Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Central Transport LLC, 2833 Apache Street, TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74110
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a banded copper wire bale when the banding on the wire broke causing one of the bales to fall and land on the employee's leg fracturing it.
An employee was cleaning the gutters on a roof when he fell through a skylight and landed on the ground 20 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to their cheekbone and both wrists.
An employee was unloading the trailer on a powered industrial truck (PIT). As the employee reached through the mast of the PIT, his leg contacted the level control. The mast lowered and crushed the employee's right arm, resulting in injuries that required surgery to repair.
An employee was operating a forklift to pull a broken forklift out of the trailer when the broken forklift got caught on a dock plate. The employee exited the forklift used to tow the broken forklift to check on the stuck forklift and the mast of the broken forklift rose up catching the employee between the two forklifts. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was delivering a pallet bearing a mobile fall protection cart. A forklift was being used to raise the pallet when the pallet cracked, the strap broke, and the cart began to fall. The employee fell to the ground with the cart and suffered a broken and lacerated left wrist.
An employee was moving a piece of an I-beam for welding when it rolled off the cribbing. The employee went to catch it when it fell and crushed the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was helping to disassemble large reels used to store steel wire when a 264-pound flange from the reel fell over onto the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their leg and ligament injuries to the lower leg.
The injured employee was putting away materials on the warehouse floor as a co-worker was pushing a pallet onto a nearby shelf. The pallet knocked another pallet forward, causing it to fall onto the injured employee's shoulders. The employee suffered fractures in their right and left knees and ankles.
Employees were moving a single man lift into a building and reclining the lift to position it to fit through the door. The lift shifted and fell, causing the employee to sustain fractures to the left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was moving a light tower so it could be hitched to a truck. He grabbed the tongue of the trailer hitch on the light tower to slide it to the left. The tongue jack fell off, causing the light tower tongue to drop on the employee's right hand. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.
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