Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

An employee was unbolting pipe and installing a plug on valves. A crane was lifting a B-Tex condensing unit. The unit tipped over, striking the employee in the back. The employee suffered a broken right shoulder blade, three broken ribs, and a collapsed lung, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was attempting to tighten bolts on a sprinkler system used for fire suppression when a gasket ruptured, causing water under pressure to flow out and strike him. He then fell 16.5 feet from his ladder to the concrete floor below. He suffered facial scrapes, an orbital bone fracture above the left eye, a […]

While swabbing operating equipment, an employee’s sleeve was caught in the conveyor, pulling the employee’s left arm into the machine. The employee’s arm suffered a compound fracture and skin removal.

An employee was operating an electronic pallet jack and crushed a foot against the wall resulting in fractures and damage to the ligaments and tendons in the foot.

An employee was attaching a banner to a building, lost his balance, and fell off the ladder. The employee suffered a broken wrist, loss of a tooth, and lacerations to his lip and head.

Employees were moving a stack of wear bands with an overhead crane. The wear bands fell over and struck an employee. He suffered a left shin laceration and left ankle fracture, as well as right leg laceration and right ankle injury.

An employee was standing on a drill rig and stepped on the flight of an auger to pull the swing radius barricade tape into position. The auger tilted over and hit the employee’s hand, which was positioned on the counterweight of the drill rig. The employee’s left index finger was lacerated and fractured.

An employee was taking the tarps off his trailer when he fell approximately 5 feet, fracturing his skull and rib and suffering a collapsed lung.

An employee was standing on top of a masonry wall, removing the wall forms, when a wall form fell. The employee’s personal protective equipment was attached to the form. As the form fell, it also brought the employee down 10 feet to the ground below, crushing the employee’s left hand, fracturing the spine, and causing […]

An employee was pulling a welder up to the catwalk with a rope when the left side of the catwalk railing broke, causing him to fall 25 feet to the ground below. His head hit a toolbox, and his back hit the platform railing. He was hospitalized with an L1 lumbar fracture and required staples […]