Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Office Depot, 150 N Crossroads Blvd, BALCONES HEIGHTS, TEXAS 78201
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was on an A-frame ladder stocking a top rack when the employee fell to the ground. The employee suffered a concussion.
An employee was stocking product was using a three-step ladder. As he was descending, he missed the last step and fell. The employee sustained a fracture to his left femur and hip.
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack. She got off the pallet jack and had her hand on the controls. She accidentally twisted the handle and caused the pallet jack to reverse towards her. The pallet jack ran over her right foot, and then smashed her left foot between a pallet and the jack.
An employee was injured while operating a pallet jack in the store sort area of the warehouse. The employee's leg became caught between the pallet jack she was operating and other equipment. The employee was hospitalized.
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 delivering products and loading a manual pallet jack when they tripped and fell 4 feet to the floor, striking their head and resulting in a skull fracture.
An employee went to step off material handling equipment to grab their jacket when the throttle of the vehicle engaged. The vehicle reversed and the employee's left foot was crushed between two material handlers, resulting in a fracture.
An employee was wrapping a pallet to be shipped. As he was walking around the pallet with a roll of shrink wrap, a forklift ran over his right heel and broke it.
On March 1, 2023, at 2:34 a.m., a maintenance employee responded to a work order on a conveyor belt that was making noise from the line. The employee removed the belly pan from underneath the conveyor system to visualize and troubleshoot it, and then left to clean the pan. When the employee came back to the conveyor line, he saw some debris under the roller where he had removed the belly pan. He attempted to brush it off when his right hand became caught in-between the roller and the conveyor frame, resulting in abrasions to the top of his right hand.
An employee was on a platform, trying to fix a pulley belt in a dust cyclone. As he tried to stop the belt, it pulled in his hand, causing the amputation of the tip of his right little finger.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.