Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Goodwill, 1460 Garden of the Gods Rd., COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80906
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a pallet with boxes on it. When the employee walked by the pallet, she tripped over a box peeking out from the side of the pallet and fell onto her hip, resulting in a broken hip that required surgery.
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An employee was using a chair to reach the top of a bulletin board in the break room. While getting down, the chair flipped, causing the employee to fall. She suffered brain hemorrhaging and a collarbone fracture.
An employee was folding a cardboard gaylord container when her foot got caught on the folded container, causing her to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a torn left rotator cuff.
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 walking into the stock room when they slipped on a wet floor and fell, resulting in a sprained left wrist and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was climbing down a ladder. She fell from about 3 feet up, grabbed storage racking but could not break her fall, and landed on the floor. She suffered an injury to the left knee, as well as cuts on the right middle and ring fingers. She was hospitalized.
An employee was exiting the building and walking down the stairs with co-workers when she fell down the stairs and landed on her left hip, fracturing it.
An employee was utilizing an inclined conveyor belt in the stock room to transport a bathroom rug to the second floor. She was at the bottom of the conveyor belt when the rug fell into the conveyor roller mechanism, jamming it. She was working to clear the jam when her right arm became caught in the 3.5-inch gap between the powered conveyor belt and the underside roller. The employee was hospitalized with six fractures, including her forearm, index finger, ring finger, wrist, and thumb, as well as a severed artery. The machine was not guarded or locked out/tagged out at the time.
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An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
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An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.