Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Academy Sports + Outdoors, 120 Highway 332 West, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS 77566
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was loading a gun safe into a customer's vehicle with three other employees. The employee was in the bed of the vehicle when the gun safe slid onto his left middle finger, causing it to be caught between the gun safe and the vehicle. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left middle finger.
An employee was taking a package to the loading dock when he tripped over a large plastic tray that was on the floor near the loading dock door. He fell on the floor and sustained a fractured right forearm.
An employee was working as a store greeter when a suspected shoplifter assaulted them with a pool cue. The employee was hospitalized for a collarbone fracture, broken dentures, and an injury that required approximately 10 stitches.
An employee was stocking dog beds when he fell from the second step of a step ladder to the floor. The employee sustained contusions and a strain to the lower back and chest wall.
An employee was standing on a pallet to reach for a box on a shelf. She fell to the ground, suffering a possible fracture to the right hip, and was hospitalized.
An employee was moving merchandise in the receiving area of the store. Another employee was moving a cart and it collapsed on the injured employee, resulting in fractures to thoracic and lumbar vertebrae.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.