Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Amputations
Final narrative
An employee was helping a coworker unload a portable generator from a box trailer. The generator was equipped with a fold-away handle. The generator had to be lowered approximately 18 inches to the ground outside of the trailer. The employee's right hand was placed between the generator frame and the handle. When his coworker pulled the generator out of the trailer, the generator fell 18 inches to the ground. The handle struck the floor of the trailer, pinching the employee's finger between the frame and the handle with approximately 200 pounds of force. The employee's middle finger was fractured, and the distal tip was amputated. His ring finger was also partially amputated.
An employee was moving a piece of an I-beam for welding when it rolled off the cribbing. The employee went to catch it when it fell and crushed the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was helping to disassemble large reels used to store steel wire when a 264-pound flange from the reel fell over onto the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their leg and ligament injuries to the lower leg.
The injured employee was putting away materials on the warehouse floor as a co-worker was pushing a pallet onto a nearby shelf. The pallet knocked another pallet forward, causing it to fall onto the injured employee's shoulders. The employee suffered fractures in their right and left knees and ankles.
Employees were moving a single man lift into a building and reclining the lift to position it to fit through the door. The lift shifted and fell, causing the employee to sustain fractures to the left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was moving a light tower so it could be hitched to a truck. He grabbed the tongue of the trailer hitch on the light tower to slide it to the left. The tongue jack fell off, causing the light tower tongue to drop on the employee's right hand. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.