Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GEODIS LOGISTICS LLC, 8600 NE Undersground Drive, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64161
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee missed a step and fell while descending a two-step ladder, fracturing the left leg.
An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a down-chute conveyor line when the non-motorized pivot gate was released. The gate caught the employee's right index finger, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.
An employee was operating a forklift and coming out of an aisle when her foot was crushed between the forklift and a pallet jack that another employee was operating.
An employee was driving an electric pallet jack to pick an order in an aisle of the facility when the pallet jack struck the leg of a rack. The employee's left thumb became pinched between the pallet jack and the rack, resulting in a deep laceration.
At about 6:00 a.m. on January 27, 2021, an employee was using a powered industrial truck (PIT) to load a trailer with product. The trailer pulled away causing the PIT and the employee to fall out of the trailer onto the tarmac. The employee suffered a lower back strain.
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.
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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 operating an extruder and performing a spool swap over from the right spindle to the left spindle. After rewiring the new spool, the employee's clothing got caught in the turning shaft when the left spindle started back up. The employee's left arm was pulled into the machine, resulting in a fractured humerus and lacerations to her triceps. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was resetting a warehouse racking system utilizing an order picker. They fell approximately 5 feet from the order picker to the concrete floor and sustained fractured ribs.
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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