Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Simplot AB Retail Inc., 1702 Levelland Highway, BROWNFIELD, TEXAS 79316
on — Fractures , affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was loading liquid fertilizer into a tanker truck when they fell from the truck to the ground, resulting in a laceration to the head and compression fractures in their back.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Tanker trucks
An employee was using a riding mower to mow grass across from a company location. While mowing around a storm drainage ditch and culvert, the mower went off the culvert and the employee was thrown from the mower. The employee sustained transverse fractures of the L1, L2, and L3 vertebrae and was hospitalized.
An employee was checking fertilizer levels from the top of a tendering trailer. The employee fell off the trailer from a height of about 7 feet and suffered broken ribs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
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 fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 111211)
An employee was grating sweet potatoes on a harvester when their right ring finger got caught in a belted chain on the harvester, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was unloading potatoes from a large dump-style truck with a conveyor in the bed and was retrieving potatoes that fell into the collection tray area beneath the truck bed. The employee's glove became caught and his right hand and forearm were pulled between the belt and the tensioner bar. The employee sustained an amputation of their right arm to the mid-biceps area.
An employee was removing a sprocket from an extender when his right middle finger became pinched between the chain and the motor. The employee sustained an amputation to their finger.
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.