Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The GEO Group, Inc., 102 Industrial Pkwy, COLUMBIANA, ALABAMA 35051
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
Five employees were searching an inmate's property when they were assaulted by the inmate. One employee was hospitalized with a broken ankle, which required surgery.
An employee was collecting food trays and handing out clean laundry when his hand got caught in the gate door frame by the locking mechanism as it swung shut. This resulted in fractures to the right ring, middle, and little fingers requiring surgery.
An employee was in training for defensive tactics. As she attempted to perform a hip toss move, she felt a tearing sensation in her lower back. She was hospitalized with a lower back injury.
A store employee was pushed by a shoplifter into the frame of the entrance door to the store. The employee's head struck the doorframe resulting in head injuries and contusions on her hand and arm. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was making patient rounds at the hospital and stopped to talk with the charge nurse in front of the nurse's station. A patient reached over the nurse's station, grabbed a metal three-hole paper punch from over the desk, and proceeded to attack the employee with it. The employee sustained lacerations to the head and face, a fractured forearm, and a fractured little finger.
A teacher's assistant was attending to a student in the quiet room when they were pushed by another student. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a left hip fracture.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 621330)
The injured employee was completing safety crisis management training. During a practice hold, she went from standing to kneeling, misstepped, and fell with her trainer to the ground. The trainer landed on the injured employee's leg, fracturing her right fibula. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.