Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lockheed Martin Space, 12257 South Wadsworth Boulevard, LITTLETON, COLORADO 80127
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking outside to inspect a steam condensate line when his foot slipped in mud on a decline. The employee's leg slipped out from under him and he caught himself with his hands. The employee sustained a lower leg fracture.
An employee was walking across wet pavement to assess whether snow needed to be removed. As the employee stepped over a guardrail, he slipped on black ice and his right leg went forward while his left leg went backward, resulting in broken bones in his left leg.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 927110)
An employee was closing the doors to an industrial storage cabinet when their right index fingertip was pinched in the attached cabinet-locking mechanism, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was loosening a bolt when they lost their balance and tripped over a beam on the floor, falling to the concrete florr and suffering a broken femur. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was performing rigging operations. While installing a pin into a 120-ton lifting shackle, the employee's right little finger was caught between the pin and the hole in the shackle. The employee sustained a laceration to the finger that required hospitalization, surgery, and possible amputation.
An employee was entering an elevator vestibule from an office parking garage when they tripped and fell into the vestibule, resulting in a complex fracture in their left leg.
An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.