Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Life's Work of Western PA, Pittsburgh Fayette Express, BELLE VERNON, PENNSYLVANIA 15012
on — Fractures, affecting the face, unspecified.
Watch Life's Work of Western PA — freeGet an email when a new federal OSHA severe-injury report for Life's Work of Western PA is published. One employer, no account, unsubscribe in one click.
Final narrative
An employee was walking around a desk and wiping it off when the employee tripped over wires around the desk and fell onto a metal chair resulting in facial cuts and a broken orbital bone.
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 taking off screws from a large picture frame using a battery-powered drill with a screwdriver bit. They suffered a finger amputation due to the picture hanging wire attached to the picture frame.
An employee was sweeping the parking lot when they stepped backward, tripped, and fell. The employee suffered a fractured left hip and was hospitalized.
On July 1, 2025, an employee was walking toward the register when she slipped on a hanger and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left femur and required surgery.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.