Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Menards, 2015 WalMart Drive NE, WARREN, OHIO 44483
on — Fractures, affecting the lumbar region.
Final narrative
An employee was standing on a plant stand, hanging a frost cover over the plants in a store's garden section. She fell backward from the stand, landing on her back and suffering a potential lower-back fracture.
An employee was operating a forklift and loading trucks for deliveries when his foot was caught between a bollard and the forklift, resulting in a fracture.
An employee was loading railroad ties for a customer. The employee cut the steel banding on the ties when the ties slid off the forklift and struck his right ankle, resulting in a possible fracture.
An employee was on a rolling staircase, reaching for product on a shelf. He lost his balance and fell about 8 feet to the floor, suffering broken ribs.
An employee was carrying shelving units down a rolling staircase/ladder. She lost her balance and fell to the ground about 5 feet below. She suffered fractures to a leg and an elbow.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was picking an item in the picking area when a can of sweet peas fell onto his left ring finger, resulting in a partial amputation through the phalanx.
An employee was in the dairy cooler and bent down to get something for a customer. While standing up, the back of his head struck a top stock cart. The employee suffered a brain bleed and required surgery.
On June 5, 2025, an employee was pouring a bottle of antimicrobial produce wash when they inhaled the product and sustained irritation in their lungs and dizziness. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was walking when their foot caught on the edge of a plate connected to a beam and they fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured femur.
An employee was preparing to make a delivery to a store when his hand was caught in the side lift gate of the trailer. The employee sustained tissue amputations of his middle and ring fingertips and an open fracture to the tuft of his ring finger.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.