Houston, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: TechTrans International - Logistics Contract
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at TechTrans International - Logistics Contract in 2101 NASA Parkway; Mail Stop JB/TTI, Houston, TX 77058 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cylinder Truck Helper in general warehousing and storage.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- TechTrans International - Logistics Contract
- Parent company
- TechTrans International
- Street
- 2101 NASA Parkway; Mail Stop JB/TTI
- City
- Houston
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77058
- On-site location
- Building 301 Loading Dock
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
Before the incident
Unloading cylinder truck of empty Nitrogen cylinders and placing them on a metal pallet; so cylinders could be refilled.
What happened
The employee was transferring empty Nitrogen cylinders (K size bottles) from a cylinder transport truck to a metal pallet for refill. There was a three-inch rise between the base of the metal pallet and the floor which required the cylinder to be leaned backward to get it onto the pallet. As the cylinders were being transferred to the pallet the following happened: • As one of the cylinders neared the metal pallet the employee leaned the cylinder backwards but lost control of it and it started to fall. • The employee grabbed the cylinder by its cap to keep the cylinder from falling. • The cap appeared not to be secure on the cylinder; so the cap came off of the cylinder and struck employee above his left eyebrow. • Employee fell back and called to other employee for help • Other employee was near injured employee applied first aid and called Supervisor who immediately contacted [REDACTED] • Injured employee lost consciousness for a short period of time. • Injured employee
Injury or illness
Injury
Object or substance involved
Cap from a compressed gas cylinder.
Summary line
Struck above left eye by compressed gas cylinder cap that came off when employee was trying to keep cylinder from falling.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Cylinder Truck Helper
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 493110: General warehousing and storage
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 96
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 158,406
- EIN
- 760419600
- Establishment ID
- 410793
- Employer case #
- TTI-LC-23-
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:30
- Time of incident
- 10:20
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-25
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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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