Syracuse University

An employee slipped while walking on a freshly mopped floor and fell, sustaining a fractured hip.

An employee was exiting a building when she fell off a step, resulting in a broken knee. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

An employee was changing transmission belts on a 40-hp cooling tower fan, when the fan turned on and amputated the left index finger.

An employee was drying and finishing vehicles when a vehicle door closed on their left middle fingertip and amputated it.

An employee was climbing down from a tractor trailer bed when they lost their footing and grabbed onto the roll-up door to stop the fall. The roll-up door then fell onto the employee's hand, resulting in a hand fracture that required surgery.

An employee was attempting to remove a tarp from a flatbed trailer when the trailer handle struck the employee in the chest, resulting in two broken ribs and a punctured lung.

An employee was near a backhoe while the operator was getting a broom. The broom handle struck the lever that actuates the swing of the backhoe bucket. The bucket then struck the injured employee, pinning him to the outrigger. The employee suffered crush injuries to the chest.

The injured employee was being trained on loading trucks in the load out bay. The injured employee and his supervisor climbed the stairs that run parallel to the truck and trailer, walked to the upper platform used for observation and sample taking, and saw that the lid of the grain trailer was closed. The employees began working to open the lid which appeared to be stuck due to cold weather. The injured employee pulled on one of the pivot arms that connect the lid to the main body of the trailer. As the lid began to open, the employee s right hand slipped down on the pivot arm and his index finger was caught between the pivot arm and the base of the pivot arm. The employee s right index finger was fractured and three nerves were severed. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was climbing a ladder to attach pumpkins to a board. She lost her footing and fell several feet to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized for injuries to her arm, hip and pelvis.

An employee was cutting grass in a field of solar panels. As he approached a solar panel, he stopped the mower to see how close he was to the panel. As he leaned forward, the mower moved forward and struck the solar panel. The employee suffered lacerations to both shins and fractured his right tibia and fibula.

An employee was standing in an office when their shoe was caught in the carpet causing them to fall and strike their left hip, back, and head on the side of the copier machine. The employee sustained a femoral fracture and a scratch on their eye socket. They were hospitalized and required surgery.

A student employee was rappelling in a gym, training students before a field trip. The rope she was using slipped through the rigging, causing her to fall onto the bleachers below. She was hospitalized with a broken sacrum.

An employee was performing HVAC maintenance on a roof when he fell off the ladder while climbing onto an elevated concrete platform and stairs. He sustained facial fractures, a spinal injury, tooth loss, and rib fractures, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.