Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures and dislocations
Final narrative
An employee was walking around a machine and stepping up and down to various positions to thread sheet film through the machine. He held the edge of the sheet film with one hand and stepped down to the floor from a 20-inch-high platform, resulting in tension on the film. While one of his feet was on the platform and the other foot was approaching the floor, the film in his right hand tore from the sheet. He lost his balance and fell to the floor. As he tried to break his fall, he broke his right arm and dislocated his right wrist when he hit the floor.
HospitalizedWrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.Machine platforms
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.
An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.
An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.
An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.