Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

An employee tripped and fell to the floor, suffering broken ribs and blood in a lung. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was performing maintenance underneath a railcar mover unit when a stand failed, causing the employee to be pinned by the unit. The employee suffered internal injuries, broken ribs, and a broken collarbone, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was climbing the steps into his dump truck. When he reached the top step, which was frozen and slick, he fell approximately 4 feet to the ground and landed on his left side on a frozen rut. He lost consciousness and sustained several broken ribs, a broken T-10 disc, and a punctured left […]

An employee was setting up a roll of paper in the roll stand at the wet end of a corrugator while a clamp truck operator was carrying a paper roll nearby. The truck operator then pinned the injured employee between the roll stand and the paper roll. The employee suffered pelvic fractures, a left ankle […]

A crew was pulling a second string of tubing out of a hole and was warming up a collar to break the connection. A swivel operator was spinning the swivel when an employee placed a 36-inch pipe wrench on the top part of the swivel, then placed a cheater bar on the pipe wrench. The […]

An employee was working on top of jet bridge stairs near a lift used for transporting items (bags, strollers) to the ground. The lift malfunctioned and fell approximately 9 feet to just about 1 foot from the ground. The employee fell from the platform onto the lift and rolled onto the concrete, suffering a broken […]

An employee was standing on an outrigger. He was accessing the super structure of the outrigger when he fell approximately 9 feet to the ground, fracturing his right shoulder and detaching a shoulder muscle.

An employee was operating a clamp truck and pulling it into the battery charging area to park it. Her left foot was outside the confines of the clamp truck and struck a railing. Her left foot was then caught between the clamp truck and the railing, fracturing her big toe and avulsing the skin from […]

An employee was engaged in horseplay and was turning to run when he tore a tendon and broke two bones in his right foot.

An employee was attempting to replace a gasket in a valve on a separator trailer when he fell and struck a tire rim that was on the ground, breaking ribs and suffering spleen damage.