Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Amazon TUL2, 4040 North 125th East Avenue, TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74116
on — Fractures , affecting the Thigh(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was unloading a semi-truck trailer from the dock plate. The employee was removing webbing that was holding cardboard used to keep packages in place. The cardboard sheets fell forward onto her feet. She lost her balance and fell to the dock floor, resulting in hospitalization with a left femur fracture and an impact injury to her left hip/leg. The employee required surgery.
An employee was troubleshooting the control setup for a variable air volume box above a ceiling. The employee's hand came into contact with an exposed, energized 277-volt wire that had loosened from its terminal on the box's assembly. He was shocked and fell off a ladder. His left hand passed across the ceiling grid and was lacerated. He also suffered an electrical burn to the right hand and was hospitalized.
An employee was working as a fire watch. The employee was exposed to anhydrous ammonia and was not able to see while climbing down a ladder due to eye irritation. The employee fell and was hospitalized for a broken ankle.
An employee was working from a ladder and adjusting a spreader guide roller with a T-handle Allen wrench. The employee came into contact with an electrical junction box/wires, was shocked, and fell off the ladder to the concrete floor. He suffered a broken right-side rib, a puncture in the right lung, and an electrical shock burn to the right palm.
An employee was on a 10-foot ladder, working to insulate 24-inch piping that was 12 feet above the ground. The pipe jack/steel tube used to raise the pipe slipped, causing the steel tube to strike the employee's face. The impact caused the employee to fall off the ladder and sustain fractures to their left tibia and fibula.
An employee was on a rooftop, supervising the lifting of a 30' x 30' structure manufactured from I-beams. The employee was knocked to the ground and the suspended load settled on them. The employee sustained a head injury, loss of an eye, and fractured ribs.
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