Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-04-13 | Hitchcock | Texas | W Baker Steel LLC | Leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was about to remove the stair tower so that he and other crew members could replace it with a new tower. He was at the stair landing between the bottom floor and the second floor. He stepped up the first stair tread. The angle clip that held the tread in place was rotted. The employee fell through the stairs to the ground, breaking his right leg. | |||||
2018-07-18 | Hitchcock | Texas | Parkline Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was trying to adjust a metal personnel door on a building that was being assembled. The door was not closing properly; he was pushing on the outside bottom of it, trying to adjust the fit, while another employee was on the inside trying to help him. The door closed unexpectedly, pinching the bottom of his right index finger in the jamb and cutting off the flesh below the nail. | |||||
2018-04-09 | Hitchcock | Oklahoma | SEI Millwright Services, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
After cleaning wet grain from a bin, an employee fell 99 feet from the exit at the top of the bin, suffering a broken arm and pelvis. |