Injured by object held or wielded by person · Bruises, contusions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at First Student, Inc., 9432-A Joor Road, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70818
on — Bruises, contusions , affecting the Abdomen unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was helping to repair the bumper of a school bus. As a piece of wood was being used to bend the bumper, the wood struck the employee, resulting in swelling and a hematoma in their abdominal area.
Hospitalized Abdomen unspecified Wood building materials unspecified form
An employee was exiting the school bus via the service door steps into the employee parking lot. They stepped on several pieces of broken asphalt, lost their footing, and fell to the paved parking lot. Their left arm went in between the tire and the body of the vehicle as they fell to the ground. They sustained a broken left hip that required surgery.
An employee was emptying propane from a school bus to perform maintenance when the propane caught fire. The employee sustained first, second- and third-degree burns throughout 40% of their body.
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
An employee was disassembling a pressurized unit using a driver drill. When the unit was disassembled, it caused a kickback from the tube head, causing the drill to strike the employee's left forearm. They sustained a diaphyseal fracture to their left radius and ulna, which required surgery.
While working at a customer's residence, an employee was cutting tape with a box cutter to wrap insulation for a piece of pipe. The box cutter struck a hardened object within the wall causing it to bounce back and puncture the employee's right eye. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was using the pipe-and-wrench method to loosen a seized bolt on a roof truss. A technician from another company was on the other side of the truss doing the same action with the same method. The employee's socket slipped off the bolt and his left hand was crushed against the truss, resulting in injuries to the index and little fingers, requiring hospitalization, surgery, and amputation of the index finger.
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