Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Southern Welding , LLC, 2500 Y U jones Rd, RICHMOND, TEXAS 77469
on , Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
Maintenance was being performed on a machine that inverts coal cars to dump product out of the cars. The machine was in the inverted position at the time. An employee was standing on fiberglass grating when it came loose causing them to fall 21 feet to the surface below. The employee sustained a broken arm. The employee was wearing fall protection, but it was not connected at the time of the fall.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedMaterial and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.