Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SAIPAN WORLD RESORT, BEACH ROAD, SAIPAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 96950
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was performing maintenance work from a ladder when he slipped and fell off the ladder and hit his head on a concrete pillar. He suffered a traumatic head injury.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was checking credentials for vehicles entering an area. While approaching a vehicle that had failed to stop as instructed, the employee lost his balance and fell backward, landing on his back. The car struck him, and he suffered a tailbone fracture and a kidney injury.
An employee was removing rigging from a post-tensioning strand when it suddenly whipped and unwound. The employee suffered an avulsion to the right thumb.
An employee was entering a doorway on the seventeenth floor of an enclosed building when the door closed on his left index finger, crushing it. The fingertip was amputated.
A restroom stall door swung open, bounced back at the employee, and the coat hook on the door impaled his left eye. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a tug that had been re-tagged due to faulty brakes. As the employee approached the designated parking area, he slowed the tug using the clutch and then exited the tug. He went to stop the tug from colliding with a concrete wall when his right ankle became caught between the tug and a parking stall barrier. He sustained a fractured ankle and was hospitalized.
A temporary employee was trying to dismantle the wooden staging props on a trailer. He lost his balance and jumped off the trailer, landing about 4 feet below and breaking a bone in his right leg.
An employee was using a step ladder to cut branches off trees. One of the branches fell and hit the ladder, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall to the ground. He suffered a broken right wrist.
An employee was observing and troubleshooting cement powder transfer equipment. He placed his right hand into adjoining piping while clearing cement powder from the pipe. His fingers entered the machinery and two of his fingers were struck by moving parts.
An employee was attempting to open a jammed door to the machine room with both hands. The employee fell backwards onto the concrete floor fracturing his right wrist.