Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at KOKOSING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., Indian Avenue and Washington Avenue, Ramp C, Bridge, and I-75 Median, TOLEDO, OHIO 43657
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking across a highway when a motor vehicle struck him, breaking his right hip.
An employee was rotating a vibratory hammer to extract steel sheeting when his right ring and little fingers got pinched between the hammer and a stationary pipe that was coming up out of the ground next to the steel sheeting. The employee suffered a crush injury to his ring and little fingers as well as a partial amputation of the ring finger.
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On January 28, 2021, a crane block and hook had been lowered to the ground for removal from the crane. As the crane load hook came in contact with the ground, an employee tried to rotate the load hook so the block/sheaves would come to rest in a vertical position on the ground. The hook became unstuck and his right foot was wedged between it and the load block. His little toe was broken.
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