Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Circle K Stores, Inc., 900 E. Redd Rd., EL PASO, TEXAS 79912
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee slipped and fell to the concrete floor while discarding trash in an outside dumpster, suffering a broken femur.
On June 24,2025, the injured employee had assisted another employee with removing a violent person from the premises. The person tried to get back into the store and started wrestling the employees. This caused the injured employee to trip and fall onto the pavement. The employee was hospitalized with a hematoma to their right hip.
An employee was bending down pumping a spill bucket. A customer was driving away from a gas pump and struck the employee. The employee sustained a laceration to their left hand and an amputation to their ring finger.
An employee was restocking a display when it started to fall. As she was getting out of the way from the falling display, her foot got caught in the utility cart that the display sits on and she fell. She fractured her left hip.
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.
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