Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CSC Holdings, LLC, 1111 Steward Avenue, BETHPAGE, NEW YORK 11714
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was organizing his vehicle and offloading equipment, moving in and out of vehicle's rear door. An aerial lift with the bucket in the down/resting position was positioned near the rear door of the employee's vehicle. When another employee approached, the injured employee turned and struck his head on the bucket of the aerial lift resulting in a head contusion. The employee was hospitalized for a brain bleed.
An employee was doing work in the field during a hot day, which included moving and setting up a 28-foot extension ladder and climbing the ladder to remove and attach cable lines. The employee became ill and was hospitalized with severe dehydration and heat-related illness.
An employee was on a 28-foot extension ladder, running a fiber optic line to a home. The line being run was crossing a street. As he climbed the ladder with it, he was trying to keep tension on it to keep it above any possible traffic. He had ascended to about 12 feet when the ladder started to move, then slid sideways to the pavement. The employee jumped off, landed on his feet, and suffered fractures to both heels.
An employee was working on a telephone pole from an A-frame ladder when he fell to the ground and landed on his feet, suffering injuries to his feet and tailbone that required hospitalization.
An employee was descending an extension ladder that was set up on a cable strand at approximately 18 feet. When the employee was about halfway down, the ladder started to shift to the left and the employee jumped off the ladder to the right. The employee landed on a concrete sidewalk and their right ankle was fractured.
An employee was unnesting tote bags when her grip slipped and the back of her left hand hit a box containing a steel step stool that was adjacent to the tote bags. The employee's hand was fractured.
An employee was cleaning up and putting away equipment when the second toe on her right foot was stubbed on a fixture, resulting in hospitalization and a subsequent amputation of the toe.
An employee was walking when he tripped on a concrete vault lid, jamming his big toe into the tip of his steel toe boots. The employee's big toe was medically amputated.
An employee was cleaning a bathroom. As the employee bent over, the corner of a sink hit the employee's right eyeball, causing an injury that required hospitalization and surgery.
On September 23, 2023, an employee was cleaning near a conveyor when they knelt with their right knee on the floor. Their knee contacted a small piece of glass on the floor, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.
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