Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Valliant Integrated Services, 809 Yard (TVS Yard) Fifth St, FORT IRWIN, CALIFORNIA 92310
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was issuing tactical vehicle system (TVS) kits from a 40-foot shipping container. The employee was facing the container as they were sliding a kit weighing 44 kg to the front opening of the container. The employee lost their grip and began to fall backward when their right foot was caught under the kit, resulting in a right tibia and fibula fracture.
An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.
On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.
An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.
An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.
An employee was leaving her workstation to take a break. She tripped over a box and fell, striking her head on the floor. The employee sustained head trauma and a laceration on face from her glasses.
An employee was participating in a role-playing activity that required them to wear handcuffs and escape a vehicle. The employee fell out of the vehicle and struck his head on the ground, resulting in a concussion.
An employee finished up on a rig cap on a new roof he helped install. He unhooked from the crane lift and reached over to hook his D-ring to the beam when he slipped and fell approximately 12 feet to the ground below. He dislocated his shoulder, fractured a rib, and suffered facial abrasions.
An employee was returning to the work area when a truck driver lost control, drove through the parking lot, and struck the building where the employee works. The employee was pinned under the truck and building debris.
The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.
The injured employee was assisting in the disassembly phase after a radar array had been lowered and secured. The crew began removing load bearing pins from an overhead crane to free the radome. A load bearing pin was stuck. The injured employee went to remove the pin manually as a second team member applied pressure from the opposite side. The pin unexpectedly released and struck the injured employee s right thumb, resulting in partial amputation of the distal phalanx including an open distal phalanx fracture and nail bed laceration.
At about 3:10 p.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee was inspecting a car. Two dogs that had been in another car were leashed and tethered to a bollard. As the employee inspected the first car along with a narcotics detection dog, one of the other dogs came loose and attacked the narcotics dog. The employee was separating the dogs when the other dog bit his left ring finger. The last joint of the finger was injured and part of it was bitten off.
An employee was preparing a bundle of green onions for chopping. While holding the bundle in his left hand, he made his first cut using a 9-inch kitchen knife held in his right hand. The knife contacted the tip of his left thumb, resulting in an amputation of approximately 0.5 inches of the thumb that required hospitalization.