Exposure to electricity, unspecified · Electrocutions, electric shocks
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wal-Mart, 951 W. Beltline Road, DESOTO, TEXAS 75115
on — Electrocutions, electric shocks, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee received an electrical shock while pushing a cart.
An employee was throwing plastic trash into a large trash bag when her foot got caught on the bag, causing her to trip and fall. The employee sustained a broken wrist and a mouth injury.
On October 11, 2020, the injured employee was directing a passenger vehicle into the service bay. The vehicle pinned the injured employee against a tire machine. The injured employee sustained a fractured lower left leg requiring hospitalization.
An employee was stepping off a ladder cart when she fell from the last step, landing on the tile/concrete floor and suffering a broken leg and possible broken hip.
An employee was on a ladder, working on lighting in a conference room ceiling. The employee was shocked and fell from the ladder to the floor. The employee lost consciousness and sustained burns.
An employee was performing a pre-operation assessment of an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack activated and pinned the employee's left leg against a guardrail, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee fell to the floor in a store, suffering a broken right femur, a contusion and inflammation under the right eye, and a contusion and inflammation to her left wrist and forearm.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.