Fractures

An employee of West Texas Boring was 2.5 feet from the edge of a pit trying to measure the distance of the water line. The ground gave way under his feet and he slid down into the pit. The employee was buried up to his waist in approximately 4 cubic yards of heavy rock and […]

An employee was stepping off a truck crane and fell from the ladder to the ground fracturing an ankle.

An employee was on a wooden ladder climbing to the second floor of an apartment complex. The ladder gave way, causing the employee to fall to the ground. He sustained fractured ribs.

An employee was loading and unloading boxes of chickens onto a freight elevator. The elevator’s doors struck the employee, breaking both arms.

An employee climbed on a conveyor to unjam a box. While dismounting the conveyor, he was flipped and then fell on his arm. He sustained broken bones in his right forearm.

An employee was operating a forklift to stack insulation and attempted to reverse the forklift. The forklift contacted another roll of insulation, which fell on top of the forklift. The employee stepped out of the forklift to remove the insulation. The insulation then hit the ground and bounced, striking and breaking the employee’s left fibula.

An employee was moving concrete barrier blocks when their pinky finger got caught between two blocks. The finger was fractured and required surgery.

An employee was reversing a forklift into a parking spot when the employee became dizzy and lost control of the forklift. The employee collided with a rack and sustained a lower left leg fracture and laceration.

An employee was on a truck picking up road cones when he fell off the back of the truck, suffering a broken ankle and head laceration.

An employee was picking up trash on a route and operating the levers that put the sweep blade into motion to sweep recycling materials into the body of the rear-load truck. The sweep blade knocked some of the material out of the hopper. The employee was pushing material back into the hopper when his left […]