Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Goodwill, Unknown, OGALLALA, NEBRASKA 69153
on — Fractures , affecting the Thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a mobile stair ladder inside a trailer when it tipped over and caused the employee to fall inside the trailer, resulting in a fractured left femur.
An employee was lowering a person from a van using a lift. The employee's right thumb was caught in the van lift and severely wounded, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was using a chair to reach the top of a bulletin board in the break room. While getting down, the chair flipped, causing the employee to fall. She suffered brain hemorrhaging and a collarbone fracture.
An employee was folding a cardboard gaylord container when her foot got caught on the folded container, causing her to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a torn left rotator cuff.
An employee was moving a pallet with boxes on it. When the employee walked by the pallet, she tripped over a box peeking out from the side of the pallet and fell onto her hip, resulting in a broken hip that required surgery.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.
An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.
An employee was lowering a safe stack beam inside a trailer. The beam released, causing the employee to fall back and strike his head on the trailer floor. He was hospitalized with a brain bleed and a concussion.
An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was collecting shopping carts in the parking lot when he was struck by a customer's truck as it was backing out of a parking spot. The truck pinned the employee's left leg against the cart mule they were using. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured leg and required surgery.
An employee was on a ladder, gathering materials from a shelf. She slipped and fell from the ladder to the concrete ground, suffering a broken heel and foot.
An employee slipped on water in a hallway and fell to the floor, landing on his left side and head. He sustained a back strain/sprain and was hospitalized.
An employee had been having lunch in her car in the parking lot. When she exited her car, her left knee gave out and she fell on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left femur and required surgery.
An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.
An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.
An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning out corn from a grain bin. The sweep auger in the bin was activated and caught his trouser leg. His leg was pulled into the auger, which injured his calf and caused leg fractures and lacerations.