Fractures

An employee tripped and fell to the cement while unloading materials. He suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized.

An employee had just finished with vegetative watering and was on the hydro-seeder. The employee stood up as the hydro-seeder went under a low hanging line and he was knocked off the hydro-seeder. He fell to the ground and sustained a fractured hip.

An employee was delivering mail when she slipped on wet pavement and impacted the ground, breaking her ankle.

While descending a ladder, an employee fell from the third or fourth rung to the concrete floor, suffering a broken right leg.

An employee was traveling upward on an aerial lift inside a tank. The lift stalled at a height of about 57 feet, then fell. The employee fell with the basket to the floor of the tank, breaking both feet and both ankles and suffering lacerations and five broken vertebrae.

An employee was holding a hose during the filling of a storage tank. A valve blew apart and the hose backlashed, striking the employee on the left side of the face. The employee sustained a broken jaw and facial lacerations. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was working inside a gondola rail car, rigging bundles of steel rebar for hoisting out of the car. During a partial breakout lift (hoisting about 2 feet to gain access for slinging), a nylon strap parted under the 1,100-2,200-pound load, which fell back into the car and struck the employee. The employee suffered […]

An employee was struck by a motor vehicle in a construction zone, suffering a broken clavicle, ribs, and pelvis.

An employee was backing away from a cash register when she tripped on another employee’s foot and fell, breaking her femur. She was hospitalized.

An employee was repairing a garage door opener while standing on an adjustable A-frame ladder. A cable snapped and the employee fell to ground. The employee suffered a fractured wrist and leg.