Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Advanced Technology Services, Inc., 2250 Whitfield Ave., SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34243
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking down stairs. His foot slipped on a step, causing his right leg to strike the edge of the lower step. The leg was broken.
An employee was changing the filter on a brake press and used a ladder to access the top of the press. The employee fell from the ladder approximately 6 feet and struck his head on the press frame. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and an open head wound.
An employee stacking 115-pound metal skid pallets attempted to straighten a crooked one. Several pallets fell and struck the employee, resulting in a left leg fracture and ligament (MCL) damage.
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.
An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.
An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.
An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.
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