Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Global BMW, 500 Interstate N. Pkwy, SE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30339
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee tripped and fell on a speed bump in the parking lot, breaking her right leg and requiring hospitalization.
An employee was climbing down a ladder when he was attacked by a swarm of bees. He fell to the concrete below, suffering a fractured elbow and leg, a broken nose, and the loss of some teeth.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
An employee was working underneath a vehicle when the vehicle began to roll and a tire caught the employee's left ear. The employee sustained a laceration and partial amputation of their ear, requiring hospitalization and surgery to reattach the ear.
A car was being backed out of a bay so that another car could pull into it. The car's brakes did not respond, and the car reversed quickly. The injured employee approached the car to stop it, and it pinned his right leg against a lift. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was exiting the company shuttle van when his shoe became caught on the door of the vehicle, causing him to fall out of the van to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip that required surgery.
An employee was working to change the tires and brakes on a vehicle. He pulled the vehicle out of the bay. The brakes failed, and the car drifted backward into another bay where it pinned the injured employee against the arm of a vehicle lift. The injured employee sustained seven fractured ribs on his left side.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.