Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations
Final narrative
Employees were going to remove an aeration pipe (18 inch in diameter and 10 feet long) that had potatoes on it with a 3/8" chain & a skid steer with forks. The chain was secured around the pipe and around both forks on the skid steer. After the pipe was free of the potatoes, the skid steer driver began to back up, while another employee guided the pipe. While backing up, one of the skid steer forks hit one of the bulkhead tubes (75-80#) that was sitting in its slot. The tube came out of its slot and fell roughly 7'8" striking the employee on the head. He fell backwards into the potato pile and suffered a head laceration.
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.