Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Emery Sapp & Sons, US 69 and Blue Parkway, OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS 66213
on — Fractures , affecting the Multiple regions of the head.
Final narrative
An employee was retrieving rigging straps to begin rigging a stack of wooden and concrete forms to be lifted via an excavator boom off a bridge deck. While retrieving the straps, he stepped between the stack of forms and the excavator boom. At this time, the excavator shifted, causing the boom to shift and strike him in the head and neck area. The employee suffered a nondisplaced fracture to the jaw, a fracture on the right facial orbital area, and a neck laceration on his left side.
Hospitalized Multiple regions of the head Excavators
An employee was preparing to replace links in the track of a dozer. As he was setting up a hydraulic press tool and working to get it in the right position, a coupling on a hydraulic hose gave way. The coupling struck the employee's right arm, resulting in lacerations and a fracture.
On August 18, 2024, at 7:30 PM, an employee loaded a milling machine onto a lowboy trailer. While raising the lowboy deck, the welds broke on the trailer and the trailer dropped to the ground, landing on the employee's right foot. The employee's foot was crushed and multiple bones were broken.
An employee was checking the coolant level on the dump truck after it had been repaired earlier that day. As he was on the front wheel of the truck to remove the radiator cap, the employee was sprayed, causing him to lose his balance. The employee fell approximately 3 feet to the ground and sustained a right ankle fracture and dislocation.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
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