Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Johnstone Supply of Rockford, Inc., 3375 Pyramid Dr., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 61109
on — Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs, affecting the head and trunk.
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Final narrative
On August 12, 2016, at approximately 3:00 p.m., an employee fell to the cement floor while trying to stabilize a stack of air conditioners. Some of the A/C units then fell on top of him, causing brain bleeding and a black eye, fracturing a rib, and puncturing his lung.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.
On August 27, 2025, a service technician was descending a ladder at a service call when his right foot slipped off the ladder rung. The ladder rotated as his weight shifted. The employee lost his footing and fell approximately 8 feet to a concrete lower level. He sustained fractures to his left tibia and left ankle.
A delivery driver was delivering parts at a client site. He fell getting out of the truck cab approximately 5 feet to the concrete ground and broke his femur.
An employee was conducting a gas leak survey. He was walking up a snowy incline when he slipped and fell on the ground, injuring his right leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning off a magnetic table when their right hand brushed against the wheel of a running grinder. The employee sustained an amputation of the middle fingertip and an injury to the ring fingertip with a loss of tissue that required surgery.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.