GALVESTON, TEXAS·
Gulf Sulphur Services. LTD., LLLP
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Gulf Sulphur Services. LTD., LLLP, 4500 Old Port Industrial Road, GALVESTON, TEXAS 77554 on , Fractures, affecting the thumb(s).
Final 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.
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