Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dell Services, 4201 Medical Center Drive, MCHENRY, ILLINOIS 60050
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee tripped over an electrical cord and fell, requiring hospitalization.
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.
A temporary employee was working as a packer for HOP Global Service Inc. At the end of the work day, approximately 5:45 PM, he fell and hit his head against a wooden pallet. The employee was hospitalized with a head Injury and heat-related illness.
An employee was connecting batteries to an uninterruptible power supply system. A few batteries shorted out, causing second-degree burns to his hands. He was hospitalized, requiring skin grafts.
An employee was serving as a spotter for the adjustment of staging when several of the staging planks became dislodged and fell to the ground. One of the planks bounced far enough to strike the employee in the back. The employee was hospitalized with an umbilical hernia and had surgery.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.