Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walmart 498, 3670 W. Oak St., JENA, LOUISIANA 71342
on — Fractures, affecting the pelvis.
Final narrative
While working around a cardboard baler, an employee tripped over plastic that was wrapped around a pallet prepared for the baler and fell fracturing the pelvic bone.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
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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.
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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.