TAMPA, FLORIDA—
Fastenal Company
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Soft tissue injuries unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Fastenal Company, 5320 56th Commerce Park Blvd, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33610 on — Soft tissue injuries unspecified, affecting the Part of body unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was taking inventory off a storage shelf when they fell down a flight of 13 metal stairs and landed on the concrete floor. The employee sustained soft tissue injuries.
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HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA—
Fastenal Company
Two employees were moving a 20-foot bundle of linked channel strut. The bundle slipped and pinched the injured employee's left middle finger, causing an avulsion injury to the fingertip.
BILLINGS, MONTANA—
Fastenal Company
An employee was carrying a scale, tripped over a pallet, and fell to the ground. He fell on his hip, fracturing it.
EDWARDSVILLE, KANSAS—
Fastenal Company
An employee was installing rollers on a conveyor when his shirt sleeve was caught by a chain and it pulled his right hand into the chain and sprocket, resulting in a laceration to the hand and amputations to the index and middle fingers.
NEWBURGH, NEW YORK—
Fastenal Company
An employee was walking down the steps when he mis-stepped and fell fracturing his lower right leg.
TROY, ALABAMA—
Fastenal Company
A forklift operator fell off the forklift and the forklift ran over his leg. The employee was hospitalized with head and neck injuries.
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