Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sears, Roebuck and Co., 9505 Colerain Ave., CINCINNATI, OHIO 45251
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee followed a suspected shoplifter out of the store and into a parking lot. The employee started taking pictures of the suspect's car as the suspect was pulling away. The suspect hit the employee with the car breaking the employee's left leg.
An employee was in the process of washing the floor when he was splashed on the legs by floor stripper which resulted in chemical burns and possible nerve damage.
While walking to the mattress department for a customer service call, an employee tripped over ripples in the carpet and suffered a broken left femur, requiring surgery.
On 11/8/2023, at about 1:00 AM, an employee was engaged in an altercation with shoplifters. In the parking lot, the employee was struck by a vehicle driven by the shoplifters. The employee sustained injuries to both legs.
Two employees were engaged in a fight while the injured employee was working from a ladder. The co-worker pulled the ladder from underneath the injured employee, causing them to fall to the ground. The injured employee sustained a foot fracture and back injury.
A customer was driving their car out of the parking lot without paying their bill. The car struck an employee, who ended up on the hood of the vehicle. As the car turned onto the street, the employee was thrown off the hood and sustained a head injury requiring hospitalization.
An employee was working when a customer picked up a jump box and fled the store without paying. The employee was then struck by the customer's vehicle, resulting in ankle fractures.
An employee was walking through a hallway with two restrained residents when they were tripped by one of the residents, causing them to fall to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a knee injury.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 452111)
An employee was performing a pre-operation assessment of an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack activated and pinned the employee's left leg against a guardrail, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee fell to the floor in a store, suffering a broken right femur, a contusion and inflammation under the right eye, and a contusion and inflammation to her left wrist and forearm.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.