Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Bridge Company, 21-07 41st Ave Suite B, LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK 11101
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was helping to move a welding machine using a pallet jack. While the welding machine was being lowered into position, it crushed the injured employee's toes, resulting in broken toes and a laceration.
A crew of ironworkers was disassembling am 1,100-pound steel jacking frame using chain hoists. The upper section of the frame freed from the upper bracket and the load became unstable, swung free, and knocked an employee to the ground. The employee suffered a concussion and lacerations to the kidney and pancreas.
While helping to install a metal hand railing, an employee suffered cramping due to working in the heat. The employee was hospitalized overnight for heat exhaustion.
An employee was removing a tire from a forklift. While removing the tire from the split rim, the employee removed all of the split rim bolts. When the tire was inflated, the split rim separated and struck the employee in the left side of his head, face, and jaw. He suffered lacerations that required surgery.
An employee was moving the forks of a forklift closer together, slightly raising the fork. He slipped as he began to push the fork, pinching the tip of his right middle finger between the fork and the forklift mast.
An employee was offloading containers from his truck using a deck that goes up and down. When the deck was up, he took a step and his foot went between the truck and the deck, resulting in a foot/ankle fracture.
An employee was using a hoist to lift large containers (420 pounds) of steel parts to be dipped into tanks. The employee set a container down on a support and his finger was caught between the container and the support, resulting in amputation just behind the first knuckle.
An employee was operating a riding mower. The employee's left hand became stuck between the mower's front left support bar and its reel. The employee suffered tendon damage to the middle three fingers.
An employee was guiding a motor into a container while a forklift was lowering it. The employee made contact with the motor, which amputated the top of his left thumb.
An employee was moving 4-inch square tubing from a pallet to a four-post rack when his right ring finger was caught between the end of a tube and the rack. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
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An employee was installing insulation in a wall when she tripped on a hole (12" deep) and fell, hitting her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to her leg and wrist, and lacerations to her head. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.
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.