Severe Workplace Injuries in Olathe, Kansas

Oct 3, 2025 · Walmart, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was performing a pre-operation assessment of an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack activated and pinned the employee's left leg against a guardrail, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery · Lower leg(s) · Retail

Jun 11, 2025 · Frog Furnishings Amputation

An employee was using a CNC mill to drill and countersink holes in a plastic wood product. Their left hand contacted the point of operation (a 1/4" drill bit with a 3/4" countersink) of the vertical drill resulting in a fractured fourth finger and partial amputations (between the last joint and fingernail) of the middle and little fingers.

Struck by running powered equipment (other) · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1831647

Apr 28, 2025 · Arrow Circle Electric, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was working on electrical wiring in the garage of a new home. The employee fell from a 6-8' step ladder and landed on the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to their jaw, cheekbone, and right wrist.

Other fall to lower level · Head and extremities · Construction

Dec 5, 2024 · Sysco Foods of Kansas City Inc. Amputation

An employee was working in extreme cold as a selector in a freezer. The employee was hospitalized and sustained a left index fingertip amputation.

Exposure to environmental cold indoor · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Hotels and restaurants · OSHA inspection 1794116

Dec 5, 2024 · Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup Hospitalized

An employee was taking moisture readings in the ceiling while standing on the second rung from the top of a 6-foot A-frame ladder. The employee lost her balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a bruised elbow and five fractured ribs.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Rib(s), oblique area · Construction

Dec 4, 2024 · Federal Express Corporation Hospitalized

Two employees were carrying an empty pallet when the injured employee lost their footing and tripped. The employee fell to the floor and was hospitalized with a fractured right femur that required surgery.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Thigh(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Oct 29, 2024 · ABM Industries Hospitalized

An employee was mopping up a large milk spill in a cold storage area. A powered industrial truck (PIT) was turning near the employee and began to slide on the wet floor. The PIT slid into the employee, pinning their left ankle against the eight-inch concrete curb. The employee sustained a broken left heel.

Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Foot (feet) excluding toes · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1787884

Aug 30, 2024 · Anthony Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Hospitalized

An employee was replacing a slip sleeve under an electrical meter. He was dislodging old conduit when his demolition screwdriver got stuck in the cut. When he freed the screwdriver, it snapped out of his hands and its head struck his left eye, breaking through his safety glasses. He suffered optical nerve damage that caused him to lose all function in the eye. The employee was hospitalized.

Injured by object held or wielded by person · Eye(s) · Construction

Jun 8, 2024 · ALDI INC. (KANSAS) Hospitalized

An employee suffered a musculoskeletal back injury while picking up a case of salsa in a warehouse.

Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back · Wholesale trade

Jan 31, 2024 · Quality Packaging Amputation

A maintenance employee was removing grease from inside an incline conveyor system. A chain from the system wrapped around four fingers on the employee's gloved right hand and amputated the index fingertip and crushed the other three fingers.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 18, 2023 · Frog Furnishings Amputation

An employee was operating a jointer machine to manufacture wood products when his left little finger was pulled into the rotating blade, resulting in a partial amputation.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Retail

Sep 11, 2023 · Bass Pro Shops Hospitalized

An employee climbed a ladder to get a pair of shoes from a shelf in the back room. She lost her footing and fell to the floor sustaining a broken right tibia.

Other fall to lower level · Lower leg(s) · Retail

Jul 31, 2023 · Webco Manufacturing, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was feeding steel parts through a brushing machine. As the employee picked up a part on the top of the stack, the other steel parts tipped off the edge of the pallet and fell, striking the employee's foot. They sustained a big toe fracture and swelling to the other toes.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 29, 2023 · SPX Cooling Tech, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was operating an electric tugger and backing out when the tugger contacted a sorting table. The employee lost balance and fell backward. The tugger then pinned he employee's lower right shin against the table, resulting in a fracture.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 27, 2023 · SPX Cooling Tech, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was transferring an 11-gauge steel sheet from a sorting table to a staging rack. As the employee was moving the top sheet, the bottom sheet slid off the table and struck their left foot just behind the safety toe of their shoe. The employee sustained a fracture and laceration to the foot.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Foot (feet) · Manufacturing

Apr 19, 2023 · TYSON FOODS Hospitalized

An employee was operating a forklift and scanning a barcode. The employee went to exit the lift when his left foot struck the edge of the lift, causing him to fall to the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a hip fracture.

Other fall to lower level · Hip(s) · Wholesale trade

Apr 10, 2023 · TVH Parts Co. Amputation

An employee was operating an order picker. After lining up with a rack to pull items, the lift lurched backward and the employee's left thumb was crushed between the rack and the vehicle. They sustained a partial amputation to the thumb above the first knuckle.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1665114

Feb 16, 2023 · D. H. Pace Company, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was walking in the parking lot from their car to the front door when they slipped on ice and fell, resulting in an arm fracture.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Arm(s) · Wholesale trade

Jan 25, 2023 · FAITH TECHNOLOGIES, INC Hospitalized

An employee was standing on the fourth step of an 8-foot A-frame ladder, installing a clamp on a basket tray for an electrical installation. The ladder tipped over as he was adjusting his footing. He fell, landing on his left heel and breaking it.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Heel(s) · Utilities

Jan 17, 2023 · Tyson Food Brands, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck. As the vehicle approached an employee who was wrapping a pallet, the vehicle struck a parked forklift. The injured employee's leg became caught between the two vehicles, resulting in a left leg fracture and laceration.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Dec 22, 2022 · Signature Landscape, Inc. Hospitalized

On December 22, 2022, an employee was working on a sidewalk snow removal team and was hospitalized for frostbite to the thumb and middle, ring, and little fingers on his right hand and the middle finger on his left hand.

Exposure to environmental cold · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Sep 12, 2022 · MVP PAINTING Hospitalized

An employee developed carbon monoxide poisoning while grinding a floor using a propane power grinder. He was hospitalized.

Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Construction

Jul 29, 2022 · Bushnell Holdings, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was using a packing conveyor belt when material got jammed in the machine. While clearing the jam, his right hand was caught on the belt. The palm of the hand was skinned.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Hand(s), except finger(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Jun 8, 2022 · ALDI INC. (KANSAS) Hospitalized

An employee grabbed two pallets from the shipping lane and loaded them onto the trailer. The employee got off the powered industrial truck to adjust the bread rack when the truck accelerated toward her. The truck pinned the employee's right hip and leg to the wall of the trailer, resulting in a pelvic fracture.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Pelvis · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1602032

Mar 11, 2022 · Brinkmann Constructors Amputation

An employee was adjusting forks on a forklift. The employee's right thumb was caught between the forks and the tip was amputated.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Construction

Feb 21, 2022 · DELTA INNOVATIVE SERVICES, INC. Hospitalized

An employee was looking into a hot asphalt lugger when a flash burned his face.

Vehicle or machinery fire · Face · Construction

Nov 20, 2021 · EVERGY Hospitalized

An employee was carrying out a meter test on the side of a pad-mounted transformer. An arc flash burned the employee's face and hands. The employee was hospitalized.

Direct exposure to electricity · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1578078

Sep 10, 2021 · The gerson company Hospitalized

An employee was operating a forklift when he lost balance and his right foot was caught between the forklift and a pole. The employee's foot was fractured.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Foot (feet) · Professional and technical services

Nov 6, 2020 · PEPSI BEVERAGES COMPANY Amputation

An employee was driving a powered industrial truck (PIT) when it struck a concrete pillar in the warehouse. The employee's foot was crushed between the PIT and the pillar resulting in toe amputations.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1504203

Oct 7, 2020 · Sysco Kansas City Inc Hospitalized

An employee was sorting through his load to locate cases and organize subsequent stops. He was stacking cases on the ladder platform of the freezer's side door. He placed his hand on a case and stepped to the side ladder. His foot slipped off the top step and he fell to the ground landing on his right hand and breaking his wrist.

Other fall to lower level · Wrist(s) · Wholesale trade