Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at 1809 Long Level Marina, Inc. , 1809 Long Level Rd., WRIGHTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17368
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was on a mower, trying to engage its emergency brake as it rolled downhill. The mower crashed into a pontoon boat (on dry land); the employee suffered three broken left-side ribs, a large laceration on the left leg, and a knee injury.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersLawn mowers-riding
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An employee was loading merchandise onto rolling containers that were on a remote-operated order picker. While reorganizing merchandise to prevent top loading, the employee's wireless control device contacted a container and caused the order picker to move forward. The employee's right ring finger was caught between two containers and was amputated above the first knuckle.
The injured employee was operating an elevator at a construction site. He went from the tenth floor to the eleventh floor with a plumber and a scissor lift in the elevator. The plumber was using a remote to operate the scissor lift. As the scissor lift was exiting the elevator, a pipe that was on the scissor lift struck the injured employee's chest. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was dismantling the engine from a vehicle. The vehicle slid off the loader and struck the employee, pushing him into his toolbox. The employee sustained a broken jaw.
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