Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at K & D Countertops, 7 N Lincoln St, TRENTON, ILLINOIS 62293
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
As an employee turned to walk from his computer station to another area, his feet became entangled in the hoses of an air/wet polisher. He fell to the concrete floor, suffering a broken left leg.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
An employee fell to an office floor, landing on her right side and suffering a broken hip, a broken right arm, and a concussion. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was clearing a small piece of wood that had jammed in the back of a machine. A cutting blade in the machine lacerated the employee's right forearm. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift to travel from the warehouse to the breakroom area. The forklift struck the breakroom wall, causing a fracture/crush injury to his left foot.
An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a table saw. The wood bound in the saw, which then pulled the employee's right hand into the blade. His middle finger was cut and fractured.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.