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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA—

LOVES TRAVEL STOPS & COUNTRY STORES INC

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations

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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at LOVES TRAVEL STOPS & COUNTRY STORES INC, 1001 W Choctaw, CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA 73018 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

Final narrative

An employee was sitting on a 24-inch folding stool when they fell off the stool and the stool collapsed. The foldable legs of the stool amputated the employee's right index finger.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Step ladders

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MOSS POINT, MISSISSIPPI—

LOVES TRAVEL STOPS & COUNTRY STORES INC

An employee was working on a truck that had broken down. A jack had been used to raise the trailer. The jack slipped, and the employee's hand was pinned between the trailer and a tire. The employee underwent surgery for injuries to the ring and little fingers.

HOGANSVILLE, GEORGIA—

LOVES TRAVEL STOPS & COUNTRY STORES, INC.

On April 25, 2020, at approximately 6:15 a.m., an employee was inflating a dismounted tractor-trailer tire on the interstate when the single piece wheel rim was ejected from the tire and struck the employee in the head. The employee sustained face and head injuries.

RICHMOND HILL, GEORGIA—

Loves Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc.

An employee was servicing a customer's box truck on the side of the road. The vehicle was up on a jack and the employee was working under it. The jack sunk into the ground, causing the truck to fall and pin the employee underneath it. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured back.

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