Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Certified Transmission, 1801 S 54th Street, OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68106
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee on a step ladder was retrieving inventory from a shelf when he stepped back and fell off the ladder, suffering leg trauma.
An employee was sending a part through a pass-through parts washer. He was attempting to guide the part when his glove and finger were caught in the conveyor, pinching his fingertip at the transition from the washer to the roller conveyor. As a result, his right ring fingertip was amputated.
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.
On April 28, 2023, at approximately 9:00 AM, two employees were lifting a steel rework table off the ground. The injured employee dropped the table and their right middle finger was caught and amputated between the table and the floor.
An employee was looking under the hood of a vehicle. The employee came into contact with a running belt and suffered a potential left middle finger amputation.
On January 26, 2021, an employee was adjusting the bed height of a hydraulic press. The table/bed adjustment handle slipped and the table dropped on the employee's right hand. The employee's thumb was crushed between the bed and one of the pins the employee had been adjusting, and the thumb tip was amputated without bone loss.
An employee was sending a part through a pass-through parts washer. He was attempting to guide the part when his glove and finger were caught in the conveyor, pinching his fingertip at the transition from the washer to the roller conveyor. As a result, his right ring fingertip was amputated.
An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.
An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.
An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning out corn from a grain bin. The sweep auger in the bin was activated and caught his trouser leg. His leg was pulled into the auger, which injured his calf and caused leg fractures and lacerations.