Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Saia LTL Freight, 9051 Railwood Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77078
on — Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments, affecting the Knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was draining an oil pan. He was bent over while walking backward when he walked into the curb around the pit or walked into a cart, and fell on his left knee. The employee was hospitalized with a ruptured patella and required surgery.
An employee was unhooking a converter gear from a trailer. The gear was pulled forward and ran over the employee. He suffered broken ribs and an injury to his right middle and ring fingers. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery for the finger injury.
An employee was loading freight in a trailer using a forklift. He exited the forklift and walked toward the nose of the trailer. The forklift began to roll forward, and its blade tore a tendon in his left foot/ankle.
An employee was driving on a highway when he began feeling dizzy, shaking, and experiencing vision issues due to inhaling exhaust fumes. He pulled over and called emergency medical services.
An employee was unloading a trailer. When he unstrapped 4 x 8 plastic panels that were stored vertically in the back of the trailer, they began to buckle and fell on him. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae.
An employee was unstrapping a pallet. Another pallet (weighing 560 pounds) fell, striking the employee. The employee sustained injuries to his head, arms, ribs, back and pelvic area.
An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.
The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.
An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was working from the elevated bucket of an excavator when they fell between two tanks and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured leg.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.