Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at O'Reilly Auto Enterprises LLC., 309 E 11th St , JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS 66441
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee exited a vehicle to speak with a customer and then noticed the vehicle was moving. While attempting to get back into the vehicle, the employee was struck by the door and then run over by the vehicle, suffering tissue damage to the right leg. The employee was hospitalized overnight and had surgery.
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An employee was turning a brake rotor and went to adjust the cutter teeth of the brake lathe when his gloved left middle finger was pulled into the cutting tooth. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation halfway through the nail.
On January 4, 2021, an employee was walking in the parking lot when they slipped on black ice and hit their head, resulting in a concussion that required hospitalization.
An employee was outside the back of the store, carrying a plastic tote of parts for delivery, when he tripped and fell down a flight of eight stairs, striking his head on the pavement. He was found unconscious at the base of the stairs. He suffered a head laceration and cranial fracture.
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An employee was parking at a patient's home and exited the van to manually open the garage door. The van began rolling backward and rolled over the employee's right leg. She was hospitalized with a fractured leg.
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