Sabanto, Inc. 2625 N. Loop Dr STE 2105 ames, Iowa 50010
Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sabanto, Inc. 2625 N. Loop Dr STE 2105 ames, Iowa 50010, 5222 FM 1299, WHARTON, TEXAS 77488
on — Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was helping to disconnect a pull-behind turf grass mower from the drawbar of a utility tractor when the mower's hitch tongue fell onto their right foot. The employee sustained a fracture and dislocated bones.
An employee was standing at the rear of a machine and the machine's mesh tray fell down onto the rear of the machine, crushing his left hand against the read lift. The employee sustained fractures and a laceration to their left hand and was hospitalized.
An employee had been tasked with hauling large rocks. There was a rock caught in the tailgate of the dump truck that was preventing it from opening. He went to get the rock out and the tailgate came down, crushing his right middle fingertip. The employee sustained a fracture of the distal phalanx and required surgery.
An employee was replacing the wear pan in a wood chipper when a metal sawdust pipe attached to the machine fell from above, pinning him against the machine. The employee suffered a broken right femur, right hip, and left hip.
Two employees were working on a forklift with its mast in the air when a chain came loose and the carriage fell down on them. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured left ankle, a laceration on the left side of their forehead, and a fractured L1 vertebra.
An employee was hooking up a hydraulic attachment on a forklift. When pressure was released from the hydraulic system's hose, the arm of the forklift came down on the employee's left foot and broke it.
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