Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Manheim Remarketing, Inc., 20401 Cox Ave., MATTESON, ILLINOIS 60443
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was stepping out of his van when one of his cleats got stuck on the running boards, causing him to fall forward to the ground and sustain injuries to his head and foot.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Passenger van
An employee was bending over to remove a license plate from a car. He then stood up, lost his balance, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a contusion to the left side of the forehead, a subdural hematoma, and a laceration above the left eye.
An employee was driving a golf cart in the lot area. The employee was returning inside the building because it started raining. There was an open metal bed trailer parked in the lot with the tongue hitch sticking out. The employee did not see the trailer's tongue hitch and hit it with the golf cart. The plastic windshield of the golf cart hit first and came off. Then the employee hit the tongue hitch with his face. The employee suffered lacerations to the face and a fractured left eye socket and a fractured lower jaw.
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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