Slip, trip, stumble on same level without fall · Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at LITHKO CONTRACTING LLC, 2855 Campus Way, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45219
on — Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments, affecting the Knee(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was performing concrete work as part of a crew for the construction of a new building when they slipped on a gravel surface and their knee twisted. The employee was hospitalized with a torn ligament/tendon in the knee that required surgery.
An employee was removing rigging at the top of a concrete form. The form collapsed and the employee fell with the form to the ground. The form landed on the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures to their jaw and femur.
A team was beginning to dig holes at a new construction site. The injured employee was struck by the auger on a skid steer and sustained a leg fracture.
The injured employee was near a co-worker who was adding shims to a panel when a concrete wall brace above him came loose and landed on the employee's side. The employee sustained multiple fractures.
An employee was steadying a wall form as a tower crane lowered it. The employee's left middle finger was pinched between the ribbed area of the formwork and a clamp. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was walking when they slipped in some water but didn't fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken blood vessel in his right calf.
An employee was unstrapping a secured load on the back of a vehicle. She lost her balance, then suffered a broken right leg while trying to catch herself. She was hospitalized.
An employee was stepping onto a short ladder to reach and connect an electrical line when he slipped. The lower portion of the right side of his ribcage struck the deck at the top of the ladder, resulting in a lacerated spleen. The employee required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 238110)
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was changing a boom pipe delivery system on a concrete pump truck. He tripped and fell from an elevated level to the ground, resulting in multiple leg fractures.
An employee was reading numbers off a belt that feeds a plant. He reached his hand up and the belt caught his finger, resulting in a finger amputation.
An employee was guiding the pouring end of a concrete pump truck's boom while standing on top of 4-foot wall forms. The boom contacted power lines and the employee was shocked. The employee sustained third-degree burns on the entry and exit path of the electricity, and also sustained first- and second-degree burns to their torso and legs.
An employee was holding a form board on a section of pavement. A skid steer backed into the employee's ankle, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
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.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.