Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at O'Reilly Auto Parts, 233 S Patterson, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI 65802
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was delivering automobile parts to a shop when they tripped over parts on the shop floor and fell, resulting in a right hip fracture.
An employee was carrying a plastic tote full of brake rotors. His foot caught the corner of a pallet, causing him to fall to the concrete floor and break his hip.
An employee was on a 6-foot ladder, getting a boxed cooling fan from a top shelf in a storage area. His hand slipped off the box, causing him to fall backward from the ladder to the concrete floor. He suffered fractures to his right elbow and right hip, as well as contusions to the head and shoulders.
Two employees were putting a broken pallet jack into a metal recycling bin using a dock stocker. The jack became stuck on a pallet of totes next to the bin, causing the jack handle to snap back. It pinched the injured employee's fingers against the bin, resulting in an amputation to the ring fingertip.
An employee was returning to close the hood of a customer's vehicle when he tripped and fell to the ground. The employee sustained several rib fractures and chip fractures to his lumbar vertebrae.
An employee was walking through the back room of a store when she tripped over a battery on the floor and fell, landing on her right wrist. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured wrist.
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 carrying a plastic tote full of brake rotors. His foot caught the corner of a pallet, causing him to fall to the concrete floor and break his hip.
An employee was working on a vehicle in a bay. As he turned around, his foot caught on the leg of a lift and he heard/felt a snap and pop in his right hip and fell. The employee sustained a torn hamstring in his right leg.
An employee was installing a driveshaft on a customer's vehicle. He was using a floor jack to hold the driveshaft in place to line up the bolts. The driveshaft moved off the jack and crushed his left ring fingertip, resulting in an open fracture of the tuft of the distal phalanx, as well as a partial amputation.
An employee was in a truck, helping a team lift a 55-gallon drum into the truck. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a broken left arm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
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.