Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Topre America Corporation, 1580 County Road 222, CULLMAN, ALABAMA 35057
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple face locations.
Final narrative
The employee was walking back to her work cell, tripped on a guard rail anchor plate, and fell to the ground hitting her chin on the concrete floor. She sustained a laceration to her chin, a fractured jaw on the left and right sides and a fractured nose.
An employee was operating a stationary projection welder when a nut misfed onto the part. The employee went to move the misfed nut. The ram on the welder actuated and the employee's left index finger was pinched between the ram and the electrode. The finger was amputated to the first knuckle.
An employee was using a remote-operated overhead crane to pick up a stamping die. The crane cables caught the cleat of a die as the employee was moving the crane to pick up another die. The die fell and crushed the employee's right foot.
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 verifying light curtain function at a load cell tester when their right index finger was amputated by a hydraulic cylinder above the middle knuckle.
An employee was positioning an overhead crane to stand up a skidded coil when the coil swung back. The employee was caught between the swinging coil and another coil sitting on a coil pad, resulting in hospitalization due to a loss of consciousness and a pelvic injury.
An employee was performing general cleanup duties when they collapsed and passed out due to heat exhaustion. They were hospitalized for heat exhaustion, dehydration, and acute renal failure.
A temporary employee was helping a forklift operator by holding metal sheets to steady them as they were placed on a rail for feeding to a stamp machine. The operator lowered the forks with the blanks (weighting approximately 750 pounds). The temporary employee's right index finger was caught between the metal and the feeding rail. The finger was crushed and partially amputated through the bone.
An employee was using a mechanical trim press to trim flash off metal parts. The employee was loading a part to be trimmed when the press cycled and crushed the index fingers on both of their hands. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation. The machine was not guarded at the time.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.