Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Serco, Inc., 120 Bankhead Hwy West, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35204
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
An employee fell down the steps while walking into the facility, breaking the right tibia and fibula and damaging a left ankle ligament.
An employee was servicing a generator and had removed the last bolt from the armature housing when the housing came off and pinned his left arm between the housing and armature. He fractured his ulna and dislocated his radius.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
On March 26, 2025, an employee was standing on a work table that was 23" high to abrasive blast the upper section of a pump. When he stepped off the table with his left leg, his left knee gave out and he fell to the ground, landing on his right hip. The employee sustained a displaced right hip fracture near the joint and was hospitalized.
An employee was pressure washing a suspended part when the part started spinning. The employee manually stopped the part from spinning when his hand was caught in the pressurized water blast. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration.
An employee was dumping a "self-dumping chip bin" (on the forks of a forklift) into a 3- or 4-foot-tall dumpster. The bin tilted forward. Thinking it was going to slide off the forks, the employee reached to grab the bottom of the bin to stop it. The bin then rotated back. The tip of the employee's left middle finger, from the first knuckle past his fingernail, was caught between the bin and the top of the forklift pocket frame. The fingertip was amputated just above the first knuckle.
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift in the warehouse when the forklift spun and the employee was caught between the forklift and metal shelving. The employee sustained multiple broken ribs.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.