Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Morgan Properties, Christopher Wren, WEXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA 15090
on — Frostbite, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
After shoveling sidewalk snow for five hours in 2-degree weather, an employee developed frostbite to all five fingers on their right hand, as well as the left index and ring fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was picking orders in a freezer warehouse. He developed frostbite in both middle fingers; the right middle finger was partially medically amputated. The incident occurred during a training activity.
An employee had been putting product away in a freezer kept at negative 10-degrees Fahrenheit. At the end of their shift the employee had pain and discoloration in their feet and toes. The employee was hospitalized with frostbite in both of their big toes.
An employee was working during a cold weather event to break ice from water troughs for calves. The employee suffered frostbite in his fingers, resulting in surgical amputations to six fingers.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 531311)
An employee was taking a tour of the property. They were walking up the steps to an apartment when the staircase broke. The employee fell, sustaining a knee injury and a fractured right ankle.
An employee was servicing an air conditioning unit. While he was working to connect the manifold gauges to the port, a rattlesnake bit him on his right hand.
An employee was repairing a garage door. While the door was being lowered, his finger was caught in one of the gaps in the door. The fingertip was amputated at the middle of the nail.
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.