Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Loves Travel Stops, 2400 E Kansas Ave., MCPHERSON, KANSAS 67460
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
While dropping fuel, an employee slipped on a small patch of ice and fell to the ground, breaking the left femur.
An employee was returning from break and walking back to the building from his car when he was struck by a commercial truck and trailer. The truck struck him and when he went to roll out of the way, the trailer ran over his left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture and puncture to his left leg and road rash to both of his legs.
An employee was changing the tire of a semi-trailer for a customer. He replaced the tire on the rim and started putting air into it when the tire exploded and he fell down a ravine and hit his head. He was knocked unconscious and was hospitalized for head trauma and cerebral bleeding.
An employee was walking into work from their car to begin their shift. The employee slipped on ice and fell on the pavement. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right hip.
An employee was disposing of old coffee. When the employee poured it into a cleaning bucket, it melted through the bucket and spilled onto the employee's legs, burning the employee's thighs.
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 488410)
An employee was installing a hydraulic extension cylinder in a tow truck when their leg was caught between the cylinder and the truck frame. The employee was hospitalized with a broken tibia, which required surgery.
An employee was underneath a flatbed truck, using a jack to lower the truck down. The truck began to roll and crushed the employee's right lower leg, resulting in hospitalization.
An employee was pushing a disabled vehicle while on a service call. The vehicle started to roll back and the employee placed his right foot on the back of the tire to hold the vehicle in place. The vehicle rolled over the employee's right foot, resulting in a fracture.
An employee was loading a car on the bed of a tow truck when his right hand got caught between the vehicle tire and the truck railing, resulting in broken fingers, an injury to his index fingernail, lacerations to his ring finger, and amputation of his middle fingertip.
An employee was unloading a client vehicle when the vehicle started rolling. The employee ran to the front of the vehicle trying to stop it but he fell down and the vehicle then rolled over his foot. The employee sustained a fractured toe, a left tibia fracture and puncture of the skin. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.
An employee was moving a rack onto a lower conveyor in the south heat treat area when their finger got caught between the part tray and the rollers, resulting in a fingertip fracture and amputation.
An employee was climbing a ladder to get on top of the breakroom. The ladder slipped, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his upper back, left foot, and ankle.
Two employees were removing a circuit breaker. The injured employee was using wrenches in the removal process. One of the wrenches contacted an adjacent door, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to their neck, face, and ear, as well as momentary vision loss due to the flash.
An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.