Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-06 | Robins A F B | Ga | U.S. Department of the Air Force Robins AFB | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
A mechanic was walking outside a building when he tripped on a mooring cable, fell on the concrete floor, and sustained a fractured right femur. | |||||
2021-04-16 | Robins A F B | Ga | Bennett Sheet Metal Works, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was working on the replacement of a metal roof when he tripped over a gutter on the flat roof and fell through the plastic cover of a skylight landing 14.5 feet below on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to a hip, the nose, and both wrists. | |||||
2019-06-22 | Robins A F B | Georgia | U.S. Department of the Air Force-Robins Air Force Base | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was preparing to replace wires in a manhole. As he was slicing a cable, the knife slipped out of his hand and cut his finger at the second joint where the finger bends, resulting in a pinky finger amputation. | |||||
2019-04-24 | Robins A F B | Georgia | Maloof Weathertight Solutions, LLC | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was assembling a parapet with a nail gun when she attempted to move by sliding. Her finger was on the trigger when it hit her leg, causing the nail gun to fire a nail into her upper thigh. | |||||
2019-02-19 | Robins A F B | Georgia | Defense Logistics Agency | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was trying to retrieve a box behind some metal fence pickets. The employee was standing on a pallet between the pickets when a bundle of pickets (weighing about 1,020 pounds) toppled over on the employee's ankle, trapping it between bundles of pickets and causing multiple breaks. | |||||
2018-08-24 | Robins A F B | Georgia | MGC Roofing & Construction, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was observing the hoisting of a steel roof beam. As the crane was setting the beam down so its rigging could be tightened, the beam fell out of the rigging, hit the ground, rolled, and struck the employee. It broke his left ankle and lacerated his right foot. | |||||
2018-05-17 | Robins A F B | Georgia | U.S. Department of the Air Force | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was attempting to step from a step platform to a mobile telescoping stand. There was a 21-inch gap between the two platforms and the employee fell 8 feet down to the platform below, suffering multiple body injuries. | |||||
2017-04-08 | Robins A F B | Georgia | United States Air Force Base Robins AFB GA | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was attempting to close the tail on an aircraft when the employee's right index finger was smashed and amputated in the mobile tail enclosure. | |||||
2016-04-25 | Robins A F B | Georgia | Defense Logistics Agency | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
As an employee was removing a tube from a box while standing on a stair ladder, the box came off the shelf, causing the stair ladder and employee to fall 9.5 feet to the lower level. The employee landed on a box and broke his left hip, left wrist, and several left-side ribs; cut his spleen; and fractured his back vertebrae. | |||||
2015-07-14 | Robins A F B | Georgia | U.S. Air Force | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was admitted to the hospital after suffering from low sodium symptoms. | |||||
2015-03-12 | Robins A F B | Georgia | US Department of Air Force Robins Air Force Base | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was inspecting a C-130 aircraft using a 6-foot ladder. While descending the ladder, the employee missed the bottom rung and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fracture to the right hip and received surgery later that evening. |