Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Central Transport LLC, 1622 Cedar Grove, CONLEY, GEORGIA 30288
on — Fractures , affecting the Head and extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning the gutters on a roof when he fell through a skylight and landed on the ground 20 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to their cheekbone and both wrists.
Hospitalized Head and extremities Skylights or other existing roof openings
An employee was unloading the trailer on a powered industrial truck (PIT). As the employee reached through the mast of the PIT, his leg contacted the level control. The mast lowered and crushed the employee's right arm, resulting in injuries that required surgery to repair.
An employee was operating a forklift to pull a broken forklift out of the trailer when the broken forklift got caught on a dock plate. The employee exited the forklift used to tow the broken forklift to check on the stuck forklift and the mast of the broken forklift rose up catching the employee between the two forklifts. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was delivering a pallet bearing a mobile fall protection cart. A forklift was being used to raise the pallet when the pallet cracked, the strap broke, and the cart began to fall. The employee fell to the ground with the cart and suffered a broken and lacerated left wrist.
An employee was parking a forklift for the day when they stopped behind the lift at the counterweight. The employee was then struck by another forklift and pressed against the counterweight, resulting in a pelvic injury.
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 climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.
An employee was standing on a multi-purpose ladder installing head flashing over a window. Their feet were approximately 6 feet off the ground and three rungs from the top. The employee lost their grip on the drill they were using and the ladder tipped over. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a fractured left wrist, bruised chest, and lacerations to their face and lip.
An employee was assembling a baker type scaffold. He was beginning to transverse down the scaffold, approximately six feet off the ground, when the scaffold tipped over and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.
An employee was working from an extension ladder, installing a security camera. The ladder fell out from under the employee, who fell to the ground 12 feet below and broke his right femur.
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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.