Slip without fall, n.e.c. · Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fitzgerald, Schorr, Barmettler & Brennan, P.C., L.L.O., 10050 Regency Circle, Suite 200, OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68114
on — Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was returning to her work area within the office using crutches. Her crutch slipped on a tiled portion of the floor. The employee caught herself from falling with the leg that had the pre-existing injury. She was hospitalized for muscle trauma to the upper right leg.
HospitalizedThigh(s)Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
An employee was between the trough and casting pit, cleaning a filter box at the end of a cast. His right foot slipped off the lid of the cast pan and went into an opening where molten aluminum goes into a trough. The employee contacted molten aluminum and sustained third degree burns to his right leg, ankle, and foot.
An employee was aloft in a tree cutting tree limbs. He was using a rope system and while repositioning, he slipped on moss that was on the tree bark and struck his knee awkwardly on the tree. The employee sustained a fractured kneecap and was hospitalized.
An employee was leaning against a fry station when his legs began to slip out from under him. He went to break his fall when his right arm entered the cooking oil. He suffered second- and third-degree burns to the arm.
An employee was unlashing (loosening chains) military vehicles on rail cars prior to offloading. As he stepped off the railcar and onto the ground, he twisted his left ankle in loose gravel alongside the rail track. He required surgery for a dislocated ankle.
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The employee shut off a steam valve and was descending a ladder to enter a berth pit and open the cargo line valve. He slipped during the descent causing his right foot to be submerged in the hot water inside the dock pit. Hot water entered his right boot resulting in burns to his right foot/ankle.
An employee was on a set of movable metal steps when boxes on a dolly below him fell and struck the steps, knocking them out from under him. The employee fell on the steps and was hospitalized with a collapsed lung and multiple rib fractures on his right side.
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An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.
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