Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hogan Transports Inc, 620 Berkhire Blvd, EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS 62024
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
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.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
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.
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 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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