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PAT Tank

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Fractures — PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at PAT Tank in PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
Employer PAT Tank Report ID 2018077182
Address 2555 Savannah Ave. City, State ZIP PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77640
Event Date July 17, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Building materials, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 238120 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.88000, -93.95000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping to move rafters to build a cone on a tank. One of the rafters was hooked onto a tractor. When the employee went to pull the rafter, the joint of the rafter caught the rafter below it, which then slid and put the employee in a pinch point and the line of fire. As a result, the employee broke two bones above her left ankle (tibia and fibula) and three bones in her left foot.

Incident Summary

On July 17, 2018, a worker at PAT Tank in PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS suffered fractures to the foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with building materials, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 1,049 severe injury reports involving "Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified" incidents in our database. Browse all Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified injuries.

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