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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

GIESE ROOFING CO.

Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at GIESE ROOFING CO., 11782 W. Chetlain Lane, GALENA, ILLINOIS 61036 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..

On November 5, 2021, an employee was on a roof, taking measurements of a seam roof panel. The employee slipped on moisture and fell to the dirt ground about 20 feet below, suffering a broken left heel, a broken right shin, and three broken vertebrae.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Roofs, unspecified

P&C Roofing, Inc.

An employee was transitioning from a ladder onto a roof when the ladder slipped and they fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their pelvis and heel.

Melvin Sipaque

An employee was tearing down shingles when they fell approximately 18 feet from a roof to the ground, sustaining a broken ankle.

All Seasons Roofing & Construction Inc

An employee was climbing a ladder to bring material onto a roof. The ladder slid and the employee fell 16 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken knee.

Caterpillar, Inc.

An employee was performing an inspection of a bridge crane while working from a 19-foot scissor lift. The employee was going to use a pendant to move the crane to access a different portion of the crane for visual inspection. The scissor lift guard rails were below the girder of the crane to avoid contact. The tow arm for the crane collectors contacted the guardrail of the scissor lift and caused it to tip over. The employee stayed inside the scissor lift basket as he fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the right arm and hip.

Advantage Solutions

An employee was on a forklift that was elevated approximately 20 feet and was auditing inventory. The forklift malfunctioned and the employee fell down to the surface below, causing them to sustain multiple fractures.

ABC Supply Company

An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.

UPSON COMPANY

An employee was standing on a multi-purpose ladder installing head flashing over a window. Their feet were approximately 6 feet off the ground and three rungs from the top. The employee lost their grip on the drill they were using and the ladder tipped over. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a fractured left wrist, bruised chest, and lacerations to their face and lip.

Garcia Homes Solutions LLC

An employee fell through a hole in the ceiling and suffered injuries to his side and right arm. When he fell, a piece of concrete fell with him and struck his arm. He was hospitalized.

Aquarius Best Construction Inc.

An employee was laying glue on the corner of a three-story commercial flat roof to apply new thermoplastic polyolefin roofing material. He lost his balance and fell at least 35 feet to the concrete ground below. The employee sustained fractures.

SGK Enterprises, Inc.

An employee was installing roof tiles. The employee fell about 6 feet and suffered a back injury.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

Great Dane Ltd. Partnership

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.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

AbbVie Inc.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

TSA Processing - Montgomery

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.