Nonroadway noncollision jack-knifed or ran off driving surface · Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Concrete Systems, Inc., 8 Spring St, FLEMINGTON, NEW JERSEY 08822
on — Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels , affecting the Liver.
Final narrative
An employee was riding a power trowel to move it out of the way when the power trowel got caught in safety netting. The employee and the power trowel fell 18 feet off the second deck and the employee sustained a ligament injury to the right foot, a laceration/bruise on their liver, and a foot injury. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Liver Road grading and surfacing machinery n.e.c.
An employee was setting forms for a concrete pour. A steel plate that shortens the form was askew in the track and did not seat properly. The employee began to wiggle the plate to get it in place when it released and pinched his left ring finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was attempting to unclog/unjam a spray paint gun. When he pulled the trigger to verify if it was unclogged, his left middle finger was injected with paint.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.
A maintenance employee was moving a forklift from the loading dock when the forklift fell off the dock. The employee was struck by the overhead portion of the roll bar, injuring his right knee. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
An employee was unloading a trailer on the receiving dock using a stand up powered industrial vehicle (PIV). A yard truck pulled the trailer away from the dock and the PIV fell backward out of the trailer. The employee struck their back on the headache rack of the PIV and was caught between it and the dock plate. The employee was hospitalized with a blunt force injury.
An employee was loading a truck with a forklift. The truck drove away from the dock and the forklift fell between the dock and the truck. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to their head, back, and leg.
The injured employee was using a stand-up forklift to load a pallet onto a trailer. A yard truck drove the trailer away from the dock, causing the forklift to fall to the ground. The employee sustained an injury to their left ankle that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 238110)
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was changing a boom pipe delivery system on a concrete pump truck. He tripped and fell from an elevated level to the ground, resulting in multiple leg fractures.
An employee was reading numbers off a belt that feeds a plant. He reached his hand up and the belt caught his finger, resulting in a finger amputation.
An employee was guiding the pouring end of a concrete pump truck's boom while standing on top of 4-foot wall forms. The boom contacted power lines and the employee was shocked. The employee sustained third-degree burns on the entry and exit path of the electricity, and also sustained first- and second-degree burns to their torso and legs.
An employee was holding a form board on a section of pavement. A skid steer backed into the employee's ankle, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.
An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.
An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.