Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mahle Behr Dayton, LLC, 1600 Webster Street, DAYTON, OHIO 45404
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was watching maintenance being performed on injection molding machine number seven. The employee fell backwards three feet off the steps on the side of injection molding machine number six and broke ribs and vertebrae.
An employee was placing parts on a conveyor system. The employee's left middle finger was caught in the system's chain and sprocket, resulting in the amputation of the fingertip. The system was guarded at the time.
An employee was driving a personnel carrier (cart) outside of a plant (courtyard area) when the employee ran into a 4x4 piece of lumber, which caused the cart to fall on its side. The employee fell off in the opposite direction of the falling cart and impacted the concrete floor, suffering a broken bone near the hip socket.
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.
An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.
An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.
An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.
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