Stings and venomous bites · Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U. S. Geological Survey, 75 Techna Center Drive, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36117
on — Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was bitten by a rattlesnake while measuring stream flow, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was emptying and cleaning a trash container when he noticed a bite on his ribcage. The employee was hospitalized for a poisonous spider bite.
An employee was working an investigation. He pulled a trash can from a suspect s house and was bitten by fire ants. On the way back to the office the employee developed hives and went into anaphylactic shock. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was on a four-step work stand while sanding an area of an aircraft. He was climbing down the work stand when he tripped over an air hose and fell to the level below, resulting in a fractured femur.
A Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employee was assisting a fire crew with clearing a forest trail. The employee was struck in the left leg by a fire-rated chainsaw. The chainsaw struck the employee underneath their chaps and above their boot. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee handed a fuel hose to another employee at a gas station pump and then turned around, tripped over the hose, and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.
An employee was conducting fire suppression operations on a wildfire. He pulled a hose from the engine. He then charged the hose and began to put on his gloves. A flareup occurred and the employee sustained burns to his face and hands.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.