Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

An employee was preparing to install a fire alarm part while standing on a 6-foot A-frame ladder (second rung from the top). He was attempting to get a marker from his pocket when the ladder twisted and he fell to the pavement, injuring his pancreas and requiring hospitalization. His right leg also became caught up […]

Employees were switching railcars when one of the employees was caught between the two cars. He was crushed, suffering internal injuries to his upper abdomen and pelvic area.

An employee was pulling a wire while walking backward when the wire came loose. The employee then fell over a tree limb and landed on his back, breaking three ribs and suffering a collapsed lung.

A forklift-loader operator was moving feed for cattle inside a pen when a cow charged the operator. The operator quickly spun the loader around to avoid the cow and struck an employee standing nearby, pinning him against a fence/gate inside the pen. The employee suffered internal injuries with cuts and lacerations.

Employees were rigging down and started removing fluid from a line. They placed a clamp at one end of the line, but the clamp loosened and two employees were struck. One employee was hospitalized with internal injuries.

An employee was working from an electric distribution wood pole to remove an electric conductor when the pole broke and fell to the ground. He was utilizing fall protection and the pole was rotten from the inside out. He fell approximately 40 feet suffering broken ribs, a broken left wrist, and a lacerated liver that […]

An employee was removing trash on the first floor near a wall opening when the employee slipped and fell off the building to the ground, suffering multiple internal injuries.

An employee was performing touch-up painting on a commercial truck when he fell off a ladder, suffering broken ribs and lung injuries.

An employee was walking by a dolly of milk that was rolling down a chute when the dolly fell over onto the employee. The employee potentially suffered a collapsed lung.

A pallet in the vicinity broke, causing a 12-foot high stack of pallets containing gas meters to fall and strike the injured employee’s work station. The injured, temporary employee was struck in the chest resulting in hospitalization of a partially collapsed lung.