Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Environmental Industrial Services Corporation, 94 Old HWY 90 W, VIDOR, TEXAS 77662
on — Fractures , affecting the Rib(s), oblique area.
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning internal floating roof seals on the floating roof of a storage tank containing unknown contents. The employee was preparing to exit the confined space when his air supply hose became tangled. While untangling it, the air hose was cut and he turned on his 5-minute emergency escape pack and began climbing the ladder. The employee fell to the ground from the ladder, resulting in fractured ribs.
Hospitalized Rib(s), oblique area Fixed ladder or fire escape
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
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 fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
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