Nonroadway noncollision Struck by shifting, dislodged load in transport · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GCA Production Services, 4002 International Gateway, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43219
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a concrete jersey barrier with a pallet jack. The barrier broke near its base and toppled onto the employee's right foot, causing injuries to the third and fourth toes including an amputation of the distal tissues and tuft of the distal phalanx at the fourth digit with at least one small, nondisplaced fracture of the tuft of the second distal phalanx with overlying soft tissue swelling. They also sustained a comminuted fracture of the tuft of the third distal phalanx with multiple displaced bone fragments and overlying soft tissue swelling. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAmputation Toes(s), toenail(s) Pallet jack riding
An employee was driving a powered industrial truck (PIT) carrying a nesting sheave on the back counterweight of the PIT. He was holding the sheave when the PIT struck a pothole in the floor, causing the sheave to roll forward and crush his right index fingertip against the back of the PIT seat frame. The employee's fingertip was amputated, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
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An employee was working to tow a forklift with another forklift when the tow line came loose and struck their face. The employee sustained head, face, and eye injuries.
An employee was operating a tractor and utilizing a 2.5-foot kinetic rope and a 1-inch soft shackle to pull another tractor that was stuck in the mud. An additional 30-foot kinetic rope with a soft shackle was hooked up to provide distance from the soft soil. While pulling, the loop end of the terminal shackle on the stuck tractor frayed and released the rope, causing it to recoil back at the pulling tractor. The rope(s) struck the back of the pull tractor, broke the rear window, and struck the employee. The employee was pushed forward into the steering wheel and sustained severe lacerations to the head and a collapsed lung.
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