Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Felchar Manufacturing Corp., 4751 Pine Camp Drive, BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK 13904
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On 11/12/15, and employee was repairing a mold while working under a suspended load. The employee removed bolts to replace O rings. The runner plate separated from the cavity plate, and the 1500-pound mold fell on the employee's legs. The employee's left leg fractured.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 335210)
An employee was removing product (a transformer radiator weighing approximately 2,640 pounds) from the paint room utilizing an overhead drop-crane system. The employee inspected the product in the drop section and started to lower the load. The product fell out of the rigging and hit the ground. It then tipped, pinning the employee against a desk. The employee was hospitalized with collapsed lungs, a dislocated sternum, a head injury requiring staples, and fractures to their ribs and wrists/lower arms.
An employee was retrieving an empty blue bin. When he turned around, he tripped over a skid and fell to the floor, striking his head and sustaining injuries to his hip and foot. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip.
An employee was troubleshooting a cutter machine to see why the blade was not spinning. The power button on the machine was pressed and the blade contacted his right little finger, resulting in a laceration and an amputation. The machine was energized at the time of the incident.
An employee was operating a horizontal press. As the employee reached for their work badge, the press cycled onto their little finger and amputated a quarter-inch of the tip.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.