Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from and struck by moving vehicle · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BAM Heavy Equipment and Repair, LLC, 2750 Grace Lane, HIGHLANDS, TEXAS 77562
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Trunk and other lower extremities.
Final narrative
An employee stepped onto the track of a bulldozer to speak to the operator. The dozer moved forward, and the employee fell between the track and the blade. They sustained injuries to their pelvis and legs.
Hospitalized Trunk and other lower extremities Bulldozers
An employee was riding on the side of an all-terrain forklift when they fell into the space between the gas tank and the right rear tire. The employee was run over by the the right rear tire, resulting in fractures to their neck, pelvis, and right leg.
Employees were moving a paving machine. The machine had been pulled forward, then put in reverse to back up a hill, when it revved up and went out of control. It had moved about 40 feet when one employee jumped out of it and was dragged under it. A second employee rode about another 40 feet, then jumped out to avoid a steep embankment. The first employee suffered a broken pelvis, and the second employee suffered a broken lower leg. Both were hospitalized.
An employee was operating a lawn mower. He fell off while making a turn and the mower ran over his right foot. The employee sustained a laceration on his right ankle.
An employee was traveling on a walker rider as it headed for the outer wall of the warehouse office. He jumped off the front of the rider which caused his legs to be caught between the base of the rider and the yellow safety rail. The employee sustained a fractured right fibula.
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