Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc., 10833 Shaw Road, ATHENS, ALABAMA 35611
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was dismantling a frame scaffold. The employee stepped up onto the bottom rung of the frame to hand another employee a piece of diamond plate. As the employee stepped back down from the rung, his foot slipped and he fell 2 feet to the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with a fractured left hip.
An employee was using a chain fall to install a liner in a mill. As he was setting the liner in place, his right index finger got stuck in a chain on the rigging, resulting in a fingertip amputation that required hospitalization and a surgical reattachment.
An employee was descending a fixed 15-foot ladder. The employee slipped and fell, landing on a snubber machine 8 feet below and suffering a laceration to the left thigh and a fracture to the sternum.
On September 21, 2020, an employee was performing boiler maintenance and was using a 6" hand held angle grinder with a wafer cutting wheel to cut block welds in order to remove the cyclone tubes for replacement. While cutting, the cutting wheel became pinched and the grinder kicked back. The employee lost control of the grinder and sustained a laceration on his right leg above the knee that required sutures and hospitalization.
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.
An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.
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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