Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rite Aid Corporation , 2950 West Ridge Road , ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 14622
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee fell down the stairs while carrying a box from the stock room.
An employee was working on a conveyor on the sorting deck when the employee's hand was caught in the moving conveyor, requiring hospitalization and surgery. The conveyor was unguarded at the time.
An employee was using a ladder to enter the office through the window above the office door. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a fractured right elbow.
Employee was sitting in a small, heavy, plastic lawn chair. The back of the chair broke away from the arms of the chair, and the employee fell to the floor.
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 loading cardboard into a cardboard bailer to be compressed. The machine began to operate with the door open, and the employee's left hand was fractured.
An employee was walking to their car after work. They tripped over a concrete parking stop and fell in the parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.
An employee was putting a box onto a cart when a handle on the box broke and the cart began to roll away from her. She lost her balance, fell with the box still in her hands, and broke her left hip. She was hospitalized.
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.