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Pieper-Houston Electric, Inc.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part — Fractures — HOUSTON, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Pieper-Houston Electric, Inc. in HOUSTON, TEXAS
Employer Pieper-Houston Electric, Inc. Report ID 2015085847
Address 1708 Oak Tree Dr City, State ZIP HOUSTON, TEXAS 77080
Event Date August 17, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part Source of Injury Power lines, transformers, convertors
Secondary Source Skids, pallets
Industry (NAICS) 238210 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.80000, -95.52000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping to prepare an electrical transformer for shipment to a customer's location. The transformer was moved to a pallet. When a forklift approached the pallet to pick it up, the transformer began to lean and then fall toward the ground. The employee, in an attempt to stop the 1,200-pound transformer from falling, reached out his left arm, which was then crushed between the transformer and the work table. He fractured his left forearm (ulnar and radius) and all five digits on his left hand.

Incident Summary

On August 17, 2015, a worker at Pieper-Houston Electric, Inc. in HOUSTON, TEXAS suffered fractures to the hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with power lines, transformers, convertors identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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