HAZEN, ARKANSAS—
Loves Travel Stops
Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Loves Travel Stops, 3404 Hwy 63 N, HAZEN, ARKANSAS 72064 on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was changing the tire of a semi-trailer for a customer. He replaced the tire on the rim and started putting air into it when the tire exploded and he fell down a ravine and hit his head. He was knocked unconscious and was hospitalized for head trauma and cerebral bleeding.
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BURLINGTON, COLORADO—
Loves Travel Stops
An employee was returning from break and walking back to the building from his car when he was struck by a commercial truck and trailer. The truck struck him and when he went to roll out of the way, the trailer ran over his left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture and puncture to his left leg and road rash to both of his legs.
BURLINGTON, COLORADO—
Loves Travel Stops
An employee was walking into work from their car to begin their shift. The employee slipped on ice and fell on the pavement. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right hip.
MCPHERSON, KANSAS—
Loves Travel Stops
While dropping fuel, an employee slipped on a small patch of ice and fell to the ground, breaking the left femur.
HADAR, NEBRASKA—
Loves Travel Stops
An employee slipped on ice while walking outside and suffered a broken tibia and fibula.
DAYTON, OHIO—
Loves Travel Stops
An employee was disposing of old coffee. When the employee poured it into a cleaning bucket, it melted through the bucket and spilled onto the employee's legs, burning the employee's thighs.
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