OSHA Injury Report: Kuehne Nagel Inc. SVQ-6608

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

CCTV footage shows the injured employee sitting on the steps at the Leadership Entrance from approximately [REDACTED] until [REDACTED] smoking a cigarette. This location is not a designated smoking area. At approximately [REDACTED] the employee extinguished the cigarette reached down to pick up a coffee cup and began ascending the stairs toward the interior entrance. The employee was not engaged in work-related activity at the time of the event.

What happened

Upon review of the CCTV footage the employee finished smoking bent to retrieve a coffee cup and began climbing the stairs. As he took his first step upward the employee appeared to lose balance and fell backward onto the concrete surface at the base of the stairs. The top stair measures approximately 26 inches high located 137 inches from where the employee landed.

Injury or illness

Fracture to right femer

Object or substance involved

Stairs parking lot

Summary line

Fracture of right femur from falling down entrance steps.

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.