Fractures

An employee in the cooling tower yard was making adjustments to a chiller plant when he tripped over a piece of maintenance equipment and fell to the concrete surface on the same level. He was hospitalized with a fractured hip, requiring surgery.

An extension ladder slipped out from underneath an employee. She fell about 7 to 10 feet; her right arm was broken in multiple places as she fell, and she landed on the ladder.

An employee was struck by a vehicle in a parking lot while walking to a building. The employee suffered a broken left lower leg.

An employee was climbing up a ladder when she fell, suffering a pelvic fracture.

An employee tripped on forklift tines and suffered broken ribs.

An employee was preparing to mop a floor and was wringing out the mop when she fell, breaking her left femur.

An employee was walking through a hallway when the employee slipped and fell on the wet floor, suffering a Colles fracture.

An employee was asked to load large granite slabs onto a truck with the assistance of another person. The slabs were on a dolly. When he moved the slabs, a domino effect occurred and the slabs fell on him. He was caught underneath, crushing and breaking bones in both legs.

An employee was standing on two pallets, getting boxes down. The employee fell and suffered a broken right leg.

An employee was flying a helicopter, which had a mechanical failure. The employee’s ribs were broken.