Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Edward C. Levy Company, 3715 Whipple Ave. SW, CANTON, OHIO 44706
on — Fractures , affecting the Lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was was descending from an excavator. The employee's hands slipped and they jumped, landing on their left foot and suffering a compound fracture to the lower left leg.
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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An employee was operating a radial arm saw when a wood board became lodged in the saw. As the employee went to dislodge the board, it moved and pushed his right hand into the blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.