Pedestrian incidents involving motorized land vehicles, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Damascus Steel, Inc, 22175 Tumbleweed Lane, ROBERTSDALE, ALABAMA 36567
on — Fractures , affecting the Thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was loading a scissor lift onto a trailer when the ramp on the trailer broke and the scissor lift fell over. The employee jumped out of the way and his right femur was fractured.
The injured employee was securing a dolly to the back of a shop switcher (vehicle). The employee was closing the pintle hook on the dolly when the vehicle began driving. The injured employee was caught in the pintle, resulting in an amputation to their thumb without bone loss.
An employee was on industrial steel shelving conducting inventory. A forklift struck a beam of a shelf, knocked the shelf out of position, and caused the employee to fall 15 feet to the surface below. The employee sustained a concussion and a laceration to the left side of the head, fractured ribs, and a contusion to the left hip.
An employee was assisting a transport vehicle that was leaving the jobsite by watching for oncoming traffic. After the transport vehicle (18-wheeler) departed, a pickup truck pulled onto the street. The employee then turned toward the rear of the pickup truck as it was moving away from him and started running after it. The employee went to jump onto the bumper and struck his left leg on the ball hitch. The employee's leg was fractured.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332311)
An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.
Two maintenance employees were dismantling a machine part (steel cylindrical rollers) on the ground. After unbolting a portion, part of the assembly fell approximately 6 inches onto one employee's left little finger. The employee was hospitalized and about 3/4" of their little finger above the top joint was surgically amputated.
An employee was moving and handling cardboard boxes when he sustained a laceration to his left ring finger from a box. The laceration became infected and required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was positioning a piece of metal trim for a test bend in a single-fold bend machine. Their right middle fingertip was pinched by a clamp on the machine, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was operating a double folding machine and positioning a piece of metal trim in the folding clamps for a test bend. The machine activated and the crank (lower control arm that bends the trim) came up and cut through the employee s glove, amputating their right middle fingertip.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.