Nonclassifiable · Coughing and throat irritation- toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kmart, 185 Upper River Road, GALLIPOLIS, OHIO 45631
on — Coughing and throat irritation- toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was removing fixtures at a location that was closing when the employee suffered severe coughing. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was helping to dispose of carts of hangers while another employee was using a forklift. The employee's left hand was then pinched between the forks and the carts full of hangers, sustaining lacerations and two fractured middle fingers.
An employee was on a three-step ladder and pulled down a tote from an overhead shelf. As he turned to step down, he fell to the floor and broke his left femur.
An employee had removed money from a safe in the office area and was closing the safe door when her hand was crushed between the safe door and the door jam. Her right thumb was partially amputated.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
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.