Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at QUICKTRIP, 1505 N. Neil St, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS 61820
on — Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels , affecting the Multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
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 loading a trailer of automotive parts when the load caught the top of the trailer. He jumped up to clear a wedged item. When the item came down, the load collapsed onto the employee, resulting in a fractured pelvis.
On July 24, 2025, an employee was unloading stacks of empty, 96-gallon medical waste containers. A stack of 10 containers, which weighed approximately 460 pounds, fell on him. The employee was hospitalized with multiple head, face, and neck injuries and a back injury requiring surgery.
An employee was stocking cement boards when a stack of cement boards fell over and crushed them. The employee sustained fractures to their clavicle and ribs, as well as a punctured lung.
An employee was unpacking boxes and removing plastic wrap from a pallet that was approximately 6 feet tall. There were also some mirrors in the middle of the pallet. While removing the mirrors, some boxes began to fall off the pallet causing the employee to fall backward to the ground. Boxes did fall on the employee and the fall resulted in a fractured right hip requiring hospitalization and surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 447110)
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 stocking product in a cooler. While stepping down the last step of a three-step stool, the employee lost footing and fell backward, landing on her tailbone. Her L1 vertebra was fractured.
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.