Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dillard's, 4501 N Beach, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76137
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was sorting papers on the floor of her cubicle. She went to the copier and when she returned, she stepped on a pile of the papers and slipped and fell, fracturing her left ankle.
An employee was exiting the building and walking down the stairs with co-workers when she fell down the stairs and landed on her left hip, fracturing it.
An employee was helping to unload 20 to 30 pounds of beaded prom dresses from a trailer when they fell from a step stool to the floor of the trailer, resulting in a fractured wrist.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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