Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc., 600 Highland Avenue, MADISON, WISCONSIN 53792
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working from a 6-foot stepladder, removing flex tubing from the ceiling level. He was pulling on the tubing when it gave way, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the concrete surface below. He broke his hip and elbow.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Step ladders
An employee was operating a concrete vibrator during concrete pouring operations. Concrete material splattered onto the employee's clothing and soaked through, causing chemical burns to the employee's skin.
A fork truck had been used to place metal concrete forms in place. An employee went to manually adjust the "L" sections of the forms by lifting one end with his right hand. The employee was setting down the end of the metal form when it slipped out of his hand pinching the middle fingertip on their left hand. The employee's fingertip was amputated without bone loss.
An employee ascended an extension ladder to help guide a bundle of metal decking. The employee fell off the ladder about 9 feet to the next lower working surface and sustained a broken femur.
A forklift was about to lower 800-pound steel decking, being carried on the forklift's forks. Instead the load titled forward and slid off the forks; it fell about 12 inches and hit an employee in the head and the ankle. The employee suffered fractures to the ankle, the tibia, and a back vertebra.
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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The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
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An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.
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