Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Squeege Ninja, 3530 Forest Park, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80922
on — Fractures , affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee had climbed a ladder onto a roof, then set a second ladder on the roof to reach the window he was cleaning. The employee was approximately three to four rungs up the second ladder when he fell to the ground below. He sustained a broken right hip and a broken right little finger, as well as a minor head injury.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 442291)
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An employee was using a chop saw to cut aluminum when the aluminum kicked back. The employee's thumb contacted the blade, resulting in amputation below the left fingernail.
An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.