Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-03-07 | Jewett | Texas | TMS International | Multiple body parts | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
An employee was cutting up scrap metal. There was a hole at the connection in the hose of the hand torch which caused the employee's shirt to become saturated with oxygen. When the employee lit the torch, his shirt caught on fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns on his stomach, right arm, and back. | |||||
2019-06-10 | Mount Jewett | Pennsylvania | Howard Drilling, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was standing near the front of a loader carrying pipe. Several pipes rolled off the loader and one of them struck the employee's right foot, rolling up his leg and causing a fracture of the lower leg. | |||||
2019-01-02 | Jewett | Texas | C&W Global Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was removing a tarp from a flatbed when a bungee strap broke causing him to fall off the flatbed to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with four cracked ribs. | |||||
2018-02-16 | Mount Jewett | Pennsylvania | Howard Drilling, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Employees were replacing a pump at a gas well site. After set up, the pump jack was not pulling gas from the well. A cable was hooked up to the pump jack to move it slightly. As the cable was pulled, the pump jack tipped over onto an employee breaking the employee's tibia and fibula. | |||||
2017-06-30 | Jewett | Texas | Nucor Steel | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was changing blades on a shear when his left hand was caught in the blade holder, amputating part of his thumb. | |||||
2015-12-28 | Jewett | Texas | NRG Limestone Plant | Hip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was injured when he was pulled into a coal conveyor belt system. He was taken to the hospital and treated for a broken hip. | |||||
2015-08-10 | Jewett | Texas | Nucor Steel | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was performing maintenance on a crane. He removed a pin that retained the dead end of the wire rope. His finger entered the hole where the pin was and the rope shifted causing an amputation of his right index fingertip. |