Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Goodwill Industries of Fort Worth, 2800 FM 2280, CLEBURNE, TEXAS 76031
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was dismounting a ladder when he missed the last rung and fell on his side, fracturing his upper leg area.
An employee walked over to help support a bin of clothing that was on the rear lift of a box truck. The operator started to lower the bin to ground level when it fell off and struck the employee. The employee was knocked backwards and fell, striking her head on the concrete and suffering a possible brain hemorrhage.
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.
An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.
An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.
An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 453310)
An employee was removing boxes from a pallet. When he stepped backward, his foot caught on shrink wrap. He fell to the concrete, landing on his right hip and breaking it. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was unpacking donations from a donation bin and moving a portable canopy when he lost his balance and fell forward. The employee struck his head on the concrete and sustained a fractured C4 vertebra and a laceration to the forehead that required stitches.
An employee was placing signs on merchandise when they tripped and fell to the floor on their left side. The employee broke a hip and was hospitalized for surgery.
An employee was lowering a person from a van using a lift. The employee's right thumb was caught in the van lift and severely wounded, resulting in a partial amputation.
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.