Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SP Plus Corporation, 1220 Commerce St., DALLAS, TEXAS 75201
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was descending on a manlift at the first level. As he stepped onto the floor, he fell into the pit of the manlift.
An employee was working as a valet at a parking garage. A customer who was waiting for his vehicle walked into the valet booth and punched the employee's chest, resulting in collapsed lungs.
An employee was walking down a parking garage entrance ramp when they tripped and fell at the bottom of the ramp, resulting in a fractured elbow and an inability to bear weight on their leg.
An employee was walking from the north entrance in a parking garage toward the west entrance to assist a customer. A customer's car entered the north entrance and struck the employee on the right side of her body resulting in a fractured right tibia.
An employee was power washing a metal tank from an elevated platform. They fell through a gap between the platform and the tank. The employee landed on the ground and sustained fractures to their ankles and feet.
An employee was installing a metal roof when he stepped on a skylight. The employee fell through the skylight to the ground, resulting in head and shoulder fractures.
An employee was replacing an HVAC unit in a residential home. While he was in the attic space above the garage, the wood he was walking on broke, causing the employee to fall through the sheetrock to the concrete floor below. The employee bumped his head and sustained a shoulder injury as well as a broken ankle.
An employee was putting a tarp on a water tank while standing on a trailer. She lost her footing and fell through the trailer bed, striking the corner of the trailer bed. The employee sustained internal bleeding.
An employee was repairing a sub-floor in a residential house that had water and fire damage. The employee fell through the sub-floor and landed in the basement, resulting in spinal fractures that required hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 812930)
An employee was dropping customers off with a shuttle. He stepped out of the shuttle and his foot entered a pothole, causing him to twist his ankle and then fall to the ground. The employee sustained multiple dislocations to the ankle requiring surgery.
An employee was walking back to the valet podium after parking a car. The employee went to climb over the chain next to the walkway, tripped, and fell to the concrete ground, resulting in a broken leg.
An employee was walking through the front door when her foot became caught on a rug and she fell. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to her right elbow and right hip, and she required surgery.
The injured employee was loading luggage at the rear of a shuttle when a second shuttle that parked directly behind them began rolling and then accelerated. The injured employee was pinned between the two shuttles and sustained soft tissue damage and a fractured femur that required surgery.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.