Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Groendyke Transport, Inc., Madison Rail Yard, MADISON, ILLINOIS 62060
on — Fractures, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
At about 11:20 a.m. on March 14, 2019, a truck driver was working on top of a tractor trailer to check the fuel level. A gust of wind blew the employee off the top of the trailer. The employee suffered broken bones and was hospitalized.
A truck driver was preparing a hose to load a chemical tanker trailer with sulfuric acid when sulfuric acid splashed the left side of their face and neck, causing skin burns.
An employee was climbing a ladder on a 12 1/2-foot tank trailer. He fell to the ground, suffering two fractures to the pelvis and a broken lower spine.
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 had been unloading tires from the back of a pickup truck. The employee went to step down out of the back of the pickup truck and stepped on the lift gate in a vertical position. The lift gate tipped and employee fell, impacting their side on the upright liftgate. The employee sustained five fractured ribs and a punctured right lung. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was working from the ground, connecting/disconnecting railcars within a storage yard. He was adjusting a railcar coupling with his foot. The employee's right foot was fractured and lacerated by the coupler as the railcars were coming together.
An employee was using a portable 3-inch centrifugal trash pump to move water from a unit slab containment to a tank. The water had a pH of 6.67. When the tank gauge showed that the elevations were not changing, it was determined the gas-operated pump had lost its prime, causing heat to generate due to the internal friction of the pump. The employee turned the pump off and blocked in the influent line. The discharge hose was then disconnected from the pump. When this disconnection occurred, hot water and steam were released from the pump and contacted with the employee. The employee suffered second-degree burns on their chest, stomach, thigh, and arm that required hospitalization.
An employee was making rounds to collect readings from petroleum tanks. He followed a pathway that had several ground-level protrusions from decommissioned pipe conduits, electrical grounding, and a support strut. The employee tripped on a conduit stub, lost his balance, and fell, landing on his left hip. He was hospitalized with a broken left hip.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.