Fall on same level due to slipping · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Werner Enterprises Inc, 6 Konzen Court, GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS 62040
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking to his truck when he slipped and fell on ice in the trailer lot, landing on and injuring his right knee.
An employee parked a commercial motor vehicle at a truck stop. The employee slipped while exiting the vehicle and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left distal humerus.
An employee was releasing the 5th wheel level on the hitch when the parking brake was released. The truck tire ran over the employee's foot causing open lacerations and fractures.
An employee was in the rear of delivery truck unloading rolling metal cages containing merchandise. As the employee lowered a container to the ground with a lift gate, it began tipping over. The employee extended his right arm to prevent the load from falling and his right little finger was caught between the rolling cage and the trailer door frame. He sustained an open fracture to the right little finger.
An employee was lowering a wheeled, steel cage filled with merchandise from the tailgate of a truck. When the tailgate made contact with the ground, the cage shifted and rolled off the gate, striking the employee's left ankle and resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
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