Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ABB, 4349 Avery Drive, FLOWERY BRANCH, GEORGIA 30542
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a cart to transport a 400 frame motor armature weighing 450 pounds. While moving the armature on the cart, the wheel struck an anti-fatigue mat, causing the cart to tip backward. The armature fell and pinched the employee's right big toe between it and the floor. The employee's right big toe was lacerated and required stitches and hospitalization.
On February 22, 2017, at 8:30 p.m., an employee was working on a core press when a pressure plate was inadvertently activated. The plate amputated his left pinky toe and fractured his foot.
An employee was washing the inside hood of a transformer. As he was closing the hood, his hand slipped off and the hood came down and smashed his left middle finger. His fingertip was amputated.
An employee was moving a piece of an I-beam for welding when it rolled off the cribbing. The employee went to catch it when it fell and crushed the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was helping to disassemble large reels used to store steel wire when a 264-pound flange from the reel fell over onto the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their leg and ligament injuries to the lower leg.
The injured employee was putting away materials on the warehouse floor as a co-worker was pushing a pallet onto a nearby shelf. The pallet knocked another pallet forward, causing it to fall onto the injured employee's shoulders. The employee suffered fractures in their right and left knees and ankles.
Employees were moving a single man lift into a building and reclining the lift to position it to fit through the door. The lift shifted and fell, causing the employee to sustain fractures to the left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was moving a light tower so it could be hitched to a truck. He grabbed the tongue of the trailer hitch on the light tower to slide it to the left. The tongue jack fell off, causing the light tower tongue to drop on the employee's right hand. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.
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