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Performance Contracting, Inc.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Fractures and surface, flesh wounds — THOMPSONS, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Performance Contracting, Inc. in THOMPSONS, TEXAS
Employer Performance Contracting, Inc. Report ID 2024098770
Address NRG WA Parish, 2500 W.Y. Jones Rd City, State ZIP THOMPSONS, TEXAS 77481
Event Date September 19, 2024 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures and surface, flesh wounds Body Part Multiple leg locations n.e.c.
Event Type Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source of Injury Compactors, crushers, pulverizers earth, mineral
Secondary Source Rollers, cylinders
Industry (NAICS) 238310 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.48000, -95.63000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning coal build-up inside pulverizers that were 10 feet 3 inches wide and contained three stationary rollers. After dislodging a piece of coal, the employee exited the pulverizers when the converging floor moved and their left leg was caught between one of the three rollers. The employee suffered injuries including a laceration to the lower left thigh and multiple fractures to the lower left leg. The motor to the converging floor was not in place at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On September 19, 2024, a worker at Performance Contracting, Inc. in THOMPSONS, TEXAS suffered fractures and surface, flesh wounds to the multiple leg locations n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with compactors, crushers, pulverizers earth, mineral identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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