Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hawk Installation and Construction, Inc., 400 All Star Road, WINNSBORO, TEXAS 75494
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a control panel with a pallet jack when the panel tipped over and fell on the employee. The employee suffered a left leg injury.
An employee was using a torch to cut a conveyor's legs loose so the conveyor could be moved. A leg pinned the employee against a handrail when it came free, and the employee suffered a fractured sternum and bruising to the chest.
An employee was using a band saw to cut angle iron. One of the five pieces of angle iron that was being cut was shorter than the others and was not secured by the clamp. When the band saw was lowered to make the cut, the unsecured angle iron was pulled into the backstop, or guide, and the employee's left thumb was caught between the angle iron and the backstop resulting in amputation.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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