Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was raising and tilting the cab of a tractor utilizing a specialized tractor-specific tool. The hole on the tool did not line up with the tractor, so the bolt was not inserted in the tool. When the cab got to the tipping point, the arm of the tool slipped out of the cab frame, causing the cab to over-tilt and land on top of the employee, who was kneeling underneath it. The force of the cab caused the employee's legs to split, pinning him underneath the cab and resulting in a broken hip.
An employee was standing at the rear of a machine and the machine's mesh tray fell down onto the rear of the machine, crushing his left hand against the read lift. The employee sustained fractures and a laceration to their left hand and was hospitalized.
An employee had been tasked with hauling large rocks. There was a rock caught in the tailgate of the dump truck that was preventing it from opening. He went to get the rock out and the tailgate came down, crushing his right middle fingertip. The employee sustained a fracture of the distal phalanx and required surgery.
An employee was replacing the wear pan in a wood chipper when a metal sawdust pipe attached to the machine fell from above, pinning him against the machine. The employee suffered a broken right femur, right hip, and left hip.
Two employees were working on a forklift with its mast in the air when a chain came loose and the carriage fell down on them. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured left ankle, a laceration on the left side of their forehead, and a fractured L1 vertebra.
An employee was hooking up a hydraulic attachment on a forklift. When pressure was released from the hydraulic system's hose, the arm of the forklift came down on the employee's left foot and broke it.