Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc., 200 Forest Drive, LEESBURG, FLORIDA 34788
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
A maintenance employee was transporting a pizza oven to a truck using a cart. The oven slipped from the cart during transport and hit the employee's leg. The employee suffered lacerations and cut tendons in the calf area. He was hospitalized for surgery.
An employee was cleaning the trailer community's pool cage with a pressure washer. He was later found on the ground with a bleeding wound to the head. The pressure washer was running and a ladder was lying beside it when the employee was found.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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