Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

An employee was standing on a ladder installing a video surveillance camera. When the employee was climbing down the ladder, his foot slipped and he fell backwards, landing on his left arm. He sustained injuries to the left wrist and arm.

An employee had hooked two concrete pilings to a travel lift crane. He was standing at the end of the pilings, holding a 2-inch by 4-inch by 3-foot board to use as a cushion between them. The board fell to the ground. While the employee was retrieving it, the pilings were lifted and pinched the […]

An employee was driving a utility vehicle when it hit a small tree in a median. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a hip injury.

An employee driving a forklift was backing up and fell off the loading dock. The employee attempted to jump off, but the forklift landed on and injured his pelvic area. A seatbelt was not worn at the time of the incident.

An employee was working on a 5-foot ladder to remove cardboard from a shelf when the employee fell off the ladder, suffering left rib and left leg injuries that required hospitalization.

An employee was dropping boxes into an elevator shaft when the employee fell down the shaft and hit the shaft floor, suffering a back injury.

An employee was getting ready to pull parts from an oven with an electric cart dolly. He was reversing the electric cart dolly in high gear toward the oven when the handle bar of the cart dolly pinned his hand against the oven door. He suffered a hand injury, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was on top of a shot blaster pushing down metal shots from a sight glass into the auger when the auger caught the employee’s hand and pulled his arm into the shot blaster. He sustained vascular damage in his arm and was hospitalized.

An employee was taking wrapping off palletized boxed produce. A box of the produce fell off the top of the pallet and struck him in the chest. He fell backwards to the floor, and the box landed on him. He suffered chest and lower back injuries and was hospitalized.

An employee was pushing a gangway to a railcar. The gangway was extended. The extension piece fell down and struck the employee’s hand, injuring it. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.