Fractures

An employee was cleaning before closing the department for the night. The employee fell on the floor and sustained a fractured right elbow.

An employee was carrying a 36-inch by 60-inch sheet of paper and stepped on the paper which caused him to trip and fall. The employee braced his fall with his elbow and sustained a fracture to the left humerus.

An employee was walking a 100-pound-plus dog. The dog lunged forward and the employee fell, suffering a broken right femur and a broken right wrist.

An employee fell 6 to 7 feet from an A-frame ladder to the ground and sustained possible rib fractures.

An employee was walking past a machine-operated press when it ejected material, which struck the employee and broke the employee’s pelvis.

An employee was working on a boom lift when the equipment started to slowly come down and the basket tilted sideways. As the employee tried to push the basket away from the wall his left hand got caught between the top rail of the basket and the wall resulting in fractures to the thumb, index, […]

An employee was climbing to fix a transformer that was placed on a trailer when he slipped. His foot got wedged and his left leg was fractured above the knee and required surgery.

While installing steel pan decking, an employee fell 10 to 12 feet off a bridge onto a paved parking lot. The employee suffered a skull fracture.

A gas pump attendant had an altercation with a customer and the customer hit the employee with their vehicle. The employee sustained a fractured hip.

An employee fell off the edge of a deck, landing on the ground below and suffering left knee and chin lacerations, as well as a broken right wrist.