Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Big Lots, 10850 Lincoln Trl #24, FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS 62208
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was pulling a pallet jack backwards in the stock room when the employee tripped on the handle. The employee's head struck the concrete floor, causing severe head trauma that required hospitalization.
An employee was pushing a cart with a mattress/box spring on top of it. The mattress hit a shelf, and the employee's right little fingertip was amputated.
An employee was standing next to a golf cart when it was struck by a high lift fork truck. The golf cart then struck the employee in the upper thigh, causing internal bleeding and possibly deep bruising.
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 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 on a 6-foot A-frame ladder, working to replace ceiling tiles. They fell to the ground and sustained fractures to their hip and femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was walking backward with a pallet jack loaded with cases of toys. When the employee went to stop the pallet jack, it rolled over his right foot. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured distal tibia and a torn tendon in his foot that required surgery.
An employee was operating a rolling container carrier (RTC) vehicle in pedestrian mode. When he operated the hand lever to turn it, the RTC pinned his left leg against the pick location. The employee suffered a laceration on his left knee and was hospitalized.
An employee was walking in a dispense area when she tripped over a pallet and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left hip that required hospitalization and surgery.
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.