Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ferguson Enterprises, 1604 S. Baltimore St, TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74119
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to unload a pallet from a truck when the pallet broke and the employee fell off the truck, striking his head on the ground.
HospitalizedBrainTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
An employee was unloading a forklift from a truck. The forklift's mast tilted and the forklift fell approximately 18" to the ground. The employee struck his head on the forklift's overhead crossbar and sidebar, causing head lacerations and a displaced fractures of the C6 and C7 vertebrae.
An employee was standing on the back of a flatbed tailgate, throwing trash into a dumpster. The employee fell off the tailgate and landed on their hip and ribs sustaining three fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.
A driver was helping unload product at a customer location. As the customer used a forklift to unload the product, an iron pipe started slipping. The employee was using a tightening rod to push the bar when his left thumb was caught between the pipe and the rod. The thumb was crushed and broken.
An employee was using a cart to move welding pipe weighing about 900 pounds. The cart tipped over and the pipe struck him in the left leg. He suffered a contusion to the upper thigh and was hospitalized due to concern about blood clots.
An employee was making a delivery at a customer's shop. He fell from a flatbed truck to the pavement and sustained a broken femur. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.
Equipment was being brought back online after a break-in and vandalism. An arc flash occurred when an employee cycled a 480-volt circuit breaker. The employee suffered burns to the face and hands.
An employee was lifting the liftgate on the rear of his delivery truck after making a delivery when his right hand was caught in the liftgate. The employee sustained four fractured fingers.
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.