Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ceva Logistics, 405 S Leonard St, LIBERTY, MISSOURI 64068
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee slipped on ice and snow while walking across a parking lot. The employee fell, suffering broken ribs and a broken clavicle.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Parking lot, unspecified
An employee was walking to their car in the parking lot after work when he fell to the ground. He stood up and took five more steps before collapsing again. The employee was hospitalized with multiple breaks in his right knee.
An employee was standing near a tug cart when a tugger forklift was driving by and the carts attached to the tugger struck the stationary tug cart, pushing it into the injured employee. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration and fractured leg.
A temporary employee was pushing a pallet jack. When she tried to kick a piece of broken wood hanging from the corner of a pallet, a nail pierced the bottom of her foot. She was hospitalized.
An employee was opening the trailer doors. The employee opened the right-side door. Then the employee opened the left side door, and product fell out, causing a gash on their head. The employee then fell and fractured a leg.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 484121)
An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was hooking up a set of 28-foot trailers, attaching a converter dolly to the lead trailer's pintle hook. He backed up the lead trailer and parked it a foot from the converter dolly, then lifted the converter dolly and rolled it to the lead trailer to set it onto the hook. The converter dolly kicked up, and the employee's left hand was caught between it and the trailer. He suffered a severe laceration to the palm between the ring finger and middle finger.
An employee was cleaning the windshield of his truck. When he stepped down from the truck, he lost balance and reached to catch himself using the side mirror. The impact fractured his left wrist. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was standing on the DOT bumper on the back of a standard 53-foot trailer. The employee lost his footing and his grip on the handle bar, and fell approximately 42 inches to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip/femur.
A driver was making a delivery. As he was climbing onto his trailer to get boxes, the strap he was using to pull himself up broke. He fell from the back of the trailer to the ground, landing on his right leg and breaking his femur.
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.