Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lipsey's, LLC, 7277 Exchequer Drive, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70809
on — Fractures, affecting the hand(s) and elbow(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was walking down a hallway and fell striking her head on the tile floor. The employee suffered a head laceration, a fractured elbow and a fractured finger.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
An employee was walking to their work station. As the floor transitioned from concrete to wood, the employee tripped and fell to the floor, landing on their right side. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery for a fractured hip.
An employee was shelving merchandise in the store's receiving area. They missed a step while coming down from a stock-picking ladder cart and fell approximately 30 inches to the ground. The employee sustained a brain bleed.
An employee was walking on the second level of the store's backstock area when they fell through a grate that was opened to move stock from one level to the next, landing on the floor. The employee fractured their right heel and strained their back.
An employee was stocking duffle bags on shelves using a 4-foot step ladder when they lost their balance and fell to the floor. They struck their head on shelving or the floor, resulting in a concussion.
An employee was moving merchandise using a forklift. The employee's leg became caught between the forklift and a metal beam; the leg and foot were broken.
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.