Fractures and dislocations

An employee was helping install a gearbox on a machine. The gearbox slipped off the lift and caught the employee’s right hand against the machine. The hand was lacerated, the middle finger was broken, and the little finger was dislocated.

An employee was operating a brake press and fractured two fingers and dislocated one finger.

An employee was unloading lumber from a railcar. Railcars have ladders welded to each side for employees to enter/exit. The employee was climbing down one of the railcar ladders and slipped and fell between 6 and 8 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured back, dislocated shoulder, and laceration to the top of […]

An employee was climbing a scaffold near the captain’s deck of a ship to paint the hull when the scaffold began to fall. The employee jumped 7 to 8 feet as the scaffold was falling, landing on his feet. He broke his left ankle, suffered a compound fracture to his right foot, and ruptured a […]

An employee fell from a rolling ladder while operating a valve, landing on a concrete surface about 4 feet below. The employee suffered a broken left femur and a dislocated right elbow and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

An employee was walking with a relief crew, inspecting rig-down operations. The employee fell through an open hinge floor plate, landing 3 1/2 feet below and suffering a dislocated left shoulder and broken left humerus.

An employee slipped and fell on acorns in a landscaped area of the parking lot. She suffered displaced tibia and fibula fractures to the right leg/ankle.

An employee was trimming trees when a branch that he cut rotated back into the ladder causing him to fall off the ladder. He sustained a broken arm, a dislocated shoulder, and a fractured wrist.

An employee fell while walking down an aisle. The employee sustained a fractured femur and dislocated left knee.

An employee was retrieving a boat dolly to use in the lamination area when he mis-stepped and his left foot caught the underside of the dolly. The employee’s left ankle twisted and his foot rolled, which caused a severe break, three fractures, and an ankle dislocation.