Other fall to lower level unspecified · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Fiesta Tableware Company, 672 Fiesta Drive, NEWELL, WEST VIRGINIA 26050
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Multiple upper extremities locations n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working to lower casting benches from the second floor to the first floor. The process involved several chain falls and a forklift. The employee was sitting over top of the floor opening when the bench rocked, causing him to lose balance and slide from the bench. He caught himself before falling to the floor below. The employee sustained injuries to his left shoulder, elbow, and hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for his left forearm.
An employee was dumping a hopper when it became stuck. The employee was adjusting the safety pins holding the hopper's arm when their left little finger was caught between an arm and a pin. The employee suffered a possible partial amputation of the finger.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
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 fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 327112)
An employee was dumping a hopper when it became stuck. The employee was adjusting the safety pins holding the hopper's arm when their left little finger was caught between an arm and a pin. The employee suffered a possible partial amputation of the finger.
On May 5, 2016, at approximately 6:30pm, an employee was injured after being cut by a mold carrier tray. With a guard removed, the employee reached into the machine and the machine pulled him in, resulting in lacerations to the arm and hospitalization.
Worker had just picked up a load of chemicals for the supplier and he was removing the wheel chocks from the trucks wheels. He had removed the first set of wheel chocks and moved to the second set. As he pulled them free from the wheels, he tripped over the first set he had pulled. He fell to the ground and landed on the second set of chocks. He broke his hip and possibly injured his back.
An employee was conducting routine maintenance on a mixer. New lid pins had been installed, and the employee was rotating by hand to ensure they had been installed correctly. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the lid and top of a pin. The momentum from the mixer continued, causing a crushing injury to the finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation from the top knuckle to the tip of the finger.
An employee was climbing down a 15-foot multipurpose ladder. The employee fell about 8 feet, landing on the concrete floor and the ladder itself. The employee suffered several injuries, all on the right side: broken ribs, a broken sternum, a broken temporal bone, broken shoulder, multiple fractures to the cheekbone, and a brain bleed.
An employee was rolling up the landing gear on his trailer when the handle began to unwind and struck his face, fracturing his jaw. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.