Fall, slip, trip unspecified · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at F.W. Webb Company, 15 Central Drive, PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE 04769
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture , affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
An employee was making a delivery to a customer and fell on the ground while unloading his truck. The employee was hospitalized with a brain bleed, a dislocated shoulder, and a fractured left thumb.
An employee was lifting the liftgate on the rear of his delivery truck after making a delivery when his right hand was caught in the liftgate. The employee sustained four fractured fingers.
An employee tripped and stumbled into an aisle end cap in a warehouse. He fell to the ground and suffered lacerations to the face, chin, hand, and right forearm. He was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack and stepped off while it was coming to a stop. They became caught between the pallet jack and a pole. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured foot.
An employee was delivering a pallet of goods to a loading dock door using a powered stand-on pallet jack. His left big toe was crushed between a protective post at the edge of the door and the pallet jack. The toe was partially amputated.
An employee was using a pike to move a pallet of sugar that was stuck in the powder racking. The employee fell backward, landing on his right leg. The employee's leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.
An employee was performing maintenance on a jammed roller belt in the back room and was working to free a jam on an overhead roller conveyor. The employee lost his balance on the conveyor and fell. He was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured left leg.
An employee was throwing broken-down boxes into the dumpster when he fell backward and his head hit the ground, resulting in internal bleeding. The employee was hospitalized.
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