Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising · Intracranial injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dobson Technologies/Dobson Fiber, 14101 Wireless Way Ste 300, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73134
on — Intracranial injuries, n.e.c., affecting the brain.
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Final narrative
An employee was working in a shallow trench preparing to install fiberoptic cable. When he stood up, he hit his head on the bucket of a trackhoe and had a seizure.
An employee bent over to pick up sheets off the floor. As she as standing back up, her head struck a clamp on a piece of machinery, resulting in a skull fracture.
An employee was climbing a portable ladder to retrieve an item from the second level when she hit her head against a ceiling reinforcement. The employee sustained a concussion and lacerations.
An employee was underneath a construction loader truck while working on it. As the employee got up, they struck their head on the frame of the truck and were hospitalized overnight for a concussion.
An employee was squatting to inspect a dough mixer. She struck her head and lost her balance, causing her to grab onto a piece of machinery. The machine crushed her right index finger, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was troubleshooting the control setup for a variable air volume box above a ceiling. The employee's hand came into contact with an exposed, energized 277-volt wire that had loosened from its terminal on the box's assembly. He was shocked and fell off a ladder. His left hand passed across the ceiling grid and was lacerated. He also suffered an electrical burn to the right hand and was hospitalized.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder approximately 6 feet above the floor while he attached a suspended light fixture to the ceiling. The employee lost balance, and fell to the tiled floor below, sustaining blunt force trauma to his head.
An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.
The injured employee was performing routine maintenance on a fan belt/pulley. The injured employee and another person were moving the pulley back and forth manually to find a bearing issue. The injured employee's left ring finger got caught between the belt and the pulley wheel, resulting in a soft tissue amputation.
An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.
An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.
An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.
An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.
An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.