Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Name: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Bechtel Energy Headquarters
Start: 5/5/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025054216 · 5/5/2025 · Bechtel Energy Headquarters

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
Nature of injury: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Cause

Event: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
Source: Hoists, lifts scissor, telescoping
Secondary source: Trusses, girders, beams structurally attached

Employer

Name: Bechtel Energy Headquarters
Location: 2822 LaQuinta Rd, PORTLAND, TEXAS, 78374
NAICS: 324110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An ironworker was maneuvering a mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) into position to install a structural beam. The employee was pinned between another structural steel beam that was already installed and the MEWP control box cover. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to their lip, dislodged teeth, and a fractured jaw.

Source

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