Hitting, kicking, beating by other person n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Circle K Stores Inc, 501 N. Henderson Street, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS 61401
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
On April 23, 2025, an employee was working behind the cash register when a store robbery occurred. The assailant grabbed the employee by the arm and threw them to the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured hip.
On June 24,2025, the injured employee had assisted another employee with removing a violent person from the premises. The person tried to get back into the store and started wrestling the employees. This caused the injured employee to trip and fall onto the pavement. The employee was hospitalized with a hematoma to their right hip.
An employee was bending down pumping a spill bucket. A customer was driving away from a gas pump and struck the employee. The employee sustained a laceration to their left hand and an amputation to their ring finger.
An employee was restocking a display when it started to fall. As she was getting out of the way from the falling display, her foot got caught in the utility cart that the display sits on and she fell. She fractured her left hip.
An employee was operating the cash register while customers were attempting to shoplift items. The employee was assaulted by five customers, resulting in fractured ribs requiring hospitalization.
An employee was monitoring a psychiatric patient who was walking in the hallway. The patient grabbed the employee by the neck and threw her to the ground. She was hospitalized with an acute superior endplate compression fracture with minimal retropulsion to her T12 vertebra.
An employee was involved in a physical altercation with two temporary employees. The employee was hospitalized with facial injuries and required surgery.
An employee was crouched down in the cooler and was restocking a shelf when a stack of water next to him began to crumple. Approximately 4-5 cases of water fell onto his left side, striking his left foot and knee, as well as the left side of his back. The employee was hospitalized with contusions to his abdominal wall, left chest wall, and his left hip and thigh.
An employee was washing drip trays at a sink. She then carried multiple drip trays to the beverage area. She tripped over a box of trash bags and fell against a refrigerator. She sustained a fractured sacrum.
An employee was standing by a condiment rack while getting condiment packets to restock a food service area. Another employee came out of the nearby freezer. As the door opened, it struck the injured employee in the back of the head. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion.
An employee was standing at the register and tripped over a power cord that was hanging down from a shelf. He fell on his ankle and hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.