Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Vesta, Inc., 5400 West Franklin Drive, FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN 53132
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
On October 26, 2016, an employee was standing at a computer station and as the employee turned to leave their foot got caught in a scanner cable causing the employee to fall fracturing the left hip.
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.
An employee was operating a standup forklift in the warehouse. The forklift struck racking, causing the employee to lose their balance. Their left foot became caught between the forklift and the racking and was fractured.
An employee was servicing a circuit board on a portable X-ray unit when a battery cable touched part of the board, causing electrical burns to two fingers on his right hand.
A plumber was unclogging a sink in an employee's work area when the employee suffered an allergic reaction and an asthma attack from the liquid drain-cleaning chemicals.
The injured employee was putting away materials on the warehouse floor as a co-worker was pushing a pallet onto a nearby shelf. The pallet knocked another pallet forward, causing it to fall onto the injured employee's shoulders. The employee suffered fractures in their right and left knees and ankles.
The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.
An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.