Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FARMERS INSURANCE, 602 N Victoria Rd, DONNA, TEXAS 78537
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee fell either from the roof or ladder of a mobile home unit. He does not remember. The employee was inspecting the roof for hail and wind damage.
On 3/11/2016, at 09:30, an employee was performing a property claim adjustment on a one-story residential home roof. As the employee was exiting the roof, she fell from a ladder to the deck below. She was hospitalized with three broken ribs on the right side.
An employee was descending a ladder after inspecting roof damage at a residence when he fell approximately 8 feet to the ground, breaking his elbow and foot.
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 leaving a work event facility when he fell down a step to the ground, resulting in hospitalization due to torn quadricep tendons in both his knees.
An employee was on an extension ladder at a site to inspect roof damage. The ladder slipped out from under him and the employee fell to the ground and landed on the ladder. The employee was hospitalized for fractured shoulders.
An employee was leaving a client's property to walk to their car when they fell on the driveway, resulting in fractures to their skull and right femoral bone.
An employee was walking to the entrance of the building when she tripped and fell on the floor and stairwell of the first floor entry, resulting in a fractured hip.
An employee was walking in a conference room when the heel of their shoe caught on the carpet flooring, causing them to fall. The employee's head struck a conference table and they suffered central cord syndrome/protrusion of cervical intervertebral disc. The employee was hospitalized.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.