Intracranial injuries, unspecified

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 […]

An employee was stocking merchandise on a store shelf from a ladder. He fell (no more than about 4 feet), striking his head on the floor. He suffered head trauma and was hospitalized, undergoing treatment to release pressure to his brain.

An employee was riding in the passenger side of a buggy. The buggy turned and the employee was ejected, landing on the airport tarmac and suffering head trauma. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was refilling a blast pot for sand blasting operations. When the lid of the blast pot was loosened, pressure was released and the blasting media was discharged into his face. The force also knocked him back, causing him to fall and strike his head on another blasting pot. The employee was hospitalized with […]

An employee was exiting a trailer when he was robbed and hit on the head with a pistol. He suffered a head injury.

An employee was standing on the elevated forks of a forklift to reach racking in a warehouse. As he was being lowered down from the racking, the forklift shifted, causing him to lose his balance and fall approximately 5 feet to the ground. He suffered closed head trauma.

Two employees were unboxing stadium chairs. Employee 1 picked up a paddle-lock and hit the injured employee in the head with it. The injured employee was knocked out, began having seizures, and was hospitalized with severe head trauma.

An employee was approximately 3 feet up on a free standing ladder looking at and cleaning site glass on a water knock when the ladder twisted, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee sustained a head injury.

An employee was part of a team that was rebuilding a cement hopper used to bag cement. While being lifted, the metal hopper twisted and struck the employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury.

On October 9, 2019, an employee was walking up an incline to enter the main building and tripped on either the mat covering the incline or the incline itself. The employee fell backwards and struck the back of his head on the ground, suffering a head injury and bleeding out of an ear.