Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hogan Transports, Inc., Dollar General, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS 62864
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
The injured employee walked across the customer's parking lot to help another driver who was working in a trailer. The injured employee was entering the back of the trailer by climbing up the side of the lift gate, while it was in the raised position. The injured employee slipped and fell approximately 3 feet to the ground, landing on their hip. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip and required surgery.
On July 2, 2020, at 2:00 p.m., an employee was unloading freight at a store when a rollatini measuring 2' x 4' fell on his leg. The rolltainer was on a lift gate and became unlevel, tipping over and striking the employee's ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a closed, non-displaced fracture of the medial malleolus of the right tibia that required surgery.
An employee was trying to set a spring-operated dock plate in place when a malfunction occurred and the employee's fingers were pinched in the dock plate. The employee suffered right index and middle fingertip amputations.
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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