Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Macy's, 1 Fox Valley Mall, AURORA, ILLINOIS 60504
on — Fractures, affecting the jaw, chin.
Final narrative
An employee was apprehending a suspect at the west side building entrance. The employee was attacked by another suspect resulting in a broken jaw requiring surgery.
An employee fell in between a truck trailer and a loading dock while unloading the truck trailer, suffering a fractured pelvis, bruised right thigh, and two broken teeth. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was going up an escalator from the second floor to the third floor when she lost her balance and fell backwards to the second floor level. She was hospitalized with a fractured spine and arm scrapes.
A store employee was pushed by a shoplifter into the frame of the entrance door to the store. The employee's head struck the doorframe resulting in head injuries and contusions on her hand and arm. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was making patient rounds at the hospital and stopped to talk with the charge nurse in front of the nurse's station. A patient reached over the nurse's station, grabbed a metal three-hole paper punch from over the desk, and proceeded to attack the employee with it. The employee sustained lacerations to the head and face, a fractured forearm, and a fractured little finger.
A teacher's assistant was attending to a student in the quiet room when they were pushed by another student. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a left hip fracture.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 448190)
An employee was unloading a trailer. Cartons of goods fell and struck the employee, who fell down. Cartons of goods (45 pounds each) then fell onto the employee, who suffered a compression fracture to a lower-back vertebra. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was bending down while straightening a stack of sweaters. She turned to answer a question, lost her balance, and fell to the floor, injuring her right hip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was walking on the floor and went to step over a rope barrier when she tripped over the rope and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured lower leg that required surgery.
A facilities maintenance technician was helping to perform a bearing repair on a conveyor shaft. His right hand became caught on the conveyor belt and he sustained abrasions and swelling. He was hospitalized.
An employee was sliding empty boxes on the floor when she slipped on one of the box lids and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.