Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at White Construction Inc, 17372 St Rt 114, GROVER HILL, OHIO 45849
on — Fractures , affecting the Back lumbar region.
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Final narrative
On May 7, 2025, at 2:52 PM, an employee was walking on the catwalk (approximately 14" wide grating) in front of the cab of a lattice boom crawler crane. As he was crossing over to climb down from the crane, he missed the grabrail and lost balance. He began falling and did not want to hit the track so he pushed his feet backward, to land on unobstructed ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to his L4 vertebra.
Hospitalized Back lumbar region Cranes other mobile cranes
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On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
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