Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at New York Hilton Midtown, 1335 6th Ave, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was standing on a handrail to tighten a screw on a linen chute. The employee fell and was injured.
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 checking credentials for vehicles entering an area. While approaching a vehicle that had failed to stop as instructed, the employee lost his balance and fell backward, landing on his back. The car struck him, and he suffered a tailbone fracture and a kidney injury.
An employee was removing rigging from a post-tensioning strand when it suddenly whipped and unwound. The employee suffered an avulsion to the right thumb.
An employee was entering a doorway on the seventeenth floor of an enclosed building when the door closed on his left index finger, crushing it. The fingertip was amputated.
A restroom stall door swung open, bounced back at the employee, and the coat hook on the door impaled his left eye. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.