Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at L&W SUPPLY CORPORATION, 1330 E. 53rd Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60615
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the neck and back.
Final narrative
An employee was moving drywall from the forks of a fork truck when the drywall slid off the forks and pinned him between the drywall and a wall, causing back and neck injuries that required hospitalization.
HospitalizedNeck and backWallboard, drywall, sheetrock
An employee was holding an outside yard gate while a vendor truck was exiting the yard. As the employee was watching the exiting truck, the rollers on top of the gate caught his right index fingertip, resulting in a partial amputation to the fingertip.
An employee was delivering drywall sheets in a cart. The cart began to tip; as the employee tried to steady it, drywall fell off it and struck him. He suffered a broken leg.
Two employees were adjusting forks on a forklift before lifting a load of building materials at a distribution warehouse. While attempting to spread the forks apart, one of the forks fell off of the tracks. Because the fork was no longer seated in the tracks, it fell to the ground, striking one of the employees. The employee sustained a broken leg (fibula) approximately 2 to 3 inches above his right ankle and five broken toes on his left foot.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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