BRIDGEPORT, TEXAS—
Austin Bridge & Road, LP
Contact with hot objects or substances · Thermal burns second degree
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Austin Bridge & Road, LP, 1795 South Highway 101, BRIDGEPORT, TEXAS 76426 on — Thermal burns second degree, affecting the Hand(s) and finger(s).
Final narrative
An employee was obtaining a lab sample of AC oil for an asphalt mix design when oil contacted his heat protection glove gauntlets. The employee removed the gloves when the oil contacted both his palms and six fingers, resulting in second-degree burns.
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A crew stopped operations when rainfall started. The injured employee was putting away tools in the tool truck bed while a pickup truck was driving to the end of the location. When the pickup truck applied the brakes, the mud caused the vehicle to slide. The injured employee was caught between the rear bumper of the tool truck and the front bumper of the sliding pickup truck. The employee sustained fractures to their pelvis and femur.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS—
Austin Bridge & Road, LP
The injured employee and a co-worker were removing the bolts supporting a section of formwork. As the injured employee went to access the top of the formwork, they fell through the formwork. The employee fell 20 feet to the ground and sustained broken vertebrae and multiple contusions.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS—
Austin Bridge & Road, LP
An employee had been measuring a head gate. The slide gate was being hoisted out of an aeriation basin box when the edge of the slide gate caught on the metal grating at the top of the box. The grating became dislodged and fell, contacting the lower right leg of the employee. The fibula and tibia were fractured.
BONHAM, TEXAS—
Austin Bridge & Road LP
An employee was removing asphalt from a buggy auger. The employee's right index finger was amputated in a shear point between the spinning auger and the machine's frame. The auger was not locked out at the time.
DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS—
Austin Bridge & Road, LP
An employee was standing on a platform spraying a surfactant onto the bed of an asphalt truck. The truck pulled next to the platform, then veered right; the platform fell over and the employee broke his left leg.
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