Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ConAgra Brands, 11 ConAgra Dr., OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68102
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee slipped and fell in the restroom, fracturing a leg.
An employee was manually repositioning a steel ramp used at a loading dock when he slipped on snow/ice. The ramp fell onto his left index and middle fingers, resulting in a contusion and fingernail avulsion to his middle finger and a laceration, fracture, and fingertip amputation without bone loss to the index finger.
On 5/11/21, four filler operators were performing a changeover on the filler. The injured operator entered the filler to change chucks using portable steps with a handrail. Another operator was walking up and down the steps handing parts for the changeover. When the injured operator exited the filler using the seal of the door and stepped forward onto the portable steps, the steps slid causing the injured operator to fall back next to the filler. The injured operator hit their head on the filler door and then on the floor three feet below. The operator was hospitalized for a concussion.
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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An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.
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