Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at J & R Slaw Incorporated, 438 Riverview Road, LEHIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18235
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working in the upper yard securing preformed concrete slabs for transport on an easel trailer. The employee was sitting on the top crossmember of the easel trailer and fell more than 6 feet through the middle to the crossmembers below resulting in lacerations to his head and leg. The employee may have lost consciousness prior to falling due to the heat.
An employee was driving a forklift to take excess liquid concrete to an area where it is poured into 2x2x6 forms for retaining wall blocks. The liquid concrete was being poured into a bucket, which the forklift was lifting above the forms, when the employee exited the forklift to either move or manipulate the bucket. The bucket slipped off the forklift onto his person, pinning him to the ground and causing body trauma.
On or about October 20, 2015, an employee was cutting a piece of wood with a circular saw when the saw kicked back and cut his upper right leg. He was hospitalized.
An employee was preparing a tank car for loading while chipping away solidified product in the manway opening of the tank car. A pressure noise within the tank car startled the employee, causing him to stumble backward and fall approximately 10 feet over the guard railing at the chemical loading rack to the ground. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae, a fractured right wrist and ankle, and a dislocated jaw.
An employee was installing an electrical tray remover from a ladder. As he was descending, his missed a step and fell 6-7 feet to the floor. The employee suffered a head injury.
Two employees were installing spray foam insulation in the attic of a new residential construction. The injured employee fell 8 feet from an A-frame ladder to the floor. The employee suffered lacerations, abrasions, and a head injury.
An employee was on a raised platform attaching wires to electrical boxes. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to the floor below and struck an exit sign on the way down, resulting in an injury to his face.
An employee was in a forklift man basket fixing a garage door opener when they fell approximately 8 feet to the concrete ground below. The employee suffered head and back injuries as well as kidney bruising.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 327390)
An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.
An employee was patching precast concrete. He fell from a concrete wall support to the ground due to wind. He was hospitalized with fractures to his left ankle and right knee.
An employee was cutting wood on a table saw when the wood got jammed. While clearing the jam, the wood moved forward and his left index and middle fingertips were amputated.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.