Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Martin-Brower Company, LLC, 902 West Screven Street, QUITMAN, GEORGIA 31643
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was reaching for a button to lower the liftgate of a semi-trailer. The employee tripped, fell to the pavement, and suffered a broken right arm.
An employee was working inside his trailer. As he began maneuvering a pallet jack under a plastic bun tray, he went to take a step to the right and his right foot slipped off the floor of the trailer. The employee fell to the ground and sustained a broken tibia and fibula.
Employees were ending their shift and dropping off trucks. Two employees returned to the yard and had an altercation. One employee used a knife to stab the other employee in the neck. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was opening the side liftgate flaps of a trailer to get equipment out when when the edges of the flap injured his right hand. The employee sustained lacerations to the index and ring fingers, as well as a middle fingertip amputation.
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.
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