Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at First Student, Inc., 4260 Gravois Road, HOUSE SPRINGS, MISSOURI 63051
on — Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c., affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee working as a bus monitor stood up to aid a student. When the bus hit a bump in the road, the employee fell and hit their head and the left side of their body. The employee was hospitalized for a stroke and brain bleeding.
An employee was helping to repair the bumper of a school bus. As a piece of wood was being used to bend the bumper, the wood struck the employee, resulting in swelling and a hematoma in their abdominal area.
An employee was exiting the school bus via the service door steps into the employee parking lot. They stepped on several pieces of broken asphalt, lost their footing, and fell to the paved parking lot. Their left arm went in between the tire and the body of the vehicle as they fell to the ground. They sustained a broken left hip that required surgery.
A road maintenance employee was helping to pick up lane closure equipment while in the basket of a truck. As the basket on the back was raised from the lowered position, the employee's right foot became stuck between the frame of the box truck and the frame of the motorized personnel basket. They sustained four fractures to the right foot.
An employee was collecting garbage with an automated garbage truck. A hydraulic line ruptured and sprayed into the exhaust, igniting a fire. The employee sustained severe burns on her right arm, back, and face.
An employee was driving a rear-property machine across a bridge over a river when the bridge collapsed and the machine and the employee fell 16 feet into the river below. The employee suffered a broken ankle and broken ribs.
An employee was standing while providing care to a patient in the back of a moving ambulance. The ambulance made a turn and the employee fell onto wooden cabinets mounted on the wall of the ambulance. The employee suffered back trauma that resulted in hemothorax, that required medical treatment.
An employee finished her afternoon shift and was walking to her car on the gravel/dirt/grass walking surface. As she approached the exit gate, she tripped/stumbled and fell onto a nearby fence and the ground. The employee sustained fractures to collarbones or rotator cuffs on each side of her shoulder(s).
A maintenance employee was working on a bus at the maintenance shop when he tripped and fell on a wheel chock. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip and required surgery.
An employee was performing a pre-trip inspection of a bus. He was walking down the bus steps using the handrail when he slipped and fell, resulting in back injuries, internal bleeding, and a severe hematoma.
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.