Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Eagle Ridge KinderCare, 18601 Eagle Ridge Drive, GOLDEN, COLORADO 80401
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning snow off a bus in a parking lot when they slipped on snow/ice and fell. The employee sustained a left femur fracture.
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 624410)
An employee was exiting a building when she lost her balance on the door threshold, fell, and struck a concrete step. She suffered a broken left femur.
During a home visit, an employee was coming down a flight of carpeted stairs carrying two bags. One of the bags (a heavy one) caught on a child's car seat at the bottom of the stairs, and the employee tripped and fell down about four stairs. She suffered a broken left knee.
An employee was startled by a spider while sitting at her desk. She fell backward from her chair, landed on her left hip, and broke it. She was hospitalized.
On April 4, 2025, an employee was walking across the classroom when she tripped on a chair and fell to the ground, striking her head and left ear. The employee was hospitalized.
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.