Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Blanching Company, 155 Rip Wiley Road, FITZGERALD, GEORGIA 31750
on — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was removing plastic elevator buckets from the tops of pallets of empty tote bags. As the employee came down from the pallets (42 inches off the floor), his foot caught the edge of a pallet and he fell to the concrete floor on his left side, with a bucket under him. The employee sustained a lacerated kidney and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersSkids, pallets
More severe injuries at American Blanching Company
An employee's left hand was caught by the butterfly valve inside a bulk line sugar feeder. The machine amputated his index, middle, and ring fingertips at the first knuckle.
An employee attempted to remove a waste pan from a rack in the blanching area when the pan tipped and caught her finger between the pan and the rack. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.
An employee was retrieving a test sample from an ingredient feeder when her right thumb made contact with the auger screw of the feeder. Her right thumb was caught between the screw and the auger housing, resulting in a digit amputation of the right thumb.
An employee was manually stuffing a tote liner inside the torn opening of a sack full of peanuts that was positioned on a pallet on the ground when another sack stacked on top of the sack the employee was stuffing fell on and pinned him against the ground. He sustained a right ankle fracture and lumbar (L5) vertebrae fracture.
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.
An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.
An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.
An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311911)
An employee was pulling a rubber conveyor belt around the end of a line to connect it to the mechanical portion underneath. The employee's right hand was pulled into the gears under the belt, causing an amputation to the right thumb.
An employee was mopping a floor. When he went to move a portable spice spreader, it fell on him and lacerated an area behind his right knee. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was hanging a tote bag on a forklift tine when their upper arm became caught between the tote bag and the tine. The employee had the soft tissue of the upper arm crushed.
An employee was operating a stand-up powered industrial truck when their left foot was crushed between the forklift and a support beam, resulting in fractures to multiple bones in their foot.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.