Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Molex, LLC, 1400 West Bond Circle, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 68521
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was exiting the building to go to her car at the end of her shift when she slipped and fell in the parking lot, resulting in a right arm fracture.
An employee was walking in the parking lot when he slipped to the ground during a freezing rain event, fracturing two neck bones and requiring surgery.
An employee was replacing a panel on a machine that weighed approximately 15 pounds. While lifting and adjusting the panel, the employee pulled a muscle in his lower back.
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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