Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Furniture Warehouse Company, Inc., 625 Frontage Rd, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 80524
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee tripped over the leg of the chair in the break room and fell resulting in a right hip fracture.
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 operating a stand-up forklift. The forklift drove into a rack in a warehouse, and the employee's right hand was caught between the rack and an upright supporting the forklift's overhead guard. The employee suffered a fracture and laceration to the hand, just below the little finger.
An employee was climbing a 10 foot ladder to reach the top of a warehouse rack. He stepped off the ladder onto the racking, slipped, and fell to the concrete floor, hitting the ladder on the way down. He suffered a broken pelvis.
An employee was walking into the store to clock in when she tripped and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a fracture of her proximal right tibia.
An employee was loading merchandise into a truck when their right foot stepped on a 4-way dolly, causing them to lose balance and fall to the ground, hitting their chin on the sideboard. The employee was hospitalized for injury to their spine.
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.