Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Crushing injuries
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to pull a dry skid off a trailer and onto a rail gate (a moving platform that freight is loaded onto) with a pump jack. The rail gate was slippery from the previous day's snow. He got onto the platform of the rail gate and turned the handle of the pump jack to stop its movement, but the pump jack kept sliding toward him. As he tried to get out of the way, he fell approximately 4 to 5 feet to the ground. He suffered a cut over the left eye, bruised ribs, and a crushed left elbow.
HospitalizedElbow(s)Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
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.