Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Case & Associates, iInc., 5160 S Yale, TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74135
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was carrying a hot water tank down a flight of stairs using a dolly when the load shifted and the employee fell, hitting his head.
An employee was walking to their truck to look for a lid. When they stepped between the truck and a dock plate, they sustained a knee injury that required surgery.
An employee was standing on plant bed timbers, using a powered hand trimmer to trim the shrubs in the plant bed. The timber gave way, breaking into several pieces. The employee lost balance and fell with the trimmer in his hand. He suffered a severe laceration to the right wrist and hand.
An employee was loading phosphoric acid onto a rail car and preparing to secure the rail car for transport. While repositioning the loadout spout to secure it back to the drip pan holster on the dock, the spout contacted the handrail of the rail car, causing the employee to lose balance. The employee stepped back and their right foot entered the opening for the rail car, causing him to twist/pivot on his left leg. The employee's lower left leg was fractured.
On November 14, 2023, an employee was receiving a delivery from a truck when some of the merchandise fell from the truck s lift and struck him. He then fell to the ground and his head struck the sidewalk, resulting in an injury that required hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 531110)
An employee was working on sub-floors and was transferring a tool when he slipped and struck a 2x8 floor joist. He fell into the sub-floor void on his right side. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs and a puncture to the liver.
An employee was in his car in the parking lot of his workplace (apartment complex) when a resident shot him with a gun. The employee was hospitalized with gunshot injuries to his right ribs and shoulder.
An employee was performing janitorial activities and unclogging a toilet and drain line that had shop rags and paper towels in it. After snaking the line to remove the obstruction, he was using a drain cleaning product and after about 20 minutes he became dizzy and lost consciousness as he was walking out of the room. He fell to the floor and sustained two fractured cervical vertebrae and bruising to the spine. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.
An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.
An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.
An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.
An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.