Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Best Postcards, LLC, 30 Grandview Court, CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT 06410
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking outside to his car when he slipped on ice/slush and fell on the sidewalk. The employee went to get up and fell again, resulting in a right ankle/foot fracture.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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An employee was setting up a display for party goods in a retail store. She stepped backward off the display base and fell 12 inches to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fractured femur.
An employee was moving trash to a dumpster staged in the parking lot. The employee's foot got tangled in discarded wire and they tripped and fell on the ground, sustaining a broken leg.
An employee was moving empty pallets using a stand-up forklift when their left foot became caught between the forklift and the plastic aisle column protector. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their toe, foot, and ankle.
An employee was attempting to remove a jammed envelope from a press when their right hand was pulled into the rollers, crushing their thumb, index and middle fingers.
An employee was checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.
An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.
An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.