An employee was walking down the hall to retrieve a vacuum when they stumbled and fell to the floor. The employee suffered wrist bruises and a kneecap fracture that required surgery.
An employee was installing a compressor piston. He tripped and fell backward while the piston was in his lap. As he landed, the little finger of his left hand became caught between the piston and compressor piping resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. The employee required stitches and the fingertip was reattached.
An employee was doing an oil change. He was walking to get his oil jug when he tripped on an open lift pad, and fell to the ground landing on his right side. The employee sustained a broken right femur and was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 423320)
An employee was shoveling excess material (spillage) that consisted of dry mix, sand, aggregate and cement. As he was shoveling, some material blew back in his face and around his safety glasses. He got a piece of metal in his left eye that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was spotting the dust auger as it was lowered onto the trailer so that it would not contact a piece of equipment already on the trailer and pinch electrical cords. As the auger was being moved into place horizontally, his thumb was caught between two brackets, one on the auger and one on a piece of equipment already on the trailer. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the left thumb.
A temporary employee was bending rebar on a bending table (machine) when his right little finger got caught in the rollers. The employee sustained an amputation down to the first knuckle below the fingernail.
At 10:00 a.m., an employee was preparing to cut lumber for an A-frame structure using a compound miter saw when the saw kicked back and contacted his left hand. The employee sustained complete amputation of the thumb and a partial amputation of the index finger.
An employee was unloading a bundle of quartz slabs from a truck bed using a forklift and lifting slings. The employee was standing on the truck bed to secure the slings to the bundle when one of the two A-frames supporting the bundle fell over. The employee jumped off the truck bed to avoid being hit, causing them to strike the ground and sustain fractures to their left hip, femur, and elbow.
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.