Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ABM , Gate B-6, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30320
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee got into a physical altercation with an airline passenger at a terminal gate. The employee was punched in the face and fell to the ground, suffering a concussion.
An employee was monitoring paperwork in an office when they were exposed to dust from concrete grinding and chipping. The employee sustained fungal pneumonia.
An employee stepped onto a rolling ladder while cleaning a mixing bowl on an elevated bread line. The employee fell 4 feet, suffering a severe injury to the right knee that required hospitalization for surgery.
An employee was operating a pallet jack in reverse when it struck a rack. The employee was pinned between the pallet jack and the rack and sustained broken bones and internal bleeding.
A store employee was pushed by a shoplifter into the frame of the entrance door to the store. The employee's head struck the doorframe resulting in head injuries and contusions on her hand and arm. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was making patient rounds at the hospital and stopped to talk with the charge nurse in front of the nurse's station. A patient reached over the nurse's station, grabbed a metal three-hole paper punch from over the desk, and proceeded to attack the employee with it. The employee sustained lacerations to the head and face, a fractured forearm, and a fractured little finger.
A teacher's assistant was attending to a student in the quiet room when they were pushed by another student. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a left hip fracture.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 488190)
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