Fractures and dislocations

An employee was bulldozing parallel to a hill while installing an oil and gas pipeline on a 32-degree slope when the bulldozer tracks made contact with two large sandstone rocks. The bulldozer became unstable and rolled over. The employee suffered rib fractures and a dislocated shoulder, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was attending to a horse when it kicked his hips. He suffered a dislocated hip and broken pelvis, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was operating a 48-inch laminator when the employee became caught in the machine’s rotating parts resulting in dislocation of a hand and wrist, a fractured forearm, and displacement of skin on the forearm below the elbow.

An employee was working near a crushing machine. A front-end loader was picking up a vehicle to be crushed when the vehicle fell off the forks. The employee was walking nearby and was struck by the falling vehicle, suffering a dislocated hip, lacerations, and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

Employees were running packers and had just finished a job. The injured employee was kneeling down on the left knee on the under floor (floor that was six feet off the ground) when a sudden burst of pressure and flow back struck the injured employee’s right side dislocating an elbow, breaking the ulna and causing […]

A crew was offloading T-wall panels using a spreader bar and a loader. Two employees were assisting with the rigging while the loader operator positioned the loader. While the employees were connecting the second piece of rigging, the tension from the rigging attachment gave way, causing the spreader bar to strike the injured employee’s hands, […]

An employee was preparing two splice plates for connection to a beam when the bottom splice plate fell open and onto a J-hook. His left-hand fingertips were pinched and fractured between the edge of the J-hook and the concrete bridge deck, and his left thumb was dislocated.

An employee was trying to unclog a concrete hopper on a small conveyor line when the employee tripped on the equipment cribbing and fell into the conveyor belt. The employee suffered a broken right arm, dislocated left arm, and lacerations.

An employee was picking up her lunch in the cafeteria when she slipped and fell on the wet floor, dislocating her shoulder and breaking her clavicle. She was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up a press brake and changing from a short die to a long die. While he was holding the lower die partway into position, the press brake was activated via the foot pedal. The lower die then slid fully into position, taking his hand with it. The press brake moved to […]