Venomous animal bite except "bugs" · Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Bar S U Inc., 1730 Texas Spur 228, AMARILLO, TEXAS 79118
on — Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
An employee was getting out of a car when a rattlesnake bit him below the right knee.
An employee was repairing a gas tube heater from a 15-foot ladder leaning against the raised forks of a forklift. The ladder slipped out from under him and he fell about 10 feet, suffering a spine injury and a head wound that required stitches.
An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.
An employee was servicing an air conditioning unit. While he was working to connect the manifold gauges to the port, a rattlesnake bit him on his right hand.
The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.
An employee was installing insulation in a wall when she tripped on a hole (12" deep) and fell, hitting her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to her leg and wrist, and lacerations to her head. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.
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.