Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified

A hydraulic line on an excavator blew as the machine was picking up a 60″ tube. When it lost pressure and fluid, the arm suddenly came down and fully extended striking an employee and pinning him to the ground.

Just before 5:00PM, several employees were heading to the front office to clock out. Employee #1 used a company yard truck to drive to the front office. The tailgate of the company yard truck was down at the time. Employee #2 was walking and jumped onto the tailgate and then fell to the ground. The […]

An employee was climbing a ladder and fell to the floor.

While walking out of a cooler, an employee was struck by a forklift. The employee suffered a skin tissue injury.

An employee was under a crane in his truck. The crane picked up the reefer container the employee’s truck was hauling. The container was still locked onto the employee’s truck, which was lifted about 1 foot off the ground with the employee inside. He was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning concrete off an aluminum formwork panel and placed it on the ground. Another panel carried by a forklift had gotten stuck on some steel rebar. It fell and hit another panel, causing it to fall and strike the employee.

An employee was rigging up the head section of a bucket elevator for installation. The forklift holding one side of the load shifted, causing the head section to twist. The employee fell 15 feet to the ground, hitting concrete.

An employee was injured in a fall from height.

An employee was driving the company car and collided with another vehicle in the pumping area. The employee suffered convulsions and difficulty breathing following the collision.

An employee was working in a poly wrap area, taping pipes, when his shirt was caught on a conveyor.