Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
Final narrative
At approximately 12:55 a.m., an employee was helping another employee load steel beams onto a tractor trailer. He picked up a beam with an overhead crane using the crane's remote control box. After attempting to maneuver the beam into an open space on the trailer, he determined the beam would not fit because it was too wide. He placed the beam on top of a smaller pile of beams. During this process, the chain holding the load caught the flange of an adjacent beam, tipping both beams and a tube. One of the beams landed on him. He was hospitalized with a fracture to his right ankle, a laceration on his right leg, and a sprain to his left ankle.
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.