HELENA, MONTANA—
Walmart
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Walmart, 2750 Prospect Avenue, HELENA, MONTANA 59601 on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee fell while climbing down the ladder of a top stock cart. The employee landed on the floor and suffered a broken femur that required surgery.
More severe injuries at Walmart
WESTMINSTER, COLORADO—
Walmart
An employee tripped over a chair in the break room and fell, resulting in lower back pain. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra.
BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA—
Walmart
An employee was walking across a sales floor. The employee and a customer collided at a corner; the employee fell and broke their right kneecap on the floor. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA—
Walmart
An employee was pushing carts outside in temperatures averaging 85 F when he experienced leg pain. He went inside to check himself and found palm-sized rashes on his legs. After a few minutes, he lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for heat stroke.
WAYNE, WEST VIRGINIA—
Walmart
On June 25, 2024, an employee was on a stock cart to pull merchandise and stock down when the cart began to roll and she fell 3 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken left knee that required hospitalization and surgery. The wheels of the cart were unlocked at the time of the incident.
VERO BEACH, FLORIDA—
Walmart
An employee fell to the floor and suffered an injury to the right hip.
View Walmart's full OSHA safety record →
Similar incidents · Same event type
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND—
Providence Place Cinemas 16 and IMAX
An employee was fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA—
DC Janitorial & Cleaning of Pensacola, Inc.
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.
RIPON, WISCONSIN—
The Boldt Company
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.
TAMPA, FLORIDA—
HD Supply Facilities Maintenance
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.
EUSTIS, FLORIDA—
Freedom Solar LLC
An employee was coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 452111)
WESTMINSTER, COLORADO—
Walmart
An employee tripped over a chair in the break room and fell, resulting in lower back pain. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra.
OLATHE, KANSAS—
Walmart, Inc.
An employee was performing a pre-operation assessment of an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack activated and pinned the employee's left leg against a guardrail, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.
WARRINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA—
Target Corporation Store #1196
An employee was standing on a pallet when their foot caught on the pallet and they fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured right femur.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS—
DILLARD'S
An employee fell from a chair to the floor, suffering a broken right leg/ankle. She was hospitalized.
LITHONIA, GEORGIA—
Penney OpCo LLC dba JC Penney
An employee fell to the floor in a store, suffering a broken right femur, a contusion and inflammation under the right eye, and a contusion and inflammation to her left wrist and forearm.
More severe injuries in MONTANA
SHELBY, MONTANA—
Big Sky Wholesale Seed, Inc.
An employee was fixing an issue with seed cleaning equipment when he slipped on the ladder he was on. He went to catch himself and his hand went into a moving belt and pulley on the cleaner. The employee sustained the amputation of his right middle and index fingertips just below the fingernails.
ALDER, MONTANA—
Turner Enterprises, Inc.
An employee was riding an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) to move a bison herd. He was riding up the side of a steep hill when the ATV struck a rock and rolled, ejecting the employee before rolling over him. The employee suffered broken vertebrae in his back that required hospitalization.
GREAT FALLS, MONTANA—
Jonas Sprinklers and Fertilizer
An employee was clearing out dirt from an underground pipe when he was bitten by a rattlesnake on his hand.
GREAT FALLS, MONTANA—
Pasta Montana, LLC
An employee was climbing in the spreader area to remove a pasta jam when his right little finger was cut by the rotary cut-off knife. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture, resulting in an amputation.
BIGFORK, MONTANA—
USDA Forest Service Ranger Station
A smoke jumper parachuted out of a helicopter during a forest fire response, landed on steep rugged terrain, and suffered femur and rib fractures and a liver laceration. The employee was hospitalized.