Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

An employee was taking down the canopy over a walkway. When he stepped on a brace on the canopy, it gave way and he fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below. He suffered a fractured skull with intracranial bleeding and a T12 vertebra burst fracture.

An employee was on a metal, fixed ladder. He was opening the roof hatch to go onto the roof when he fell about 12-14 feet to the floor, hitting a sink faucet and the ladder on the way down. The employee was hospitalized with multiple rib fractures on the left side, a fractured scapula, and […]

An employee was loading up a stall with a crane on an exterior crane to a building. The employee’s left pinky finger was caught between pieces of steel; the pinky finger was broken and tendons were lacerated on the pinky and ring fingers. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

An employee was getting bales of hay for a customer from a trailer using a bay hook. The bales of hay fell onto the employee causing a fractured knee cap and a torn meniscus and ACL.

An employee was working near a rebar cage when it came loose and struck the employee. The employee suffered brain bleeding, fractured vertebrae, and broken ribs.

An employee was securing material for a delivery when the employee fell approximately 4 feet from a flatbed truck to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured skull, broken ribs, and a bruised lung.

A Kinder Morgan employee accessed the top of a truck during a loading operation. When he opened the dome lid, alkylate pressure released and propelled him onto the truck rack roof, then to the ground below. He suffered multiple fractures and a torn artery in the skull, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was cutting a 2-by-4 with a circular saw. The saw kicked back out of the cut, causing the blade to cut through the employee’s glove, cut the back of the employee’s left hand/thumb, and broke the thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

A piece of heavy equipment backed up over an employee, who suffered a broken pelvic bone, broken ribs (in the back), and a ruptured bladder.

An employee conducted a claims adjustment inspection on the roof of a 10-foot shed and was attempting to descend a ladder from the roof when the employee slipped off the ladder and fell 10 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken shoulder, three broken ribs, punctured lungs, a pulmonary embolism, and […]