Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Georgia-Pacific Corporation, 623 Riegelsville Milford Road, MILFORD, NEW JERSEY 08848
on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was rearranging unit stacks inside a trailer. He stepped onto one unit (5.5 feet tall) to push the unit behind it. The employee fell between the two units onto the floor of the trailer, resulting in five broken ribs on the left side and a punctured left lung.
An employee was clearing a fault on her machine when she slipped on preprint corrugated sheets lying on the floor and fell to the concrete floor. She sustained a fractured right hip and a bruised right wrist.
An employee was removing a 6' x 6' cover from a log chipper using a hoist. The chipper disc contacted the cover which then dislodged from the hoist and struck the employee, resulting in lacerations to the head, neck and face and broken teeth.
An employee was repairing a sight glass on a water holding tank and noticed a leaking pipe that needed repair. He stepped onto a 3-inch pipe and his wrench fell, causing him to lose balance. The employee fell onto a mixer motor and landed on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left wrist, fractured left clavicle, and five fractured ribs.
An employee was helping to remove a tote filled with ink when the tote contacted his left hand and pinched his finger between it and a metal frame, amputating his fingertip.
An employee was fixing a spacer on a stack of 2 x 10's when a few of the 2 x 10's fell on his left leg, breaking his tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
Two employees were removing a service lift platform from the back of a radar system. While handling the service lift platform, employee 2 was standing on the back of the radar and lost their footing, causing the service lift platform to shift and fall. The injured employee then fell from the top of the platform electronic subsystem (PES) to the floor, approximately 56 inches. The injured employee fractured his left elbow and left hip.
An employee fell from a loading dock to the ground 2-3 feet below. She suffered a compound fracture of the left hip and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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.
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