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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20161110421 · 11/4/2016 · Merfish Pipe & Supply

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Upper and lower limb(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Bundles, bales
Secondary source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Merfish Pipe & Supply
Location
1211 Kress St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77020
NAICS
423510
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee and a coworker were working to move a stack of pipes. The coworker was operating a forklift and taking layers of bundled pipe from off the stack and moving it to another area. The employee was placing wood boards between the layers of pipe on the new stack being made. During this operation, the employee on the ground walked behind the taller stack of bundled pipes to recover some more wood for the next layer of pipe; at the same time, the coworker was using the forklift to pick up the next layer to be moved. One of the forks on the forklift knocked one of the bundles of pipe from the next lower layer, causing it to hit the employee in the arm and foot, causing a skin and muscle avulsion on his arm and crushing/amputating his foot.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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