Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hobby Lobby, 7000 W. Alameda Ave., Unit #H, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80226
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee fell to the floor while standing in the break room, suffering a broken hip.
An employee was standing on a metal folding chair in the breakroom to access to a posted schedule. They lost their footing and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured right shoulder.
An employee was walking on the concrete floor when she tripped over a furniture pad on the floor and fell, injuring her right arm and fracturing her right hip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was descending a ladder after stocking product on a shelf. The employee missed the last step from the bottom and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a left knee injury.
An employee was on a ladder while retrieving stocked goods from a top shelf when she fell from the bottom rung of the ladder to the cement floor, resulting in a right hip injury that required hospitalization.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was retrieving items while on a ladder when she lost her footing and fell to the tile floor. The employee sustained a fracture to her left elbow.
An employee completed maintenance on a de-energized conveyor. When the conveyor was restarted, the employee went to remove an oil spill and his left hand was caught in the conveyor. He sustained multiple fractures to his left ring finger, a finger laceration, and required surgery for his left index finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cutting frame trim using a fillet cutter when his right index finger slipped and contacted the blade. His fingertip was severed, resulting in an amputation without bone loss.
An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.