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Ship Channel Constructors

Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk — CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Ship Channel Constructors in CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
Employer Ship Channel Constructors Report ID 2021042878
Address 15015 East Fwy B City, State ZIP CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS 77530
Event Date April 6, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk Body Part Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system Source of Injury Bridges, dams, locks
Secondary Source Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 237310 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.77000, -95.14000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping secure bridge beams that were being set when a beam broke. Concrete pieces of the beam fell and one piece struck the employee, knocking him off the column he was standing on. The employee was wearing a harness and his lanyard deployed, curtailing the fall. The employee swung back into the column, resulting in a fractured rib and lacerated spleen.

Incident Summary

On April 6, 2021, a worker at Ship Channel Constructors in CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS suffered internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk to the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system, with bridges, dams, locks identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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