Fractures

Name: Fractures at Colo Railroad Builders
Start: 8/9/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015085607 · 8/9/2015 · Colo Railroad Builders

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Rails-unattached metal

Employer

Name: Colo Railroad Builders
Location: 6400 FM 1972, ALVIN, TEXAS, 77511
NAICS: 237990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were moving pieces of rail into position with a backhoe to repair a section of damaged railroad. The injured employee was standing too close to another piece of railing when the backhoe operator set down another piece. His leg was pinched between the two pieces breaking it.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown