Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Information Network Associates Inc, 5235 N Front St, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17110
on — Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs, affecting the head and trunk.
Final narrative
An employee was on a ladder checking security cameras at the front of a building when the employee fell to the ground, suffering broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a concussion. 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 was performing a bail-out training scenario while wearing a harness with a carabiner and a springless belay device. The employee weighted the rope while rolling out of a window to begin his descent down the training tower. He took two or three steps down the side when the belay device failed. The employee grabbed onto the rope with both hands, keeping himself upright while quickly descending approximately 5 stories. He landed feet first on rubber tiles covering the concrete floor and then fell to his left side, resulting in fractures to the thoracic spine and heel of the left foot as well as rope burn abrasions to both hands.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.