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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024109524 · 10/14/2024 · Gulf Sulphur Services. LTD., LLLP

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Thumb(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Source, secondary source unspecified
Secondary source
Ground, travel, and support surfaces unspecified

Employer

Name
Gulf Sulphur Services. LTD., LLLP
Location
4500 Old Port Industrial Road, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77554
NAICS
423520
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was trying to clear pelletized sulfur from a plugged chute. When the plug was freed, he lost his footing and fell about 4 feet. His throat struck a nearby handrail and his hands made contact with the working surface as he broke his fall. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to the throat and a fractured thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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