Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lazer Spot, Inc., 100 Mars Blvd, TOPEKA, KANSAS 66619
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
A driver was retrieving paperwork from the trailer. He climbed onto the elevated trailer deck for the paperwork and upon attempting to get down from the back of the trailer, he fell approximately 4 feet onto the concrete surface. The employee sustained a fractured hip and wrist.
An employee was driving a truck and pulling an empty trailer from a dock door at a warehouse facility. As the empty trailer moved to a drop lot, the truck and trailer rolled over. The employee sustained broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a lacerated spleen.
A trailer was moved to reposition itself while the doors were open. An employee was behind the trailer when product on the trailer fell onto him, knocking him to the ground. The employee suffered a hairline neck fracture and intracranial hemorrhage.
A truck driver was closing the doors on his trailer when another truck struck the trailer causing the truck to bounce and shake erratically. The driver suffered a broken pelvis and a laceration across his back.
An employee opened the back door of a trailer and a boxed hot water heater fell from the top of a double stacked row and struck him on the shoulder, knocking him to the ground and resulting in a right hip fracture.
When a driver opened the tractor trailer door, the safety strap came off the trailer and product struck the driver on the head, causing him to fall to the ground. The driver sustained a fracture to the lower back.
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.
An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.
An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.
An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.
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