Stop and Shop

An employee was bending over to pick up a cake that fell out of a box. She went to lean against the door of the walk-in freezer for support when the door moved and she lost her balance and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip.

An employee was walking around a bin of watermelons on the sales floor when they tripped on the corner of a pallet. The employee fell onto her right hip and knee, resulting in a fracture to the right femoral head.

An employee was maintaining prices on the supermarket shelves when they slipped and fell on spilled yogurt. The employee sustained a knee fracture.

On May 15, 2022, an employee was disposing of rubbish in a trash compactor. He slipped and fell on a metal plate installed to repair a hole in the compactor area floor, suffering a broken right tibia. He was hospitalized.

An employee was placing cases of product on the floor when he tripped over a wood pallet and fell on his left knee, fracturing it.

An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.

An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.

An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.

An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.

An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.

A delivery driver was at a store to deliver product. He was taking the product cart down the truck's ramp and the cart began to roll away. The employee ran after the cart and fell to the ground, injuring his knees. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was retrieving equipment from the mop room. Their hand was in the door hinge and when the door closed, the employee's finger was amputated.

On August 5, 2025, a brown recluse spider bit an employee on the left thigh while the employee was outside sitting on a crate. The employee was hospitalized.

On April 24, 2025, an employee suffered a gunshot wound to the lower right leg while intervening in an altercation in the parking lot.

An employee slipped off a fatigue mat and bumped into the cash safe while walking to a register. The employee lost balance and fell to the floor, sustaining a fractured right hip.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.