Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Demountable Concepts Inc., 200 Acorn Road, GLASSBORO, NEW JERSEY 08028
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
Four employees were attempting to modify an approximately 10 ft. high by 10 ft. long non-assembly single piece metal scaffold system on wheels and lay it on its side in order to replace 2 x 8 wooden platforms. The scaffold kicked out while the employees were tipping it over and the scaffold fell onto an employee's left leg resulting in a compound fracture.
An employee was using a crane to move loads of pipe from the shop floor onto the shelving system in the warehouse. He noticed that one of the pipes in the load was stuck on the lip of the warehouse shelf. He climbed a step ladder and attempted to unhinge the pipe using a crowbar. When he used the crowbar, the load began to shift on the shelf and he jumped from the ladder to avoid it, landing on his left leg on the concrete shop floor. He fractured his left knee and tibia and was hospitalized.
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An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was assisting with rigging a magnet to an overhead crane in order to lift a sheet of steel. The employee's right thumb was between the crane's hook and the chain passing through the hook, and when the crane was raised, the distal end of their thumb was crushed. Part of the employee's right thumb was medically amputated.
Two employees were working together to insert a pin into a hydraulic cylinder. One employee was holding the cylinder in place to align it with the pinhole, while the injured employee was inserting the pin. The injured employee was aligning the pin and moved to determine whether the hole alignment was too high or low. At that moment, the crowbar being used to assist with alignment slipped and his left index fingertip was pinched between the cylinder and the housing, resulting in an amputation just below the fingernail.
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