Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was painting the break room wall while standing on the third step of a 6-foot A-frame ladder. The employee was stepping down from the ladder so he could relocate it to complete more painting. The employee missed a step and fell from the ladder to the concrete floor. The employee struck his head/neck on a nearby swivel chair and struck his left hip on the concrete. The employee sustained multiple compression fractures to his spine, including the C7 vertebra, T3-5 vertebrae, and the third and fourth sacral segments. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
Two employees were removing a service lift platform from the back of a radar system. While handling the service lift platform, employee 2 was standing on the back of the radar and lost their footing, causing the service lift platform to shift and fall. The injured employee then fell from the top of the platform electronic subsystem (PES) to the floor, approximately 56 inches. The injured employee fractured his left elbow and left hip.
An employee fell from a loading dock to the ground 2-3 feet below. She suffered a compound fracture of the left hip and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.