Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ferguson Enterprises, 1008 S. Main St., DEL RIO, TEXAS 78840
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was grabbing 2-inch by 20-foot lengths of copper pipe from the back of a tractor trailer. The employee put the pipe on their shoulder while standing on the lift gate at ground level, then tripped on the lift gate handle and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a head laceration and broken leg.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a truck. The forklift's mast tilted and the forklift fell approximately 18" to the ground. The employee struck his head on the forklift's overhead crossbar and sidebar, causing head lacerations and a displaced fractures of the C6 and C7 vertebrae.
An employee was standing on the back of a flatbed tailgate, throwing trash into a dumpster. The employee fell off the tailgate and landed on their hip and ribs sustaining three fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.
A driver was helping unload product at a customer location. As the customer used a forklift to unload the product, an iron pipe started slipping. The employee was using a tightening rod to push the bar when his left thumb was caught between the pipe and the rod. The thumb was crushed and broken.
An employee was using a cart to move welding pipe weighing about 900 pounds. The cart tipped over and the pipe struck him in the left leg. He suffered a contusion to the upper thigh and was hospitalized due to concern about blood clots.
An employee was making a delivery at a customer's shop. He fell from a flatbed truck to the pavement and sustained a broken femur. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.
Equipment was being brought back online after a break-in and vandalism. An arc flash occurred when an employee cycled a 480-volt circuit breaker. The employee suffered burns to the face and hands.
An employee was lifting the liftgate on the rear of his delivery truck after making a delivery when his right hand was caught in the liftgate. The employee sustained four fractured fingers.
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.