Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at NORCOM, INC., 200 Boyd's Crossing Rd., GRIFFIN, GEORGIA 30224
on — Fractures , affecting the Rib(s), oblique area.
Final narrative
On November 4, 2024, a maintenance technician was locating the source of an oil leak on an unwind stand while standing on an 8-foot A-frame ladder. While removing a bolt on an air cylinder, he lost his balance and fell 7 feet from the ladder, striking an electrical cabinet. The employee was hospitalized with five fractured left-side ribs.
An employee was changing the trim blade on a machine when the blade dropped on the employee's right wrist causing a laceration to the wrist that severed an artery and grazed a nerve.
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 was standing on the surface of a steel beam about two feet wide. He slipped and fell backward, landing on the concrete ground about 20 feet below. The employee sustained a broken pelvis.
An employee was cleaning out an inlet pipe in a stormwater structure. The employee stepped back, fell into the pipe, and landed on concrete 13 feet below, at the bottom of the structure. He suffered a broken back.
An employee was working on a platform, raised 6 to 8 feet in the air, to get something off a rack. The employee fell from the platform to the ground and sustained a head injury and injury to multiple body parts.
An employee was preparing to unjam an auger shaft while standing on a forklift-elevated, job-made platform. The employee's wrench slipped off the equipment, causing them to lose their balance and fall. The employee landed on the ground 14 feet below and suffered fractures to the orbital bone, left elbow, and lower back.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 322233)
An employee was changing the trim blade on a machine when the blade dropped on the employee's right wrist causing a laceration to the wrist that severed an artery and grazed a nerve.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.