Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Service Management Group, LLC, 2800 Berlin Turnpike (CT DOT Complex), NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT 06111
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s) and leg(s) .
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Final narrative
An employee was vacuuming the floor. When they turned to change direction, they got tangled in the vacuum's power cord. As the employee tried to shake it loose, they fell on the floor and sustained a fracture to the left hip/leg.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
An employee was making copies at the copy machine. While walking away from the copy machine, her heel snagged on the carpet in the office and she fell. The employee sustained a fractured shoulder.
An employee was operating a vacuum truck, using the controls to raise the bed. As it rose, the bed touched an overhead power line. Electricity passed through the employee, entering through their left hand and exiting through their left toe.
An employee was checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.
An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.
An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.