Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at POP Displays USA, 4505 North Commerce Drive, EAST POINT, GEORGIA 30344
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
A temporary employee was moving a pallet containing four steel molds using a sit-down forklift. When the employee lifted the forks on the forklift, the pallet broke apart causing two molds to fall on the floor. The employee retrieved a new pallet to replace the broken pallet. He then attempted to pull and slide over one of the remaining molds on the broken pallet onto the new pallet, which he had placed alongside the forks. The steel mold was approximately 500 lbs., and when he slid it to the pallet edge, the pallet once again broke apart. This caused the mold to come crashing down onto the employee's left hand, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.
An employee was moving a piece of an I-beam for welding when it rolled off the cribbing. The employee went to catch it when it fell and crushed the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was helping to disassemble large reels used to store steel wire when a 264-pound flange from the reel fell over onto the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their leg and ligament injuries to the lower leg.
The injured employee was putting away materials on the warehouse floor as a co-worker was pushing a pallet onto a nearby shelf. The pallet knocked another pallet forward, causing it to fall onto the injured employee's shoulders. The employee suffered fractures in their right and left knees and ankles.
Employees were moving a single man lift into a building and reclining the lift to position it to fit through the door. The lift shifted and fell, causing the employee to sustain fractures to the left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was moving a light tower so it could be hitched to a truck. He grabbed the tongue of the trailer hitch on the light tower to slide it to the left. The tongue jack fell off, causing the light tower tongue to drop on the employee's right hand. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.
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