Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Coca Cola, 8400 Imperial Drive, WACO, TEXAS 76712
on — Fractures, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
Final narrative
An employee was troubleshooting a machine from a ladder when he fell from the ladder and struck the floor. He was hospitalized for a fractured right leg and fractured right elbow.
An employee stepped off a platform onto a lower step, lost their footing, and fell to the floor approximately 17 inches below the platform. As a result, the employee fractured their left wrist and sprained their left ankle.
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when it struck a wall. His left foot was caught between the pallet jack and the wall resulting in a fractured left ankle. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a pallet jack in the warehouse when his foot was caught between the standing platform of the pallet jack and a support column. The employee was hospitalized with a crushed right foot, requiring surgery.
An employee was trying to park a pallet jack when his right foot was pinned and fractured between the pallet jack he was parking and the jack parked in the space next to him. He was hospitalized.
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 cleaning a distilling device when their hand got caught by a capper head wheel. The employee sustained a dislocated wrist and dislocated fingers on their right hand requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was working in a store when they were exposed to carbon monoxide coming from gasoline powered tools in the store next door, which was under construction. The employee suffered carbon monoxide poisoning.
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.