Intracranial injuries, unspecified

An employee fell while retrieving a part from an aisle and struck his head on the floor, losing consciousness.

A security guard was assaulted by a homeless person with a pipe while walking around the building, suffering a head injury.

An employee was stepping off a truck inside a warehouse, missed a step and fell approximately 4 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a wrist sprain and head trauma.

An employee was walking through a maintenance shop after completing a DVIR (Driver’s Vehicle Inspection Report) when she slipped (possibly on a piece of insulation) and fell to the concrete floor, hitting her head. She suffered a brain injury.

An employee was struck in the head by a pipe while servicing a compressor, requiring hospitalization for a head injury. A hard hat was not worn at the time of the incident.

An employee was in the back of a flatbed truck moving portable signs when the wind caught one of the signs and caused it to strike the employee, knocking him off the truck. He then struck his head on the roadway.

An employee was standing on the ground, operating the control panel to a grain bin’s slide gate. The gate came out of the slide and fell 60 feet, striking the employee in the head. He was hospitalized.

An employee was struck in the head by a boom from a buggy during trenching operations for pipeline construction.

An employee was installing a brake part on a refurbished rail car. The employee fell from a 4-foot ladder to the cement floor, suffering head injuries and losing consciousness. He was hospitalized.

An employee was operating a 1,600-ton dry press machine. He was standing on the pressing platform while waiting for the press cycle to complete. He fell off the platform and his head struck the reinforced concrete floor about 2 feet below. He lost consciousness and began bleeding from the back of his head and the […]