Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JOSEPH BERGER IRREVOCABLE TRUST, PO Box 8, JOPLIN, MISSOURI 64801
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee tripped over an object while providing in-home care to a patient, breaking a leg.
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.
Employees were replacing a cooling tower fan belt. After the new belt was installed, the injured employee started up the equipment and the belt caught the employee's glove resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.
At approximately 11:15, an employee was stepping up onto a curb in front of the elevator lobby on the G2 level of the garage when he slipped on a wet walkway and fell onto his knees. After he fell, he could not bend his knees or get up. He tore a knee tendon and was hospitalized.
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.