Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Perryman Company, 213 Vandale Drive, HOUSTON, PENNSYLVANIA 15342
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
While untangling a metal coil that was caught on a stand, an employee fell approximately 36" from a small work platform to the ground, suffering a fractured hip and pelvic injuries.
An employee was moving a piece of bar material inside a hydraulic vise on a band saw machine. The switch was toggled closed, crushing the employee's left middle finger in the vise. The finger was amputated.
At about 11:00 a.m. on April 20, 2022, an employee was operating a bar turner machine. As he was closing the shield that covered the machine's spinning cutting heads, it caught his index finger. Part of the finger was medically amputated.
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.
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