Other fall to lower level unspecified · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Medline Industries, 494 NY-416, MONTGOMERY, NEW YORK 12549
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture , affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
An employee slipped on black ice on a metal stairway. He fell down the stairs, striking his head and suffering lacerations, contusions, and bleeding in the brain.
An employee was working to move a pallet jack that had gotten stuck between the dock and the trailer. When the equipment was loosened, it struck the employee, throwing them backward onto the ground. The employee sustained fractured ribs and injury to their spleen and liver.
An employee was operating a reach truck. During a turn, his left foot was crushed between the vehicle and the yellow upright bumper guard of some racking.
On 08/20/2018, an employee was moving an unstable load stacked on a forklift truck when the truck began to tip over. The employee jumped off the forklift as it tipped and was struck by the load, which fell off the forks. The employee was hospitalized with back and spinal injuries.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
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