Struck against stationary object or equipment, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jordan Air, Inc., 4545 Hwy 441, NICHOLSON, GEORGIA 30565
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was doing HVAC work in a crawlspace. A piece of ductwork, sticking down, lacerated an artery in his arm.
An employee was picking up some brick that had fallen by the roller track. He walked under the packaging exit rollers and struck his head on a crossbar, sustaining a concussion and whiplash.
An employee was getting out of a yard truck to go into a warehouse to get paperwork when his left calf was caught on the hook attached to the truck's battery box. The employee sustained a laceration.
An employee was inspecting a drip coming from a water line. The employee bumped his head on a compressed air storage tank and sustained a concussion, neck strain, and injured disks in the lower back. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning a vehicle when their left thigh struck the corner of a stone column, resulting in swelling that required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was manually moving empty pallets in a warehouse. The employee struck their head on a racking system, suffered head injuries, and was hospitalized.
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While working at a customer's residence, an employee was cutting tape with a box cutter to wrap insulation for a piece of pipe. The box cutter struck a hardened object within the wall causing it to bounce back and puncture the employee's right eye. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was assembling a baker type scaffold. He was beginning to transverse down the scaffold, approximately six feet off the ground, when the scaffold tipped over and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.
An employee was trimming out sprinklers on the exterior of a building when he fell off an extension ladder. He landed on the ground and sustained fractures to his nose and arm.
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