Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at All Crane Rental of Pennsylvania Inc., PA-837, WEST ELIZABETH, PENNSYLVANIA 15088
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was standing on a trailer when they fell 2.5 feet to the ground and broke a leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedTrailers
More severe injuries at All Crane Rental of Pennsylvania Inc.
An employee was reeving the main cable on the drum of a crane. The reeving line began to take the weight of the block and pulled the boom down. The employee was standing on a ladder with a 4"x6" piece of wood to keep the reeving cable from sliding across the boom lacings. When the boom pulled down, the employee's right thumb and index finger were pinched between the block of wood and the top of the a-frame ladder he was standing on. The employee suffered an open wound on the thumb and a fracture to the right index finger. The employee was hospitalized.
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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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