Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JEPPESEN SANDERSON INC., 55 Inverness Drive East, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was sitting in her chair talking with another employee. When she stood up, she tripped over the leg of the chair and fell breaking a hip.
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 working on a bundler when the bundle ram came down on his left hand, smashing his left ring finger between the bundle board. When he pulled his hand out, his left ring fingertip was ripped off.
On November 13, 2015, an employee was feeding a large-format print into the laminator. The employee's fingers got caught between the two large rubber rollers. The employee's left-hand ring fingertip was amputated, while the middle finger was lacerated and required stitches.
An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.
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A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.