Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Best Buy Stores, L.P., 20290 Katy Freeway, KATY, TEXAS 77449
on — Fractures , affecting the Wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee was reaching for a product on a shelf. The employee's step stool moved out from under him, and he fell to the floor about 3 feet below. He suffered a broken left wrist.
On July 9, 2025, an employee had been on a refrigerator in a store's appliance department, working on an adjacent display. While descending from the refrigerator, the employee fell to the carpeted floor below. The employee suffered a broken right temporal bone, a broken right collarbone, and a ruptured ear drum.
An employee was descending a 10-foot A-frame ladder. The ladder came out from under the employee when he was about 5 to 6 feet above ground level. He fell, landed on the left side of his body, and sustained fractures to four ribs, his pelvis, and hip socket, and sustained injuries on the left side of his body. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was handling a small platform ladder with three steps and two wheels in the front. The employee was found on the floor underneath the ladder. She was hospitalized with multiple fractures to the sacrum.
An employee was on a ladder four feet above the ground to install insulation. The ladder began to slide and the employee jumped to the shop floor, breaking his left tibia and fibula at the ankle. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
On July 21, 2025, an employee was working from a 10-foot step ladder while installing a 3-by-5-foot glass window pane on the outside of a new home under construction. The window fell from the frame and the employee went to catch it when the ladder slipped. The employee fell 5 feet to the ground and landed on small pieces of concrete left over from the foundation pour. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated elbow and fractured wrist that required surgery.
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