Slip, trip, stumble or fall on same level fall unspecified · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Temple University, 1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19122
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking into a building when she slipped on cherry blossom petals that were on the wet concrete of the entryway, injuring her right ankle. The employee was admitted to the hospital and required surgery.
A maintenance technician was removing a gasket that was hung up on a mandrel and stepped over a 18-inch PVC pipe that was being produced. When they planted their foot on the ground, they sustained a fractured left ankle.
An employee was painting a sign structure when they tripped on the catwalk and a piece of metal on the catwalk lacerated their forearm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was bringing tools to the side of a billet mill. He tripped over a roll set sled and his chest struck a metal fixture used to hold the roll set. He suffered a broken sternum.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 611310)
An employee was removing boxes of filters from a skid when he tripped on a manual pallet jack. The employee fell and struck his back on the base of the pallet jack, resulting in hospitalization with fractured ribs.
An employee was walking through a parking garage. She tripped over a curb and fell forward onto her right knee, then her left knee, both hands, and her face. She suffered an injury to the left knee that required surgery, as well as scrapes on the chin and both palms and soreness in the left wrist.
An employee was using a hose to clear storm drains after a sewer backup. The employee fell backward and his head struck the curb, resulting in an Injury on the right side of his head, generalized bruising, and pain in his left ankle, right hip, left shoulder, and neck. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was working on an exhaust fan on the roof when he tripped on a wire and fell to the ground. The employee sustained scrapes on his elbow, and a fractured right knee with a torn ACL. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was replacing the back bracket on a deep fryer when her screwdriver slipped, causing her to fall forward into hot oil. She suffered burns on both arms up to the elbows (including the hands and fingers), as well as on the face and neck. She was hospitalized.
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.