Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American National Red Cross, 250 Jari Drive, JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 15904
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
One employee was hospitalized after falling off a ramp at the loading dock.
HospitalizedBrainRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was storing away a hospital bed in a warehouse when the bed collapsed and his left little finger got caught in the metal frame, resulting in a laceration to the fingertip that required hospitalization and a surgical amputation.
A person donated plasma. Before leaving, their pepper spray accidentally discharged in the office and caused a chemical reaction. An employee was performing phlebotomy and sustained a seizure.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.