Fractures

An employee fell while climbing down an A-frame ladder, landing on the ground about 3-5 feet below and suffering broken vertebrae.

An employee fell in a produce cooler, hit his head, and sustained a broken nose. He was hospitalized.

An employee slipped on the last step while walking down stairs, landing on the ground and suffering an injured right knee and a broken pelvis.

An employee was performing concrete grouting when a nearby box truck hit a barrel, causing the barrel ring to fly out and hit the employee’s left leg. His left shin broke, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

A forklift ran over and broke an employee’s left foot as it backed up.

An employee was stacking lumber coming out of a moulder. A bundle of MDF slipped off the front of a forklift, hitting the cart holding the lumber. The employee was pinned between the lumber and the moulder, suffering a broken lower left leg.

An employee was standing on a desk when it collapsed. As she fell, her mouth hit a metal bracket from the broken desk. She suffered lacerations to the inside and outside bottom lip, broken teeth, and a broken left foot.

An employee was removing a tarp covering a mechanical fabrication area. The employee was standing on the fourth rung of an 8-foot ladder when he lost his footing and fell to the ground sustaining a broken tibia/fibula.

An employee was crossing over a conveyor when she stepped on the moving conveyor. The conveyor caught her leg and fractured it in three places.

An employee was on the working platform of a scaffold at a height of approximately 9 feet doing welding operations. During an alarm, the employee fell from the scaffold’s ladder to the ground, resulting in a compound fracture to the lower left leg requiring hospitalization and surgery.