Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Serverfarm ATL1 Atlanta, 305 Satellite Boulevard, SUWANEE, GEORGIA 30024
on — Fractures , affecting the Ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was manually moving a dolly (loaded with 7 sheets of drywall) out of a workspace when the dolly tipped over and landed on his right ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.
Hospitalized Ankle(s) Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
An employee was pulling a steel parts handcart when its wheels caught on something and locked up. The cart fell backward. The cart handle struck the middle of the employee's right foot, breaking bones. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was manually moving a tall cart filled with pints of ice cream within the facility. While transferring the cart toward the exterior of the receiving area, the cart passed over a floor drainage grate, became unstable, and fell toward the employee, pinning him underneath. The cart and its contents landed on his lower right leg, resulting in multiple fractures.
An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.
An employee was moving a ramming machine to a staging area. While using the controls on the side of the machine, there was a sudden heavy rainfall causing the equipment to slide. The ramming machine tipped over and caught the employee against the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to the right side of their pelvis and was hospitalized.
An employee was transporting a cart containing instruments and packs to the operating room. The cart tipped over and fell on top of the employee. They sustained pain in their lower back and radiculopathy in their lower extremities.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 518210)
Two employees were working by a switch gear. Upon opening the switchgear, employee 1 noticed some loose bolts. As employee 1 looked back, employee 2 reached into the switchgear and an arc flash occurred. They were both severely burned. Safety gear was worn at the time.
An employee was walking on a concrete storm water drain canal when they tripped on the unlevel concrete surface and fell, breaking their left ankle. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
Employees were inspecting a broken telephone pole to remove it and attached the cable from the roadway. They removed the broken pole from the cable/strand so they could raise the cable/strand up and attach to a tree to gain clearance until it could be repaired. The injured employee cut the top (above the cable/strand) of the pole off and it fell to the ground in the roadway. They then moved that piece out of the roadway. This left a 6-foot piece still attached to the strand (below the strand) at about a 45-degree angle to the ground. When the remaining 6-foot piece was cut from the cable/strand, it broke and swung toward the injured employee, knocking him to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured skull and a fractured L5 vertebra.
An employee was on a 28-foot extension ladder troubleshooting equipment at a residential property. While on the ladder, the strand cable supporting the extension ladder failed, causing the ladder and the employee to fall the ground and into the roadway. The employee sustained facial injuries and a dislocated left elbow.
While installing a server into a data rack, an employee fell 6 feet from a ladder to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to his left shoulder and arm, as well as a bruise and laceration to his forehead.
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.