Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Genesis DTC LLC, 350 Sycamore Road, GENOA, ILLINOIS 60135
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was parking at a patient's home and exited the van to manually open the garage door. The van began rolling backward and rolled over the employee's right leg. She was hospitalized with a fractured leg.
On December 26, 2023, an employee went out to the parking lot to troubleshoot the starter of an SUV. The employee was underneath the vehicle when it started and moved and the employee's middle back area was caught under the front passenger-side tire. The employee sustained a fractured collar bone.
A driver exited their truck so they could provide service for a customer when the truck began to roll away. The driver went to re-enter the truck but fell and was struck by the rear driver-side tire. The employee sustained fractures to their leg and foot.
An employee had been operating a yard tractor. He parked the vehicle and was exiting when the vehicle began to roll, causing him to fall. The employee's hand was then run over by the yard tractor, resulting in fractures to multiple fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was checking for a leak in the air brake system of a semi-truck. The employee had removed the brake chamber when the truck rolled back. One of the tires pinned the employee's right hip against the ground.
An employee was on her way to a private residence after responding to a house call. She tripped over an uneven sidewalk and fell, resulting in a fractured patella in her right knee and a fractured left humerus in her shoulder.
An employee was assisting a patient while walking. The patient began to fall and the employee attempted to stop the patient's fall. The employee fell and sustained a left knee injury.
An employee was handing another employee a piece of paper while working in a lab. The employee tripped on a chair and tried to hold onto a wall. She slipped and fell, suffering a broken left arm and dislocated shoulder.
An employee was leaving at the end of their shift when they tripped over a parking bollard that was missing the top half. They fell to the ground and fractured their hip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.