ABB Training

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

An employee tripped over a piece of angle iron and fell to the floor sustaining a broken hip.

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

An employee was issuing tactical vehicle system (TVS) kits from a 40-foot shipping container. The employee was facing the container as they were sliding a kit weighing 44 kg to the front opening of the container. The employee lost their grip and began to fall backward when their right foot was caught under the kit, resulting in a right tibia and fibula fracture.

An employee was participating in a role-playing activity that required them to wear handcuffs and escape a vehicle. The employee fell out of the vehicle and struck his head on the ground, resulting in a concussion.

An employee was on a ladder putting tape on a wall for a painting when he fell, breaking his tibia and fibula.

An employee finished up on a rig cap on a new roof he helped install. He unhooked from the crane lift and reached over to hook his D-ring to the beam when he slipped and fell approximately 12 feet to the ground below. He dislocated his shoulder, fractured a rib, and suffered facial abrasions.

An employee was returning to the work area when a truck driver lost control, drove through the parking lot, and struck the building where the employee works. The employee was pinned under the truck and building debris.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.