Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Quality Labor Management, LLC., 201 East Las Olas Blvd., FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33301
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was about 4 feet up an 8-foot step ladder, installing window blinds. He lost balance while descending the ladder and fell to the ground, suffering a broken left foot.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedStep ladders
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An employee was closing a rail car door in between a powered industrial truck (PIT) and a rail car. The PIT driver reached back to hand the employee a zip tie to secure the door when his foot slipped off the brake, which caused the PIT to roll over the employee's left leg. The employee sustained a broken leg.
A temporary employee was removing a gutter guard from the third floor of a business. The employee's self-retracting lifeline yanked them back, causing an impact that broke their right leg.
An employee had setup a table saw to cut a small piece of wood. While cutting the wood, the blade of the saw caught the employee's left index finger and partially amputated it at the first knuckle.
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.
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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.
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