AURORA, COLORADO—
Amazon.com.dedc.LLC
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Amazon.com.dedc.LLC, 19799 E 36th Dr., AURORA, COLORADO 80011 on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a truck and moving trailers in the company yard. She stood on the back of the truck to connect air hoses when she rolled her ankle, fell from the truck, and struck the ground. She was hospitalized for an injury to her right upper body.
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RUSKIN, FLORIDA—
Amazon com DEDC LLC
On 12/13/2019 at 9:55 a.m., an employee was packing items for customers at her workstation when she tripped over a box on the ground and fell onto the concrete floor. She suffered a right ankle fracture and distal fractures to the tibia and fibula, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
JEFFERSON, GEORGIA—
AMAZON.COM.DEDC LLC
An employee operating a powered industrial vehicle stopped and leaned out of the operating compartment to scan a product with a scan gun. Her left hand made contact with the truck's operating controls which caused it to move. She sustained a partial amputation to her left finger.
AURORA, COLORADO—
Amazon.com.dedc, LLC
An employee was kneeling and scanning packages when she was bumped and knocked down by another employee who was walking by. She injured her hip and was hospitalized.
ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY—
Amazon.com.dedc, LLC
An employee on a ladder was removing packages from an overhead conveyor when the employee slipped and fell approximately 8 feet to the floor, fracturing the left humerus and dislocating the left elbow.
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN—
Amazon.com.dedc, LLC
An employee was walking in the parking lot, slipped on ice, and fell breaking a leg.
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