Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Patterson Motors, 101 Pleasant Valley Boulevard, ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA 16602
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
On April 14, 2015, an employee fell down some stairs in the detail shop and was hospitalized.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was working underneath a vehicle when the vehicle began to roll and a tire caught the employee's left ear. The employee sustained a laceration and partial amputation of their ear, requiring hospitalization and surgery to reattach the ear.
A car was being backed out of a bay so that another car could pull into it. The car's brakes did not respond, and the car reversed quickly. The injured employee approached the car to stop it, and it pinned his right leg against a lift. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was exiting the company shuttle van when his shoe became caught on the door of the vehicle, causing him to fall out of the van to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip that required surgery.
An employee was working to change the tires and brakes on a vehicle. He pulled the vehicle out of the bay. The brakes failed, and the car drifted backward into another bay where it pinned the injured employee against the arm of a vehicle lift. The injured employee sustained seven fractured ribs on his left side.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.