Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Sprains and bruises
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walgreens Co., 1450 Immokalee Drive, IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA 34142
on — Sprains and bruises, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was gathering shopping carts in the store parking lot when a customer backed out of a parking space and hit the employee. The employee suffered bruised ribs, a sprained wrist, and a bruised arm.
An employee was walking into the store when she slipped on ice in the parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle and a fractured leg that required surgery.
An employee was bringing in the daily drop of newspapers from outside the sliding doors and fell, resulting in an elbow laceration and right hip fracture. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was walking on a concrete walkway when they tripped on a bump in the concrete and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured and dislocated right shoulder.
An employee was looking into the bucket of a front-end loader to see how much material was in it. A skid steer backed into the employee, who then fell into the edge of the front loader's bucket and suffered internal bleeding in the abdominal area.
An employee was spotting for a forklift operation. The forklift backed over the employee, who suffered a complete amputation to one lower leg and a partial amputation to the other leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning his work area and preparing it to begin making air-set molds
when a nearby forklift that was backing out from a load swung around and struck the employee. They sustained a lower left leg fracture.
An employee was loading cardboard into a cardboard bailer to be compressed. The machine began to operate with the door open, and the employee's left hand was fractured.
An employee was walking to their car after work. They tripped over a concrete parking stop and fell in the parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.
An employee was putting a box onto a cart when a handle on the box broke and the cart began to roll away from her. She lost her balance, fell with the box still in her hands, and broke her left hip. She was hospitalized.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.