Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at O'Reilly Auto Parts, 80 Manton Avenue, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 02909
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee walked into a store, tripped on a carpet in front of the door, and fell. He suffered a broken femur.
An employee was carrying a plastic tote full of brake rotors. His foot caught the corner of a pallet, causing him to fall to the concrete floor and break his hip.
An employee was on a 6-foot ladder, getting a boxed cooling fan from a top shelf in a storage area. His hand slipped off the box, causing him to fall backward from the ladder to the concrete floor. He suffered fractures to his right elbow and right hip, as well as contusions to the head and shoulders.
Two employees were putting a broken pallet jack into a metal recycling bin using a dock stocker. The jack became stuck on a pallet of totes next to the bin, causing the jack handle to snap back. It pinched the injured employee's fingers against the bin, resulting in an amputation to the ring fingertip.
An employee was returning to close the hood of a customer's vehicle when he tripped and fell to the ground. The employee sustained several rib fractures and chip fractures to his lumbar vertebrae.
An employee was walking through the back room of a store when she tripped over a battery on the floor and fell, landing on her right wrist. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured wrist.
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 carrying a plastic tote full of brake rotors. His foot caught the corner of a pallet, causing him to fall to the concrete floor and break his hip.
An employee was working on a vehicle in a bay. As he turned around, his foot caught on the leg of a lift and he heard/felt a snap and pop in his right hip and fell. The employee sustained a torn hamstring in his right leg.
An employee was installing a driveshaft on a customer's vehicle. He was using a floor jack to hold the driveshaft in place to line up the bolts. The driveshaft moved off the jack and crushed his left ring fingertip, resulting in an open fracture of the tuft of the distal phalanx, as well as a partial amputation.
An employee was in a truck, helping a team lift a 55-gallon drum into the truck. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a broken left arm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.
An employee was walking through a parking garage. She tripped over a curb and fell forward onto her right knee, then her left knee, both hands, and her face. She suffered an injury to the left knee that required surgery, as well as scrapes on the chin and both palms and soreness in the left wrist.
An employee was using a hose to clear storm drains after a sewer backup. The employee fell backward and his head struck the curb, resulting in an Injury on the right side of his head, generalized bruising, and pain in his left ankle, right hip, left shoulder, and neck. The employee was hospitalized.