Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Buffalo Rock Company, 4356 Allied Drive, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA 31906
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee slipped in loose gravel while walking across a parking lot. The employee fell, suffering a broken hip and a twisted ankle.
An employee was walking beside a pallet jack while operating it and became pinned between the pallet jack and some pallets. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was stepping off a walkway that was about 3 feet above the ground. He slipped, landed on the metal handrails of the stairs below, and suffered broken bones on the left side of his ribcage.
An employee was operating a palletizing machine when the employee's arm was pinned between the palletizer apron, the mesh belt of the section behind it, and a lower bracket. The employee was hospitalized with a pinched and bruised arm.
An employee was attempting to turn off the conveyor using the control sequence lights when his left glove was caught and pulled into the chain and sprocket, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.
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.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 312111)
An employee was delivering beverages when he fell from the truck's liftgate to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured wrist, a dislocated shoulder, and bruised ribs.
An employee was performing maintenance under a van. The van slipped off the jack and struck the employee, who suffered broken ribs in the left upper torso. The employee was hospitalized.
During scheduled preventative maintenance, an employee was searching for vertical bagger shafts. Upon locating a box thought to contain new shafts, the employee removed two high-powered magnets from bubble wrap. The magnets forcefully attracted to each other and amputated the employee's fingertip.
An employee was walking beside a pallet jack while operating it and became pinned between the pallet jack and some pallets. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was replenishing product in a warehouse aisle. They collapsed and fell onto their back, striking their head on the concrete and suffering a laceration to the back of their head and injuries requiring hospitalization and brain surgery.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.