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Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

1 hospitalization · 2024043010 · 4/5/2024 · Valley Prestressed Products, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Ankle(s) and leg(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

Cause

Event
Nonroadway noncollision vehicle overturn
Source
Construction, logging, and mining machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Valley Prestressed Products, Inc
Location
1520 Calhoun Road, EAGLE LAKE, TEXAS, 77434
NAICS
327390
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating cementing equipment loaded with cement when the equipment starting tilting over during a right turn. When the injured employee felt it tilting over, he jumped from the equipment to the ground. The equipment then fell on him, crushing both of his legs from the tibia to the ankle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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