Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at GE Oil and Gas
Start: 10/28/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015108074 · 10/28/2015 · GE Oil and Gas

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Tables, worktables

Employer

Name: GE Oil and Gas
Location: 3300 N. Sam Houston Pkwy., E., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
NAICS: 333132
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was making welding repairs to one of the pad eyes on a 30 inch Blow Out Preventer (BOP). The task required the employee to place the BOP on a table positioner. While welding the 14,000 lbs. piece, it fell from the table crushing the employee's left foot.

Source

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