Gerstner Invenestments Inc.

A crew was pulling a 4-inch plastic gas pipe off a reel and straightening it for installation. The injured employee stepped up on the trailer to cut the last band holding the pipe in the coil on the reel. As he turned to step off the trailer, the end of the pipe rotated and sprung out of the cage surrounding the coil, striking the employee on the side of the head and knocking him off of the trailer into the roadway. The employee suffered head trauma that required hospitalization.

An employee and a co-worker were performing a pick inside a clear well. They rigged the skid pan that was full of broken concrete. When lifting, the load began to swing toward a wall. The employee tried to stop the skid pan from swinging and was struck by the pan, resulting in fractures to their left hip and wrist.

The employee had just completed refueling a lattice crane that was breaking up material and was winding the fuel hose back into the fuel truck when he was struck by the catwalk/stairs of the crane. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to his backside, possible internal bleeding, and a broken hip.

An employee was fusing 10-inch black rubber utility pipes together using a pipe fusion machine and could not get the pipes to set correctly. The employee used a nylon strap attached to an excavator to lift one side of a pipe off a steel plate. As his hand was between two pipes, the pipes came back together, partially amputating two of his fingers.

An employee was lifting four bags of a lime blend weighing approximately 10,000 pounds using a crane. The load swung and pinned the employee against a structural I-beam, resulting in fractures to the hip and pelvis.

An employee was moving a piece of furniture up a flight of stairs. At the top of the stairs, he lost his balance and fell backward onto a couch with a metal bracket sticking up out of it. He suffered a laceration to the abdomen and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was standing on the hood of a box truck to fix a water leak in the cargo box of the truck. When he was descending the hood, he fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured pelvis.

An employee was unloading boxes from a truck at a residence, which included lifting boxes from the vehicle and placing them onto the ground to carry them into the residence. During this process, he suddenly experienced severe back pain, resulting in hospitalization due to a strain.

An employee was carrying a couch up the ramp of a moving truck with his partner. The employee was moving forward up the ramp, and his partner was moving backward up the ramp. The partner had reached the top of the ramp and was inside the truck while the employee was approaching the top of the ramp when a sudden gust of wind hit the employee and the couch. The employee fell forward and to the right, landing on his ribs at the top of the ramp. The employee suffered a fractured rib and a laceration to his liver that required hospitalization.

An employee was assisting a customer with attaching a trailer to their vehicle using a trailer mover. The trailer slipped from the trailer mover. As a result, the trailer mover struck the employee s left knee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left kneecap that required surgery.

An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.