Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Waggoner Construction, Inc, 3190 Indian Rock Dam Rd, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA 17408
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working on the edge of a residential roof placing starter shingles while kneeling. When he stood up to change locations, he stepped on an air hose, causing him to slip and fall approximately 20 feet from the roof to the ground. The employee suffered fractures to the right heel and back.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Roofs, unspecified
More severe injuries at Waggoner Construction, Inc
An employee was installing 2x4s on trusses. As the employee walked on a 2x4 to get his sweatshirt, the 2x4 broke, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee sustained bilateral ankle fractures and a T12 vertebral fracture.
An employee was cleaning out a 20-yard dumpster hopper on the back of a truck. The hopper was at an angle; the employee slipped, slid out the back of the dumpster, and landed on construction debris about 4 feet below. He sustained an L2 vertebra fracture.
An employee was replacing a steam valve while working from an elevated plywood platform. The ratchet he was using slipped from the valve bolt, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall approximately 8 feet to floor below. The employee sustained a fractured right arm.
An ironworker was checking a bolt hole on a steel column to see why a bolt would not go into the hole. A steel beam (still attached to a crane) was being connected to the column. The beam shifted and pinched the employee's finger, amputating the left middle fingertip.
An employee was climbing back into a dump truck when he lost his balance and fell backwards, striking his head, back, and ribs on the ground. His head required stitches, and his back and ribs were possibly broken.
An employee was transitioning from a ladder onto a roof when the ladder slipped and they fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their pelvis and heel.
An employee was climbing a ladder to bring material onto a roof. The ladder slid and the employee fell 16 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken knee.
An employee was performing an inspection of a bridge crane while working from a 19-foot scissor lift. The employee was going to use a pendant to move the crane to access a different portion of the crane for visual inspection. The scissor lift guard rails were below the girder of the crane to avoid contact. The tow arm for the crane collectors contacted the guardrail of the scissor lift and caused it to tip over. The employee stayed inside the scissor lift basket as he fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the right arm and hip.
An employee was on a forklift that was elevated approximately 20 feet and was auditing inventory. The forklift malfunctioned and the employee fell down to the surface below, causing them to sustain multiple fractures.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 236220)
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An employee was installing insulation in a wall when she tripped on a hole (12" deep) and fell, hitting her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to her leg and wrist, and lacerations to her head. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.
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.