Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Benjamin Moore & Co., 16265 E. 33rd Dr., AURORA, COLORADO 80011
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading trash into a bin from a loading dock area when he slipped on ice and fell onto his left side, breaking three ribs. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersRamps, loading docks, dock plates
An employee was unwrapping a pallet of empty buckets. The employee stepped backward and was struck by a powered industrial truck carrying a pallet of bucket lids, resulting in a left ankle fracture.
An employee had adjusted the tension on a machine's chain/belt, then energized the machine to evaluate its operation. His hand slipped into the chain area; his finger was caught between the chain and sprocket, and he suffered partial amputations to the left ring and middle fingers. At the time of the incident, the machine's lockout/tagout had been removed and the chain area was unguarded.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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An employee was painting while standing on a second-floor ledge at a commercial building. As he stepped down onto a ladder, the ladder slipped. The employee fell to the concrete about 8 feet below and suffered an injury to the right side of his rib cage.
An employee was working in a building on the third floor attic draft stop (9ft 6in). The employee fell landing on his left side and fracturing the left ankle.
An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.
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