Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Sprains, strains, tears unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CORE & MAIN LP, 105 Camellia Plant Road, JULIETTE, GEORGIA 31046
on — Sprains, strains, tears unspecified, affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking down a steel ramp. The ramp was cold and damp, making it slippery. He fell and tore a ligament in his left leg.
An employee was unstrapping a load of pipe on a trailer for delivery at a customer's jobsite. A pipe rolled and struck his head, causing a head injury.
An employee was transferring 8-inch pipe joint restraints from one pallet to another. The restraints were dropped, causing the amputation of the employee's left ring fingertip.
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.
The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.
An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.
Equipment was being brought back online after a break-in and vandalism. An arc flash occurred when an employee cycled a 480-volt circuit breaker. The employee suffered burns to the face and hands.
An employee was lifting the liftgate on the rear of his delivery truck after making a delivery when his right hand was caught in the liftgate. The employee sustained four fractured fingers.
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.