutting wood with a circular saw. The machine lagged and cut the employee's finger. The employee required surgical amputation of the finger at the hospital.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 238110)
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was changing a boom pipe delivery system on a concrete pump truck. He tripped and fell from an elevated level to the ground, resulting in multiple leg fractures.
An employee was reading numbers off a belt that feeds a plant. He reached his hand up and the belt caught his finger, resulting in a finger amputation.
An employee was guiding the pouring end of a concrete pump truck's boom while standing on top of 4-foot wall forms. The boom contacted power lines and the employee was shocked. The employee sustained third-degree burns on the entry and exit path of the electricity, and also sustained first- and second-degree burns to their torso and legs.
An employee was holding a form board on a section of pavement. A skid steer backed into the employee's ankle, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.