Fall on same level due to slipping · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PENN LINE CORPORATION, 104 Roaring Creek Road, CATAWISSA, PENNSYLVANIA 17820
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the buttock(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking down a hill after clearing trees when he slipped and landed on a tree stub. The stub punctured his buttock and required hospitalization.
An employee approached a brush pile to gather cut brush. A second employee was cutting limbs in the brush pile using a chainsaw. When that employee turned, the tip of the chainsaw lacerated the first employee's right arm.
After cutting a dead tree, an employee was pulling it down with a rope. As the tree came down it struck another tree, which caused a branch from that tree to break and strike the employee in the head. He suffered a concussion and a possible broken bone in his upper back.
On January 8, 2018, at approximately 3:00 p.m., an employee was flagging traffic on a two-lane road. A log truck, pulling a trailer with logs, was directed through the work zone. The trailer's outside tires dropped off the pavement, causing the trailer to tip. As the trailer tipped over, the straps holding the logs broke. The employee, standing approximately 20 feet away, began running and was struck by the rolling logs, suffering multiple fractures to the face, hip, pelvis, neck, and back. The employee was hospitalized.
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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