Stepped or knelt on object · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at RYCOR Heating & Cooling, 541 9th Avenue, TROY, NEW YORK 12180
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was installing HVAC equipment in a customer's attic when he knelt down on a support beam that had a screw sticking up out of it. The employee sustained a puncture to the knee that began swelling and he was hospitalized.
An employee was kneeling on the ground while painting in a hotel area. He felt a prick, then overnight had a lot of pain, irritation, and some swelling. The employee was hospitalized with an infection in his knee.
An employee was inspecting a coolant reservoir of a chip conveyor for a leak. The reservoir cover cracked while his left knee was on it, and his left leg went through the opening. The employee sustained a fractured fibula and lacerations. He was hospitalized.
An employee was walking underneath poultry houses and stepped on a discarded piece of chicken wire that went through their shoe. The employee s right leg was painful and swelled up due to infection. The next day, they went to the hospital. Their foot was amputated the day after that.
An employee was walking across a site to get rebar when he stepped on a wooden stake. The stake broke, causing the employee to sustain fractures to his left ankle/leg and lacerations.
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