Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was using a raised forklift to pull a load from the third-level of a rack. The load knocked into a horizontal support beam on the rack, causing it to disconnect from the vertical column on the right side. The left side was still connected to the rack. After reattaching the beam, the forklift mast was lowered and the beam came off, causing the pallet to shift and drop a case. The box struck the employee's right Achilles tendon, causing soft tissue damage.
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.