Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FEDERAL PROTECTION, INC., 2500 N. AIRPORT COMMERCE AVE., SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI 65803
on — Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c., affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to load equipment into their truck. The employee fell, striking their head and suffering a concussion, a brain bleed, and possible fractures. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was using a 4-foot step ladder to re-install a small overhead door contact when he fell from the ladder to the concrete floor, suffering a concussion and serious head trauma.
An employee was walking to their truck to look for a lid. When they stepped between the truck and a dock plate, they sustained a knee injury that required surgery.
An employee was standing on plant bed timbers, using a powered hand trimmer to trim the shrubs in the plant bed. The timber gave way, breaking into several pieces. The employee lost balance and fell with the trimmer in his hand. He suffered a severe laceration to the right wrist and hand.
An employee was loading phosphoric acid onto a rail car and preparing to secure the rail car for transport. While repositioning the loadout spout to secure it back to the drip pan holster on the dock, the spout contacted the handrail of the rail car, causing the employee to lose balance. The employee stepped back and their right foot entered the opening for the rail car, causing him to twist/pivot on his left leg. The employee's lower left leg was fractured.
On November 14, 2023, an employee was receiving a delivery from a truck when some of the merchandise fell from the truck s lift and struck him. He then fell to the ground and his head struck the sidewalk, resulting in an injury that required hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 561621)
An employee was working from an extension ladder, installing a security camera. The ladder fell out from under the employee, who fell to the ground 12 feet below and broke his right femur.
At about 9:20 a.m. on October 10, 2025, an employee was backing up a stand-up forklift in a storage warehouse to move pallets of goods from steel pallet storage racks. His right knee was pinned between the forklift and the steel racking, and his femur was broken near the knee. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was troubleshooting a burglar alarm system and began descending a ladder when their foot became caught in a rung and they fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their tibia and fibula.
On 12/18/2024, a temporary employee was spotting for a forklift. The forklift was turning to put a pallet on a trailer for transport when the pallet struck the back of the employee's left leg. The employee sustained a broken bones in the lower left leg, ankle, and foot. He also sustained a laceration across the left foot.
An employee was on the second step of a four-foot ladder to remove a pipe plug using a wrench. The wrench slipped and he lost his balance. The employee fell from the ladder to the floor, landing on his right knee. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia.
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
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 closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.