Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at C T Stone Works, 1451 Globla Ct., SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34240
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was holding a slab of quartz. He tried to separate two slabs when the momentum and weight fell back on him. He then tried to push them back and step out of the way of the falling quartz, but he fell and hit his head. He broke his leg and required head stitches.
A truck driver was loading granite slabs onto a truck bed when he fell through a gap between the loading dock edge and the truck bed and landed on the ground in the bay below. The driver was hospitalized with a broken tibia and fibula, a dislocated shoulder, and contusions.
An employee climbed onto the bed of a flatbed truck to tighten the load straps. The employee fell 50 inches from the flatbed truck and was hospitalized with a hand injury.
An employee was moving a granite slab with a gantry crane. When the slab was put on the ground, the crane's clamp hit another piece of granite and released the slab, which struck the employee. The employee suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs.
An employee climbed onto a collector conveyor belt to pry a large rock out from under a feeder grate. The plant was started and the employee was pulled down onto the conveyor under another feeder conveyor. He fell clear after about four seconds of the belt moving under him, having suffered several broken ribs and an internal injury.
An employee was scraping loose paint on a railcar door. The employee's hand was caught in the door when it closed unexpectedly. The employee sustained a fractured right wrist.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.