Accident: 656173 - Knee Bruised In Same-Level Fall

Employee #1 was assigned to adjust some stock at the top of a pallet, which required that he be raised from a guarded work platform. He had on a full body harness and was attached by a lanyard and chain to the top rail of the guardrail system. This allowed Employee #1 to exit the work platform and climb onto the pallet to adjust the stock. He was standing on the pallet when a piece of wood broke and he fell through up to his crotch. Employee #1 sustained bruises to his knee.

fall, pallet, equipment failure, knee, contusion, elevated work plat, board

Accident: 170361463 - Injured In Fall While Boarding Freight Elevator

Employee #1, a produce clerk at a Safeway supermarket, was preparing to go back to work after a break. He was on the second floor and saw that a coworker was about to take the freight elevator to the first floor. Hoping to hitch a ride, Employee #1 hurriedly got onto the elevator but didn't notice that the upper and lower doors were closing. He tripped over the lower door, which was moving up, and fell forward into the elevator platform, landing on his right knee. He sustained a broken femur was taken by ambulance to St. Elizabeth's Hospital. A prosthesis in Employee #1's knee was also damaged.

elevator, knee, inattention, fracture, elevator gate, tripped, leg, fall

Accident: 119901411 - Injured When Struck By Nail From Nail Gun

At approximately 12:55 p.m. on February 15, 2000, Employee #1 was seriously injured when a nail discharged from a nail gun into his left knee. He was hospitalized for two and one-half days.

struck by, portable power tool, knee, flying object, puncture

Accident: 119957942 - Knee Lacerated By Circular Saw

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on June 21, 1999, Employee #1's right knee was lacerated by the blade of a Skilsaw. He was hospitalized overnight.

construction, knee, laceration, portable power tool, saw, circular saw, struck against, work rules, unguarded