SARASOTA, FLORIDA—
Sams Club
Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Sams Club, 4381 CATTLEMEN ROAD, SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34234 on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to inflate a tire on a trailer when the tire and rim exploded. The employee suffered a broken arm and was hospitalized for surgery.
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An employee was stocking the freezer and stepped on a wood pallet. The employee's foot went into the pallet and they sustained a right ankle fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.
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An employee had just finished repurposing chickens on a white tray that was sitting on the right side of a scale. He was moving the tray and stepping from the right to the left side of the scale when he twisted his left foot, heard a pop, and fell to the floor. He was hospitalized with a broken bone under his kneecap.
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On June 10, 2018, an employee sustained an amputation to the right ring finger when using a meat cutting band saw.
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An employee was selling memberships at a home and garden show. As she was walking to a vendor booth she tripped on the lip of a display riser and fell injuring her left knee and right arm.
LENEXA, KANSAS—
Sams Club
An employee was helping a coworker place a forklift battery into a forklift when the battery fell over on its side and smashed two of the employee's left-hand fingers (3rd and 4th finger) between the battery and the concrete floor.
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