Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bass Pro Outdoor World, L.L.C., 601 Cabela Drive, MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA 57301
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking from his car to a back entrance when he slipped on a patch of ice and fell to the cement sidewalk, resulting in a broken left hip.
An employee was using a ladder to remove a display outside a store. He fell about 12 feet to the concrete sidewalk and suffered hip injuries. He was hospitalized.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 423910)
An employee was doing some work on scaffolding and fell about 10 feet. He injured his right knee and tore a ligament. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
On April 30, 2024, at approximately 6:15 PM, an employee was guiding pipe into a metal bending machine and caught their right index finger in the roller area, resulting in an amputation of the distal digit.
An employee was attempting to chain a hull to keep it from flipping when his finger was caught between the chain and hook. As the employee pulled their hand back, the right index fingertip was amputated without bone loss and the fingernail was removed.
An employee was moving a tensile strength test device with a dolly. The device fell from the dolly onto the employee's right leg, causing a compound fracture.
An employee was walking past a crossover conveyor when a ramp came down and hit them in the back. The employee sustained a broken back vertebra, as well as a concussion, and was hospitalized.
An employee was using a hook tool to pull a pallet onto the lift gate of a tractor trailer. The hook detached from the underside of the pallet, causing the employee to fall backward off the lift gate. The employee landed on the concrete parking lot about 5 feet below, suffering fractures to the skull and two thoracic vertebrae.
An employee was walking on a truss table when he lost his balance and fell approximately 3 feet to the floor. The employee sustained a dislocated and fractured left ankle.