CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—
Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Bruises, contusions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., 100 N. Hermitage, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60612 on — Bruises, contusions, affecting the coccygeal region.
Final narrative
An employee was mopping stairs in a stairwell due to some water accumulation when she slipped and fell down the stairs, suffering back pain and a bruised tailbone.
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An employee sat on a stack of three to four chairs when the stack collapsed and the tip of his right ring finger got caught between two chairs, resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertip.
WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS—
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A security officer was walking toward her post when she slipped and fell on the floor and sustained injuries to the left knee and rotator cuff as well as the right ribs and wrist.
APPLETON, WISCONSIN—
Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
An employee was on a routine security patrol, walking around the building, when he slipped on ice and fell. The employee sustained a fractured hip and an hand injury.
INVERNESS, ILLINOIS—
Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
An employee retrieved information from a visitor's vehicle. As they were walking back to the door of the guard house, they tripped on a nearby curb and fell. The employee sustained sprains, bruising, swelling, and abrasions to the face, back, ribs, stomach, hips, legs, knees, and feet.
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA—
Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
An employee stepped out of a security guard shack and fell down stairs, landing on their left side. The employee suffered pain in the left leg and hip.
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