Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Party City, 7054 Siegen Lane Store #245, KENNER, LOUISIANA 70065
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was working from a ladder to put a box on top of a fixture. He fell off of the ladder to the ground, where a customer found him laying unconscious. He injured his head.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was retrieving items while on a ladder when she lost her footing and fell to the tile floor. The employee sustained a fracture to her left elbow.
An employee completed maintenance on a de-energized conveyor. When the conveyor was restarted, the employee went to remove an oil spill and his left hand was caught in the conveyor. He sustained multiple fractures to his left ring finger, a finger laceration, and required surgery for his left index finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cutting frame trim using a fillet cutter when his right index finger slipped and contacted the blade. His fingertip was severed, resulting in an amputation without bone loss.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.