Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Amazon.com.dedc, LLC, 3501 120th Ave, KENOSHA, WISCONSIN 53140
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking in the parking lot, slipped on ice, and fell breaking a leg.
On 12/13/2019 at 9:55 a.m., an employee was packing items for customers at her workstation when she tripped over a box on the ground and fell onto the concrete floor. She suffered a right ankle fracture and distal fractures to the tibia and fibula, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee operating a powered industrial vehicle stopped and leaned out of the operating compartment to scan a product with a scan gun. Her left hand made contact with the truck's operating controls which caused it to move. She sustained a partial amputation to her left finger.
An employee was kneeling and scanning packages when she was bumped and knocked down by another employee who was walking by. She injured her hip and was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a truck and moving trailers in the company yard. She stood on the back of the truck to connect air hoses when she rolled her ankle, fell from the truck, and struck the ground. She was hospitalized for an injury to her right upper body.
An employee on a ladder was removing packages from an overhead conveyor when the employee slipped and fell approximately 8 feet to the floor, fracturing the left humerus and dislocating the left elbow.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 454110)
An employee was walking in a parking lot when they fell over a yellow plastic parking block to the ground, resulting in a fractured hip that required hospitalization and surgery.
On July 22, 2025, at approximately 6:25 PM, an employee was was walking up the stairs to their work station. When the employee was about halfway up the stairs, they dropped their earplugs. The employee turned to pick up the earplugs, lost their balance, and fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with head injuries and a laceration.
An employee was wrangling go-carts. She unfolded and secured a cart and distributed it to another employee, then began pulling out another cart. This cart's casters were entangled with those of a third cart, and both came out together. As the third cart cleared the nested stack, it fell onto its side. This pulled the employee closer to it, and her foot was broken under it. She was hospitalized.
On April 4, 2025, an employee was walking on the production floor when he tripped on a box pallet and fell to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured rib.
The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.
An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.