Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FedEx Ship Center, 201 Oak Dr South, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS 77566
on — Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was returning from a building to her delivery truck when she slipped on the icy sidewalk and fell to the ground, resulting in a dislocated and fractured right ankle.
An employee was unloading boxes from a trailer. A box fell on the employee's right foot, breaking the big toe and causing toenail avulsions to the big toe and the second toe.
An employee was picking up packages. As he lifted a metal package, his middle right finger was lacerated on a sharp edge, resulting in a tendon injury. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was offloading containers from his truck using a deck that goes up and down. When the deck was up, he took a step and his foot went between the truck and the deck, resulting in a foot/ankle fracture.
A driver was offloading a container from a truck when he lost his footing and fell approximately 5-to 5.5-feet from the deck to the ground and sustained a head injury.
An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.
The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.
An employee was moving a large package from a slide when her left arm got caught between the slide (tilt tray) and the package. She was hospitalized with a fractured left arm.
An employee was operating a switch truck at a rail yard. He got out of the switch truck to unlock a container that was attached to a unit in front of him. The switch truck rolled and pinned the employee against the container. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis, a ruptured spleen, and a possible spinal cord injury.
An employee was sidestepping along the catwalk of a railcar when he lost his balance and fell approximately 4 feet to the ground. The employee's right hip was fractured.
An employee was working to realign the two top sections of a set of collapsible rollers (trailer-on-flatcar rollers). The rollers suddenly fell into place and pinched her left index fingertip against the lower sections. She suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.