Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kmart, 300 Pullman Square, BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA 16001
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
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Final narrative
The employee was unloading a truck. He tripped and fell over packing material that was laying on the floor resulting in a right hip fracture.
An employee was helping to dispose of carts of hangers while another employee was using a forklift. The employee's left hand was then pinched between the forks and the carts full of hangers, sustaining lacerations and two fractured middle fingers.
An employee was on a three-step ladder and pulled down a tote from an overhead shelf. As he turned to step down, he fell to the floor and broke his left femur.
An employee had removed money from a safe in the office area and was closing the safe door when her hand was crushed between the safe door and the door jam. Her right thumb was partially amputated.
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.
An employee was performing a pre-operation assessment of an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack activated and pinned the employee's left leg against a guardrail, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee fell to the floor in a store, suffering a broken right femur, a contusion and inflammation under the right eye, and a contusion and inflammation to her left wrist and forearm.
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An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.