Fall, slip, trip, unspecified · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at First Transit, 8400 East Truman Road, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64126
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
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Final narrative
An employee fell while picking up a passenger at their home.
An employee had been driving a bus route. When the employee was off the bus, a passenger assaulted her. The employee was on the ground when the passenger fell onto the employee's left ankle, resulting in a fracture.
An employee was walking to their truck to look for a lid. When they stepped between the truck and a dock plate, they sustained a knee injury that required surgery.
An employee was standing on plant bed timbers, using a powered hand trimmer to trim the shrubs in the plant bed. The timber gave way, breaking into several pieces. The employee lost balance and fell with the trimmer in his hand. He suffered a severe laceration to the right wrist and hand.
An employee was loading phosphoric acid onto a rail car and preparing to secure the rail car for transport. While repositioning the loadout spout to secure it back to the drip pan holster on the dock, the spout contacted the handrail of the rail car, causing the employee to lose balance. The employee stepped back and their right foot entered the opening for the rail car, causing him to twist/pivot on his left leg. The employee's lower left leg was fractured.
On November 14, 2023, an employee was receiving a delivery from a truck when some of the merchandise fell from the truck s lift and struck him. He then fell to the ground and his head struck the sidewalk, resulting in an injury that required hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 485999)
On 6/23/2025, an employee was walking when her shoe caught on the flat tile floor and she struck the office door next to her desk. The employee sustained fractured shoulders and required surgery.
An employee arrived at a client's home to pick them up. They were walking to the the front door when they slipped on ice and fell on the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to their right leg above the knee.
An employee had been using a forklift to offload steel crates from a truck. The employee was closing the panel door of a crate that was unloaded and had been set aside as another forklift was pushing the crates when the employee's right index finger became caught between the panel doors of the crates. The finger was crushed and lacerated, requiring surgery.
An employee was walking in the yard when a yard truck struck them. It was raining/snowing at the time. They sustained a fractured leg and hip, as well as bleeding on the brain and collapsed lungs.
An employee was walking to the dock when their feet got entangled in some cables that were attached to the building and they fell to the cement floor sustaining a head injury.
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.