Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hawaii Stevedores, Inc., Sand Island Pier 51A, HONOLULU, HAWAII 96819
on — Fractures, affecting the elbow(s).
Final narrative
An employee was exiting a yard tractor when she fell backward, landing on and fracturing her left elbow.
An employee was operating an electrical gangway when the gangway hydraulics failed, causing the gangway and employee to fall 10 feet to the lower level. The employee contacted the gangway's metal frame. His knees were bruised and he lost consciousness.
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.
While preparing to install a new spool piece for a vapor and spent sulfuric acid line, an employee was working to ensure there was no residual product or pressure in the line before removing the 6-inch hose. The valve was cracked, and some spent acid still in the line sprayed out. The employee was standing off to the side and at a distance, but was still contacted by the hot acid, resulting in corrosive and thermal burns to their upper torso and mid-thighs of both legs.
An employee was driving a utility tractor rig when it struck the rear trailer of another utility tractor rig, which was traveling in the opposite direction. The glancing impact caused damage to the cab, and he sustained a laceration on right side of his face, a cervical fracture, two fractured left ribs, and a pelvic fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
The injured employee was standing by the controls for the electric spud system on the barge, preparing to raise the spuds. Meanwhile, an excavator was moving a mat on the deck. As the excavator swung from port to starboard, it's counterweight struck the injured employee s shoulder, causing them to lose balance and fall against the spud controls. The employee sustained bruises and contusions to their right shoulder and chest.
An employee was standing on the outside edge of a hopper barge while watching a skid steer push ore for an excavator (with a clamshell bucket) to unload. The excavator was on a work barge. The bucket of the excavator struck the employee and caused a near-amputation of their right arm and fractures of the ulna and radius of the left arm. The right arm required surgery.
An employee was inspecting a conveyor to see why it was not running. The employee entered the the conveyor motor area, tripped on a piece of angle iron welded to the floor, and fell. The employee sustained a fractured orbital bone.
An employee was on a 6-foot A-frame ladder, working to replace ceiling tiles. They fell to the ground and sustained fractures to their hip and femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was installing shoring and stepped on a 2x4 that was running across the top of a trench. He fell through and was hospitalized with a fractured left femur.
An employee was securing a ramp to a dock to unload cargo. He was using large pins to put the ramp in place when two of his fingers got caught in the ramp, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was helping to dismantle a mobile crawler crane. Employees were separating boom sections. When the last pin was hammered out, the 40-foot boom section dropped 4-5 inches onto the injured employee's left foot. All five toes were amputated and the employee was hospitalized for surgery.