Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at R.W. Sidley, Inc., 7123 Madison Rd, THOMPSON, OHIO 44086
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was sanding the rough edges of a concrete wall while standing on a yard trailer platform when the employee tripped and fell approximately 4.5 feet to the ground, suffering a head injury and requiring hospitalization.
Two employees were putting another section of boom on a crawler crane. One end of the boom was resting on the ground and the opposite end was elevated approximately 2.5 feet in the air. An employee was under the elevated section of the boom, removing pins that would allow the boom to be separated. When the second of the two pins holding that section was removed, the crane boom fell on the employee. The employee sustained fractures.
An employee was working on a precast riser form, trying to adjust a steel plate at the top of the form. When a final bolt was loosened, the plate dropped and crushed the tip of the employee's left little finger. The fingertip was partially amputated.
An employee was standing on a precast bed instructing a team member to strike a buttress to straighten the stressed strand in the form. The buttress spun due to the impact from the hammer and pressure from the strand. The pressure from the strand then pulled the buttress through the opening. The strand struck the employee's foot, knocking him off his feet and landing on his shoulder. The employee sustained an ankle injury and a dislocated left shoulder.
An employee was driving a truck, pulling away from a plant, when six vape pen batteries in his right front pants pocket ignited. He suffered severe burns to the upper right leg.
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.
An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.
An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.
An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.
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