Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at P-Americas LLC, 3802 15th Avenue North, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA 58108
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking through the warehouse, tripped over a box and fell breaking a femur. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a pallet jack when he lost balance and put his left foot down. The pallet jack then jerked and his left foot was caught between a rack guard and the pallet jack. The employee suffered a foot fracture.
An employee was working from a 3.1-foot-high platform, stabilizing a pallet. He fell from the platform to the ground, and his left foot was caught in the equipment during the fall. He suffered broken bones in the left leg and was hospitalized.
An employee was loading product onto pallets. The employee's leg was caught between two pallets after a pallet jack pushed a pallet into the employee's leg. The lower left leg was fractured.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
An employee was delivering beverages when he fell from the truck's liftgate to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured wrist, a dislocated shoulder, and bruised ribs.
An employee was performing maintenance under a van. The van slipped off the jack and struck the employee, who suffered broken ribs in the left upper torso. The employee was hospitalized.
During scheduled preventative maintenance, an employee was searching for vertical bagger shafts. Upon locating a box thought to contain new shafts, the employee removed two high-powered magnets from bubble wrap. The magnets forcefully attracted to each other and amputated the employee's fingertip.
An employee was walking beside a pallet jack while operating it and became pinned between the pallet jack and some pallets. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was replenishing product in a warehouse aisle. They collapsed and fell onto their back, striking their head on the concrete and suffering a laceration to the back of their head and injuries requiring hospitalization and brain surgery.
An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.
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An employee was exiting a loader and coming down the ladder. His hand slipped off the railing and he fell backward onto sandy ground, landing on his side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and a rotator cuff tear.