Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dolgencorp LLC, Dollar General, VIAN, OKLAHOMA 74962
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was unloading freight from a semi-truck trailer when their foot was caught on the liftgate, resulting in a partial amputation of their left big toe.
Amputation Toes(s), toenail(s) Other semi, tractor-trailer
An employee was hooking up the lines from a trailer to a yard truck when she lost her footing and fell onto her right side on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to her right hip.
At about 3:40 a.m. on August 13, 2025, an employee was filling orders in an aisle. She was pulling over her material handling equipment to allow another employee to get around her when the equipment struck a rack. She suffered a laceration to the left leg/knee area.
An employee was operating a rolling container carrier (RTC) vehicle in pedestrian mode. When he operated the hand lever to turn it, the RTC pinned his left leg against the pick location. The employee suffered a laceration on his left knee and was hospitalized.
On October 9, 2024, an employee was observing a weekly store delivery. While the liftgate was on the ground, a rolling container carrying refrigerated product rolled off. When the employee stopped the rolling container, it fell onto her left leg. She was hospitalized with a left leg fracture.
An employee was returning from lunch while another employee was moving a powered rolltainer carrier from its parking spot, when the carrier went forward and struck the injured employee on her left leg, resulting in a laceration requiring surgery.
Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.
An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.
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