A maintenance technician was removing a gasket that was hung up on a mandrel and stepped over a 18-inch PVC pipe that was being produced. When they planted their foot on the ground, they sustained a fractured left ankle.
An employee was painting a sign structure when they tripped on the catwalk and a piece of metal on the catwalk lacerated their forearm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was walking into a building when she slipped on cherry blossom petals that were on the wet concrete of the entryway, injuring her right ankle. The employee was admitted to the hospital and required surgery.
An employee was bringing tools to the side of a billet mill. He tripped over a roll set sled and his chest struck a metal fixture used to hold the roll set. He suffered a broken sternum.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 622110)
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.