Houston, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Ellwood Texas Forge Houston
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Ellwood Texas Forge Houston in 12500 Amelia Drive, Houston, TX 77045 resulted in days away from work. Employee was saw Operator I in steel Forging.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ellwood Texas Forge Houston
- Parent company
- Ellwood Closed Die
- Street
- 12500 Amelia Drive
- City
- Houston
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77045
- On-site location
- Cutting
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
Lifting bars at the steel yard to load the saws for cutting.
What happened
Employee was standing in the steel yard using the overhead crane with the magnet attachment employee was standing next to the steel bar he was lifting roughly 6000 lbs the bar being lifted was under a pile of steel bars as he was lifting the bar up in the air a steel bar next to it shifted hitting the employee in the left leg. A second bar rolled pinning his right foot he was taken to the hospital for immediate care and was admitted for his injuries.
Injury or illness
Amputation
Object or substance involved
Bars weighing 6000lbs hit left leg and pinned right foot
Summary line
Amputation to Left and Right Leg caused by Bars weighing 6000lbs hit left leg and pinned right foot
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Saw Operator I
- SOC code
- 51-4031: Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- NAICS code
- 332111: Steel Forging
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 144
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 325,848
- EIN
- 522076782
- Establishment ID
- 1156368
- Employer case #
- IN-2023030
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 15:10
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-28
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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