Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Repeat Consultants, 2900 South Quincy Street, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22206
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was performing a video safety audit of a telecom tower. He lost balance while transitioning from the second to the third step of a ladder. He reached out with his right hand to regain balance and stepped off the ladder. His right little finger got caught between two angles of the telecom structure and was amputated at the knuckle closest to the palm.
An employee was walking to their truck to look for a lid. When they stepped between the truck and a dock plate, they sustained a knee injury that required surgery.
An employee was standing on plant bed timbers, using a powered hand trimmer to trim the shrubs in the plant bed. The timber gave way, breaking into several pieces. The employee lost balance and fell with the trimmer in his hand. He suffered a severe laceration to the right wrist and hand.
An employee was loading phosphoric acid onto a rail car and preparing to secure the rail car for transport. While repositioning the loadout spout to secure it back to the drip pan holster on the dock, the spout contacted the handrail of the rail car, causing the employee to lose balance. The employee stepped back and their right foot entered the opening for the rail car, causing him to twist/pivot on his left leg. The employee's lower left leg was fractured.
On November 14, 2023, an employee was receiving a delivery from a truck when some of the merchandise fell from the truck s lift and struck him. He then fell to the ground and his head struck the sidewalk, resulting in an injury that required hospitalization.
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While taking pictures in the attic of a residential home, an employee fell through the ceiling and landed on the floor of the laundry room. The employee was hospitalized for a visible head trauma and a back injury.
An employee was on a 6-foot A-frame ladder running data cables through a drop ceiling. The employee was descending the ladder to move to the next section of the ceiling when the ladder wobbled and the employee fell to the floor, sustaining spine/tailbone fractures.
An employee parked their car and was walking into a restaurant when their right hand got stuck in an elevator door, resulting in partial amputations of four fingers.
A building engineer was inspecting a generator. As he closed the generator enclosure door, his right ring finger was caught between the door and the door frame. The fingertip was amputated.
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An employee was driving a utility tractor rig when it struck the rear trailer of another utility tractor rig, which was traveling in the opposite direction. The glancing impact caused damage to the cab, and he sustained a laceration on right side of his face, a cervical fracture, two fractured left ribs, and a pelvic fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was washing an aircraft from a scissor lift when they fell to the floor. The employee sustained a back injury and lacerations to their head and neck.