Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nutrien Ag Solutions, 4375 46th Avenue NE, MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA 58701
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
On March 1, 2022, an employee left a warehouse through a side door, stepped off a curb-high cement pad onto gravel, and slipped on ice under the snow. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a broken right tibia and fibula.
An employee was exiting his ten-wheel dry fertilizer truck when he missed the hand hold and fell 3 feet from the step to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to his left hip and shoulder.
An employee was cleaning up a pile of fertilizer near a transfer conveyor when his shirt got caught by a rotating shaft on the conveyor. The employee's right arm then contacted the shaft and was fractured.
An employee was unloading chemical boxes from the back of a box truck. He tripped and fell from the truck to the ground, landing on his head. The employee sustained a neck injury.
An employee was on the platform of a nurse wagon in the field when they lost balance and fell 28 inches to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right tibia and fibula.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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