Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Posillico Civil Inc., 285 E. 138Th Street, BRONX, NEW YORK 10454
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
An employee grinded a steel pipe that was approximately 24" in diameter x 40' long. An excavator machine with a nylon strap then raised the pipe. One end of the strap was connected to the excavator machine and the other end of the strap was around the pipe. During the pipe raising, one end of the pipe came free and struck the employee's left leg, breaking it below the knee.
A crew was installing a border wall. The border wall panels were being lifted by a nylon round sling when the sling was cut by the rough, sharp edge of the steel panel. The wall panels (also called bollards) fell onto the employees. Two employees were hospitalized with fractures to their lower extremities and contusions.
An employee was operating construction equipment to back fill an excavation. As he was backing up near a ventilator wall, his left leg was pinned between the wall and equipment, breaking it.
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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