Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Refining Company of Pa. , 82 Main Street, BROCKPORT, NEW YORK 14420
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee slipped and fell while walking to a restroom at the exterior of the store. The employee suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized for treatment.
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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An employee was washing drip trays at a sink. She then carried multiple drip trays to the beverage area. She tripped over a box of trash bags and fell against a refrigerator. She sustained a fractured sacrum.
An employee was standing by a condiment rack while getting condiment packets to restock a food service area. Another employee came out of the nearby freezer. As the door opened, it struck the injured employee in the back of the head. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion.
An employee was standing at the register and tripped over a power cord that was hanging down from a shelf. He fell on his ankle and hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.