Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at New Hampshire House Condominium, 63-60 102nd Street, REGO PARK, NEW YORK 11374
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a garbage cart from a compactor. He fell and hit his head on a pipe, suffering internal bleeding in the cranium.
An employee was on a two-step ladder performing cleaning activities in the de-oiler machine. The employee fell back and his right arm was caught in the equipment, resulting in a right forearm fracture that required surgery.
An employee was changing an insert in the tool head of a CNC machine. The employee had stepped up approximately 28 inches onto the door track of the machine. When the employee went to step back down to the floor, they lost balance and fell backward onto a rack of metal parts. The employee sustained a compression fracture to the spine.
An employee was packaging steel coils on a turntable. As he walked across the turntable, he slipped and fell onto a coil. His left bicep was lacerated by the slit edge of a coil.
An employee was monitoring a lumber-stacking machine when they slipped and fell into an unbanded bundle of lumber. The outer row of lumber then fell on their left leg, fracturing their leg and ankle.
An employee was repairing a battery-powered lawnmower . As the employee lifted the mower to look underneath, the mower energized. The blades struck the employee's left hand resulting in the amputation of the middle, ring, and pinky fingers.
An employee was on a roof accessing a component of an HVAC system when they fell off the roof approximately 10 feet onto a brick walkway, resulting in a fractured pelvis.
Two employees were throwing away a toilet in a dumpster. One employee's left middle finger was lodged between the toilet and the dumpster rim, resulting in an amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.