Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Schuetz Container Systems, 5500 Providence Hill Drive, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI 64503
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking on a sidewalk when he stepped off the sidewalk into the grass. As he was stepping onto the concrete parking lot, he tripped over the edge of the concrete and fell onto his left hip. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface
On February 9, 2024, at 10:15 a.m., an employee was assisting a forklift operator in moving a regrind silo bin. The regrind silo bin was sitting on a stand and measured approximately 7 feet tall. The employee and operator were utilizing lifting straps around the equipment and on the forks of the forklift to move the bin when it tipped and fell onto the employee's right foot and ankle. The employee suffered a talar neck fracture in their ankle that required hospitalization.
An employee was using a handheld drill to remove a screw between a cage and a pallet. The gauze of a previous non work-related injury to their fingers was caught in the rotating parts of the battery powered hand drill and pulled on the employee's ring and middle fingers, resulting in two fingertip amputations.
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.
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