Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at RR Donnelley, 609 South Kirk Road, SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS 60174
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee climbed on a pallet to retrieve a "load flag." He fell while dismounting the pallet and landed on his right side on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
An employee was rolling a portable piece of equipment from a storage area to the press when one of the castors hit a seam in the concrete floor, causing the equipment to lurch to one side and strike a stationary object. An enclosure door mounted on the side of the portable equipment closed on the employee's fingertip, resulting in amputation.
An employee was handling a magnetic cylinder at a die station. When she tried to roll the cylinder into a cradle, it overshot the cradle and fell onto her right hand, amputating the little finger past the first knuckle.
On September 21, 2016, around 3:30 a.m., an employee was changing out a 1,400-pound seal-in roller with a hoist when the roller rolled on to his left thumb tip. The thumb tip had to be surgically amputated.
An employee was inching paper through a printing feed to clear a tear when the blade advanced on his finger. The skin was removed from his right middle finger, requiring surgery.
An employee was walking through a parking garage. She tripped over a curb and fell forward onto her right knee, then her left knee, both hands, and her face. She suffered an injury to the left knee that required surgery, as well as scrapes on the chin and both palms and soreness in the left wrist.
An employee was dropping customers off with a shuttle. He stepped out of the shuttle and his foot entered a pothole, causing him to twist his ankle and then fall to the ground. The employee sustained multiple dislocations to the ankle requiring surgery.
An employee was approximately 5 feet up on a ladder while drilling a hole for cable installation. A wasp attacked him. As he was coming down the ladder, he landed flat on his feet on the ground, and his right leg was twisted. The employee sustained a fractured tibia.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 323119)
Employees were changing out a rubber roller in a laminating machine. The injured employee was supporting one end of the rubber roller while the other end was supported by a forklift. The end held by the employee slipped and fell onto their other hand which was resting on the equipment frame. They sustained an open displaced fracture of the distal phalanx of the right middle finger as well as an amputation of the right middle fingertip.
An employee was troubleshooting a varnish pump. He removed and replaced the pump. The pump was turned on and the pump impeller amputated his right middle fingertip.
An employee was packing boxes when a small package conveyor disconnected due to loose bolts and hit her thighs. She suffered temporary paralysis in both legs and a swollen muscle.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
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.