OSHA Injury Report: Cedar Falls - Main Store

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was standing on top of a milk crate to reach the lights hanging overhead in the trailer. He was cutting the tape used to hang the lights with the blade only from the box cutter.

What happened

Employee was reaching overhead to cut the tape around the light string that was hanging. As he stepped down from the crate he was still cutting and cut his right wrist and right forearm. [REDACTED] does not recall exactly how it happened. He stepped out the other trailer to page code blue to the backroom. [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] responded and assisted. [REDACTED] paged code blue again from the backroom phone hoping for another manager. When no other manager was available [REDACTED] went to the customer service counter upfront. [REDACTED] the front end manager called [REDACTED].

Injury or illness

INJURY TYPE: Laceration || BODY PARTS AFFECTED: Lower Arm

Object or substance involved

Box cutter blade only

Summary line

Right wristhand- tendon laceration- from box cutter blade while hanging lightscutting tape

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.