Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources · Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cabela's Oklahoma City Retail Store, 1200 W. Memorial Rd, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73114
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c., affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a truck when he had a seizure during which he fell and broke his nose.
On November 9, 2023, an employee lifted a 70-pound package of paper bags, put it in a cart, and then pushed the cart to the front of the store by the cash registers. The employee sustained a collapsed lung.
An employee was providing medical treatment to injured persons involved in a motor vehicle accident. The employee was walking up and down a low-grade embankment carrying injured persons on transport equipment such as backboards. The employee sustained chest pain, and a possible cardiac related event with an elevated heart rate and elevated blood pressure.
On June 16, 2023, an employee was elevated in a scissor lift and was removing a pipe from a structure when they began experiencing back pain. The employee sustained a ruptured abdominal aneurysm from lifting/carrying/pulling pipe.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 454110)
An employee was walking in a parking lot when they fell over a yellow plastic parking block to the ground, resulting in a fractured hip that required hospitalization and surgery.
On July 22, 2025, at approximately 6:25 PM, an employee was was walking up the stairs to their work station. When the employee was about halfway up the stairs, they dropped their earplugs. The employee turned to pick up the earplugs, lost their balance, and fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with head injuries and a laceration.
An employee was wrangling go-carts. She unfolded and secured a cart and distributed it to another employee, then began pulling out another cart. This cart's casters were entangled with those of a third cart, and both came out together. As the third cart cleared the nested stack, it fell onto its side. This pulled the employee closer to it, and her foot was broken under it. She was hospitalized.
On April 4, 2025, an employee was walking on the production floor when he tripped on a box pallet and fell to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured rib.
An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.
An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.
An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.
An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.
An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.