Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Eldorado Stone, LLC, 9156 Molly Pitcher Hwy, GREENCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17225
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the forehead.
Final narrative
An employee was sliding a 55-gallon drum onto another rack when the rack on the forklift slid, striking and lacerating the employee's forehead. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was turning a pallet full of molds when his right hand went between a pallet and the backstop. When the pallet rotated, his right thumb tip was caught and amputated in the pinch point.
A crew was pulling a 4-inch plastic gas pipe off a reel and straightening it for installation. The injured employee stepped up on the trailer to cut the last band holding the pipe in the coil on the reel. As he turned to step off the trailer, the end of the pipe rotated and sprung out of the cage surrounding the coil, striking the employee on the side of the head and knocking him off of the trailer into the roadway. The employee suffered head trauma that required hospitalization.
An employee and a co-worker were performing a pick inside a clear well. They rigged the skid pan that was full of broken concrete. When lifting, the load began to swing toward a wall. The employee tried to stop the skid pan from swinging and was struck by the pan, resulting in fractures to their left hip and wrist.
The employee had just completed refueling a lattice crane that was breaking up material and was winding the fuel hose back into the fuel truck when he was struck by the catwalk/stairs of the crane. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to his backside, possible internal bleeding, and a broken hip.
An employee was fusing 10-inch black rubber utility pipes together using a pipe fusion machine and could not get the pipes to set correctly. The employee used a nylon strap attached to an excavator to lift one side of a pipe off a steel plate. As his hand was between two pipes, the pipes came back together, partially amputating two of his fingers.
An employee was lifting four bags of a lime blend weighing approximately 10,000 pounds using a crane. The load swung and pinned the employee against a structural I-beam, resulting in fractures to the hip and pelvis.
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An employee was working on unscrewing a knee wall panel (corrugated metal) next to an unguarded stairwell in order to expose the structure behind it. He lost his balance and fell 7 feet to the concrete landing of the stairwell. He was hospitalized with lacerations on the front and back of his head, fractures to both forearms, and a knee injury.
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An employee was operating a pedestal-mounted core drill to obtain core samples. The employee had reached the bottom of the concrete pavement while operating the drill and the drill bit stopped spinning. After reengaging the drilling process, the injured employee raised the drill bit halfway out of the concrete pavement and fell off the pedestal plate, hitting his head on the concrete pavement. The employee sustained a head injury including loss of consciousness, bleeding, bruising, and facial fractures.
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