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Kiewit Corporation

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle — Fractures — GREGORY, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Kiewit Corporation in GREGORY, TEXAS
Employer Kiewit Corporation Report ID 2020098649
Address GCGV-Olifins Recovery Project, 4589 FM 2986, Gate 3 City, State ZIP GREGORY, TEXAS 78359
Event Date September 11, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Lower leg(s)
Event Type Struck by dislodged flying object, particle Source of Injury Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Sledges, sledgehammers
Industry (NAICS) 236220 Inspection # 1492553
GPS Coordinates 27.92000, -97.28000

Incident Narrative

The injured employee was aligning a crane girder at the gas compressor building using a 10-ton hydraulic ram and three steel wedges. The employee was removing the last wedge using an 8-pound sledgehammer as another employee stood on the concrete off to the left side holding a tool tether attached to the wedge with python tape. As the injured employee was backing out the last wedge from the right side via a sledgehammer, the wedge unexpectedly came out from in between the column and the shim, striking the injured employee on the lower left leg and fracturing it.

Incident Summary

On September 11, 2020, a worker at Kiewit Corporation in GREGORY, TEXAS suffered fractures to the lower leg(s). The incident was classified as struck by dislodged flying object, particle, with tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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