Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP, 2010 Southern Expressway, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI 63703
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
A driver jumped out the side door of a trailer onto the pavement and suffered a broken lower leg.
An employee was driving a riding electric pallet jack when his ankle became caught between the pallet jack and a rail, resulting in a fractured right ankle.
An employee was unloading product from the back of a tractor trailer. While coming down the ramp with a two-wheeled hand cart, the employee's foot slipped and he fell off the ramp. The hand cart then fell on top of him lacerating his ankle and crushing his heel.
An employee was unloading food items from a truck using a hand truck. When the ramp broke, the employee slipped and fell to the ground injuring their chin and breaking the right ankle.
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.
An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.
An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.
An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 722330)
An employee was getting on a bus in a parking lot. The employee fell from the bus to the ground and suffered a head injury (with a brain bleed), broken vertebrae, and a broken shoulder.
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.