Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sears Home Services, Cowboy way & Settegast Ranch Road, RICHMOND, TEXAS 77406
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Watch Sears Home Services — freeGet an email when a new federal OSHA severe-injury report for Sears Home Services is published. One employer, no account, unsubscribe in one click.
Final narrative
An employee parked outside on the side of the street. When he opened his van's back door, a box fell out of the van and went into the ditch. As he attempted to get the box, he fell several feet into the ditch and broke his left tibia in his lower left leg.
While attempting to repair a lawnmower, and employee turned off the mower and tried to flip it over before the blades stopped spinning. His right middle fingertip was amputated by the blades.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was using a grinder to cut benches for a condenser change-out. The grinder kicked back and lacerated the employee's left hand above the knuckle, cutting tendons. The grinder's cutting wheel was unguarded at the time.
An employee was moving dies on a hydraulic pan brake closer together so he could bend pieces of sheet metal. The employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers were crushed in the machine, and all three fingers were amputated.
An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a dryer at a commercial laundry facility. The emergency stop was released, and the dryer broke his left humerus and lacerated his left forearm.
An employee was on a scissor lift, moving a jug of refrigerant onto a roof. The container fell onto his left middle finger, crushing it against the handrail of the scissor lift and and fracturing it.
An employee was replacing the gauge glass of a boiler while standing on the first rung of a 4-foot ladder. He was loosening a corroded valve when the valve snapped off. Steam and hot water discharged onto the employee's upper body. He was hospitalized with second-degree burns to his face, neck, chest, arms, and hands.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.