Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Casey's General Store, 825 County Line Road, MAPLE PARK, ILLINOIS 60151
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple back regions.
Final narrative
An employee was pulling a dolly of pizza flour when they fell backward on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their T4, L2, and L5 vertebrae.
On August 5, 2025, a brown recluse spider bit an employee on the left thigh while the employee was outside sitting on a crate. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was completing inventory while standing on a stool when her legs gave out and she fell backward. The employee struck her head on the corner of a safe, resulting in a skull fracture and brain bleed. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
A delivery driver was at a store to deliver product. He was taking the product cart down the truck's ramp and the cart began to roll away. The employee ran after the cart and fell to the ground, injuring his knees. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was retrieving equipment from the mop room. Their hand was in the door hinge and when the door closed, the employee's finger was amputated.
On August 5, 2025, a brown recluse spider bit an employee on the left thigh while the employee was outside sitting on a crate. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee slipped off a fatigue mat and bumped into the cash safe while walking to a register. The employee lost balance and fell to the floor, sustaining a fractured right hip.
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.