Federal Aviation Administration

An employee was on a 6-foot ladder conducting maintenance on a ballast above the ceiling in a hallway. When the employee removed the ballast he was shocked with 208V of electricity and fell off the ladder, landing on his left shoulder. The employee suffered an electric shock and a dislocated shoulder.

An employee was on a ladder replacing lights on an ATC tower. He slipped off a rung of the ladder and fell to the ground, sustaining broken ribs.

An employee was descending a fixed ladder on the back of an antenna inside a radome. He fell from the ladder to the radome deck about 12 feet below. He suffered a broken heel and a broken rib.

An employee was working from the back of a truck when he slipped and fell from a height no greater than 4 feet. He suffered a back compression fracture.

An employee was investigating a noise in an HVAC duct-system. He located a suspect auxiliary blower unit, deenergized it, and then went to retrieve tools. He returned to the blower after approximately 10 minutes. The fan/belt/pulley were slowly rotating even though power had been isolated. The employee removed a cover so he could press a tool against the belt to bring the blower to a stop. While reaching for the tool, his hand slipped into the pulley/belt resulting in an amputation to the right index finger from the base of the nail to the end of the finger. Also, the top third of the right middle finger was degloved.

An employee was walking down the hallway when they tripped and fell to the floor, fracturing their right wrist.

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 carrying furniture backward during a delivery when he tripped and broke his right ankle.

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.

An employee was hospitalized after being bitten and scratched by a customer's cat.

An employee was working on an HVAC machine in a basement. The fan was coming to a stop when his little finger was caught between the belt and pulley, resulting in a soft tissue amputation.

An arc flash occurred as the door to an electrical panel was closed. Two employees suffered head and torso burns and were hospitalized.

An employee was stepping out of a seating row and into the main aisle of a motor coach. The employee's ankle rolled and was broken.

An employee was struck by the forks of a powered industrial truck (PIT) and pinned against an adjacent wall. The employee suffered leg pain, weakness, and loss of feeling.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.