Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact less than 6 feet · Concussions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Glacier Point Enterprises LLC, 25 Charlotte Avenue, HICKSVILLE, NEW YORK 11801
on — Concussions, affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
An employee was in the back of a semi-truck trailer preparing to unload materials. The employee was struck in the face by the loader bar causing him to fall and hit his head on the ground, suffering a head injury that caused periodic loss of consciousness. He was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading freight from a truck when a stack of doors fell over and knocked the employee to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured femur.
An employee was standing on a step stool, removing the nuts and bolts from the frame of a solar panel that was being replaced. The employee's cheek made contact with a connector with damaged insulation. The employee was shocked, briefly lost consciousness, and fell to the ground, suffering an injury to the left shoulder.
An employee was removing a hot water heater (that was full of water) from a trailer. The glove on his left hand was caught on the pipes of the moving water heater, causing him to lose balance and fall approximately 4 feet from a ladder to the ground below. The employee's lower left leg and hip were fractured.
Employees were upgrading lighting fixtures in the accounting offices. The injured employee was on a ladder working on a ceiling light fixture. He came into contact with the metal grating surrounding the fixture and sustained an electrical shock that caused him to lose balance and fall approximately 3 to 4 feet to the floor. The injured employee sustained a fractured pelvis and a torn rotator cuff.
An employee was working in an electrical junction box and was shocked by an energized circuit. The employee fell off a ladder about 3-4 feet to a cement floor, sustaining fractures to his left shoulder and right heel. The employee was hospitalized.
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