Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at MTM Acquisitions, Inc., 81 Kenneth Road, SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE 04106
on — Fractures, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
Final narrative
An employee was delivering a newspaper. The employee's car started rolling and the employee was run over by the car as he tried to stop it. The employee sustained a broken clavicle and a fractured left ankle.
An employee's hand was caught in a printing press roller. The employee suffered an open fracture of the right thumb and a partial amputation of the thumb tip.
On December 26, 2023, an employee went out to the parking lot to troubleshoot the starter of an SUV. The employee was underneath the vehicle when it started and moved and the employee's middle back area was caught under the front passenger-side tire. The employee sustained a fractured collar bone.
An employee was parking at a patient's home and exited the van to manually open the garage door. The van began rolling backward and rolled over the employee's right leg. She was hospitalized with a fractured leg.
A driver exited their truck so they could provide service for a customer when the truck began to roll away. The driver went to re-enter the truck but fell and was struck by the rear driver-side tire. The employee sustained fractures to their leg and foot.
An employee had been operating a yard tractor. He parked the vehicle and was exiting when the vehicle began to roll, causing him to fall. The employee's hand was then run over by the yard tractor, resulting in fractures to multiple fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was checking for a leak in the air brake system of a semi-truck. The employee had removed the brake chamber when the truck rolled back. One of the tires pinned the employee's right hip against the ground.
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An employee opened a 480-volt breaker box and reached inside the breaker box when an uninsulated tool came in contact with one of the legs, causing him to be electrocuted. The employee's arm also got caught on the box, resulting in breaks to both bones in the forearm.
An employee was disconnecting a truck from a trailer. While pulling the fifth-wheel release that the trailer was attached to, the employee lost balance and fell backward onto the concrete pavement, resulting in a fractured T12 vertebra.
An employee was operating a UV coater machine when it began to make a grinding noise. The employee was investigating the vibration of the machine when a gear caught their right index finger and amputated the tip.
A temporary employee was operating a seal machine to seal paper bundles. A jam occurred when the paper and plastic did not properly align to secure the seal. The employee went to clear the jam and the blade on the machine amputated their right middle finger.
A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.
Two employees were working to change a tire on a mobile slasher saw. The slasher weighs around 2,000 pounds and is towed. Employee 2 was lifting the saw while the injured employee was placing a block of wood under the frame for support. The slasher then lowered onto the block and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed between the slasher frame and the wood block, leading to an amputation at the first knuckle.
An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.
An employee was standing on a step stool, removing the nuts and bolts from the frame of a solar panel that was being replaced. The employee's cheek made contact with a connector with damaged insulation. The employee was shocked, briefly lost consciousness, and fell to the ground, suffering an injury to the left shoulder.