Exposure to traumatic or stressful event, n.e.c. · Loss of consciousness-not heat related
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at State Farm Insurance, 11350 Johns Creek Pkwy, DULUTH, GEORGIA 30097
on — Loss of consciousness-not heat related, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was hospitalized after fainting due to work stress.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSBodily conditions of injured, ill worker
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An employee had been dealing with a trespasser and had the police onsite. She also had a verbal altercation with a vendor. The employee then suffered cardiac distress.
An employee was climbing a fixed ladder to gain access to the roof for an inspection. The bolts holding the ladder to the wall broke, resulting in the ladder and the employee falling approximately 14 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a concussion and a brain bleed as well as fractured ribs and was hospitalized.
An employee was walking down the office hallway when she stumbled and fell to the floor, causing a bleed from her femoral artery and swelling in the left leg.
An employee completed an inspection of an insured property's roof for hail damage. As he was getting on the ladder to descend from the roof, he fell approximately 10-12 feet and landed on his back on the concrete ground. The employee sustained 10 fractured ribs (4-5 displaced) and 5 transverse process fractures. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was working outside inspecting vehicles at a body shop when he became ill due to heat. The employee sustained dehydration, heat exhaustion, and a muscle injury.
An employee was inspecting wind and water damage in a residential attic when they stepped onto drywall between two trusses and fell through the drywall. They fell approximately 10 feet to the concrete ground below and sustained a fractured right tibia.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.