Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Viacom CBS, 1237 US 93 S, HAMILTON, MONTANA 59840
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee slipped on ice while walking out of a cabin at a filming location. His right ankle twisted under him and he fell, suffering a broken ankle.
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 512110)
An employee was working as a background extra for a movie. She slipped while walking through the holding/catering area, falling to the ground and striking her right elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured elbow.
An employee was dismantling a film set. He was standing on top of a wooden beam when he lost his balance and fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below, striking his head on a standing light. He sustained injuries to his head, torso, and shoulders. A guardrail was in place at the time of the injury.
A photographer was walking through a studio toward the production table during a photoshoot. The photographer tripped on a power cord that was taped in place on the floor with a cord cover. The photographer fell, fractured her right hip, and was hospitalized.
An employee was on a temporary loading dock, receiving pieces of a large tent structure from a telehandler. She was working to straighten a packing blanket when the telehandler lowered it's tines onto her left hand. Her middle finger was degloved from the first knuckle up. The finger required surgical amputation from the first knuckle up.
An employee was fixing an issue with seed cleaning equipment when he slipped on the ladder he was on. He went to catch himself and his hand went into a moving belt and pulley on the cleaner. The employee sustained the amputation of his right middle and index fingertips just below the fingernails.
An employee was riding an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) to move a bison herd. He was riding up the side of a steep hill when the ATV struck a rock and rolled, ejecting the employee before rolling over him. The employee suffered broken vertebrae in his back that required hospitalization.
An employee was climbing in the spreader area to remove a pasta jam when his right little finger was cut by the rotary cut-off knife. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture, resulting in an amputation.
A smoke jumper parachuted out of a helicopter during a forest fire response, landed on steep rugged terrain, and suffered femur and rib fractures and a liver laceration. The employee was hospitalized.