Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Autozone, Inc., 14225 South Cicero Ave., CRESTWOOD, ILLINOIS 60445
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
On November 6, 2018, an employee was delivering parts to a store and slipped from stairs resulting in hospitalization for head trauma.
On August 18, 2025, at approximately 7:00 p.m., an employee was working on a ladder when they fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle.
An employee was on a ladder outside a store. A gust of wind caught a plywood board the employee was working with, causing the employee to fall from the ladder to the ground. The employee suffered broken ribs.
On April 24, 2024, an employee was moving material in the back of a trailer. The employee fell out the back of the trailer, landed on the pavement below, and suffered rib injuries.
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.
An employee was on a 20-foot ladder cleaning tile on the side of a building. The ladder slipped and he fell to the ground. He landed on his feet, resulting in hospitalization with fractures to both feet.
An employee was putting away stock in the aisles and began driving his order picker down the aisle with a pallet of items loaded on the forks. The pallet struck an upright of the warehouse racking and was pushed toward the employee, causing him to fall. The front edge of the pallet drove his right leg into the front panel of the order picker, fracturing his right leg above the ankle.
The injured employee was vacuuming out the trunk of a parked vehicle. Another employee was operating a vehicle when the brakes failed and the vehicle struck the back of the injured employee's legs pushing him into the vehicle he was vacuuming. The employee sustained a fractured leg.
An employee got out of his truck and closed the door when his right hand got caught in the door, resulting in a broken ring finger and an amputation of the middle fingertip that required hospitalization.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.