Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BLH, Inc., 304 Seventh Street NW, MANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA 58554
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning branches on the ground when another employee who was trimming a tree from an aerial bucket dropped a log on the employee below. The employee suffered broken ribs.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersLogs
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An employee and a colleague were moving two pieces of rebar when a tie was cut. The employee holding the rebar dropped it while it was above the injured employee's hands, resulting in partial amputation to their left middle finger.
An employee was bracing an extension ladder while his coworker installed a 10-foot, 40-45-pound pipe. The pipe fell onto the injured employee's head and he sustained a hematoma, C3 and C4 vertebral fractures and a forehead laceration.
An employee was helping to lift a press roll in to fix an issue that was occurring. A co-worker lost their grip and the press roll fell onto the injured employee's left index finger, resulting in a crush injury and amputation.
Three employees were removing equipment from an old fermentation room at a bakery. They were using two bakery dollies to remove metal plates from the floor of the room. One of them was holding one of the metal dollies with his right hand on the side of the dolly, as a plate was being centered on the two dollies. The plate slipped and struck his right thumb, which was amputated near the last joint.
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