Trip without fall, unspecified · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen, Inc., 7435 W. Talcott Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60631
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
While carrying a machine with a cutting edge guard, an employee tripped and the guard of the machine crushed the employee's four fingers.
An employee was struck in the head by a slab of concrete debris that fell from the backhoe. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae in the neck and back.
An employee was walking underneath a silo when he tripped. The employee reached for a head pulley gear box and his finger became caught in the belt, resulting in a degloving injury that required medical amputation of the right middle fingertip.
On July 18, 2022, an employee was carrying chains to hook to a tool building. The employee tripped, and the eye ring for the four-way chains came down onto the eye of the tool building, catching his right index finger and amputating it above the first joint.
An employee was removing a pan of cooked pasta from a steam oven when they tripped and spilled hot water on their legs and elbow. The employee was hospitalized for burns.
An employee tripped while carrying a bucket of hot tar. The bucket dropped and splashed tar on his feet and right arm. He suffered burns to the arm and both ankles.
An employee was moving a dumpster from inside an apartment to the outside when he stumbled and his ankle was pinned between the curb and the dumpster. He suffered a broken left ankle.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 236220)
The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.
An employee was installing insulation in a wall when she tripped on a hole (12" deep) and fell, hitting her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to her leg and wrist, and lacerations to her head. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.
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.