Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kohls Department Store, 16700 W Colfax Ave, GOLDEN, COLORADO 80401
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was preparing for store opening when she tripped over a handheld scanner cord and fell, sustaining a femur fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was processing merchandise and needed more totes to continue his task. To retrieve the totes, the employee used the conveyor belt to access the dock below to where the totes were located. His foot became caught between the links of the conveyor belt, which caused lacerations and muscle damage to his lower leg.
An employee removed product from an upper shelf while standing on a step ladder. She was then coming down the step ladder with product in her hands when she missed the bottom two steps and fell to the floor, fracturing her left knee and hitting her head. She was hospitalized.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
An employee was performing a pre-operation assessment of an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack activated and pinned the employee's left leg against a guardrail, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee fell to the floor in a store, suffering a broken right femur, a contusion and inflammation under the right eye, and a contusion and inflammation to her left wrist and forearm.
An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.