Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Architectural Granite & Marble, LLC, Architectural Surfaces, BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA 74012
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using an overhead crane with a 5-ton capacity to load a bundle of seven stone slabs, weighing about 5,000 pounds, onto an A-frame flatbed trailer. The employee began to remove the load straps. Once they were removed from one side, the load began to fall toward the employee and pushed him off the truck deck to the concrete landing about 4 feet below. His right hip and shoulder struck the ground and he suffered a broken right femur.
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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