Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
Final narrative
An employee had set an anchor through the limbs of a cedar tree into the ground. After the anchor was set, he stowed the auger and drove up the right-of-way approximately 200 feet. The injured employee was gathering materials at the back of the truck when the digger operator started to unwind the auger and it dislodged from the stem. The auger fell approximately 15 feet and struck the employee in the midback and lower part of his body. The auger drove the employee to the ground, landed on him, and knocked him unconscious. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated hip and fractures to his ribs and pelvis.
Hospitalized Trunk and other lower extremities Augers except conveyor
An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
A service crew was pulling a pump and motor from a well. After breaking a joint of pipe loose from another joint, an employee grabbed the chain tongs to prevent the pipe from spinning in the well, so the crew could continue taking it apart. The bolt that attaches the chain to the handle of the chain tongs broke, causing the chain to swing around and strike the employee's lower right leg. The chain severely punctured his leg and fractured his tibia.
An employee was using a handheld grinder to cut a bolt. The grinding wheel broke apart and a fragment struck the employee s right hand, causing a laceration to the palm near the little finger.
An employee was operating a brake press when the top die broke, causing the bottom die to roll out and onto the employee's legs. Both of the employee's legs were crushed below the knee, and both legs were partially amputated. The employee's left leg was also fractured above the knee.
A pressurized aircraft nose landing gear strut assembly was being disassembled. The gland nut dislodged under pressure and made contact with an employee's left hand, breaking it.