Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Carvana, Llc, 360 W. Hubbard St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60654
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was picking up a vehicle at a customer's address. While getting out of the vehicle on the hauler truck, he fell backward onto the street, injuring his shoulders, neck, and head. The employee was hospitalized for a potential seizure, potential concussion, torn bicep, and bruising.
HospitalizedBrainTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
An employee was unloading vehicles from a car hauler. His foot was caught in a strap and he fell off the hauler to the ground, suffering head, facial, and neck injuries.
An employee was moving a motor vehicle in the company parking lot. The employee exited the vehicle, slipped on the ground that was wet from the rain, and fell between the open vehicle door and the door frame. The vehicle began to roll backward, dragging the injured employee. The employee sustained injuries to the knee, elbow and side.
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.
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.
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.
An employee was on a 20-foot ladder cleaning tile on the side of a building. The ladder slipped and he fell to the ground. He landed on his feet, resulting in hospitalization with fractures to both feet.
An employee was putting away stock in the aisles and began driving his order picker down the aisle with a pallet of items loaded on the forks. The pallet struck an upright of the warehouse racking and was pushed toward the employee, causing him to fall. The front edge of the pallet drove his right leg into the front panel of the order picker, fracturing his right leg above the ankle.
The injured employee was vacuuming out the trunk of a parked vehicle. Another employee was operating a vehicle when the brakes failed and the vehicle struck the back of the injured employee's legs pushing him into the vehicle he was vacuuming. The employee sustained a fractured leg.
An employee got out of his truck and closed the door when his right hand got caught in the door, resulting in a broken ring finger and an amputation of the middle fingertip that required hospitalization.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.