TAMPA, FLORIDA—
HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, LTD
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, LTD, Fountainview Apartments, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33612 on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a manual pallet jack to load the delivery truck. The employee moved backwards inside the cargo area while pulling the pallet of merchandise with the manual pallet jack, stepped off the back edge of the box truck bed and fell approximately four feet to the ground. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the left ankle.
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DAYTON, OHIO—
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An employee was carrying a box of blinds (approximately 36 pounds and 6 feet long) down a small flight of exterior concrete stairs at the customer s preferred delivery location. He fell down the last two steps to the concrete ground below. The employee sustained a dislocation of his right knee and a torn patellar tendon, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS—
HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, Ltd.
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack (EPJ) and making a U-turn when they became caught between the pallet jack and racking. The front part of their foot was pinned between the racking corner guard and the EPJ platform. The employee sustained lacerated tendons to the right big toe that required surgery.
FOREST PARK, GEORGIA—
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On September 18, 2023, an employee was moving pallets of sinks with a double electric pallet jack when their left foot was pinned between the pallet jack and another pallet. The employee's left ankle was broken.
CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA—
HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, Ltd.
An employee was offloading materials to deliver to a customer when they fell from the back of a box truck to the pavement. The employee sustained a clavicle fracture, fractures to ribs 2-9, and a head laceration.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS—
HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, LTD
An employee was pulling a bifold door from an aisle in the warehouse. While transporting the door to another location, the door slipped, cut his right hand, and hit his left ankle, causing it to swell. The employee sustained a broken left tibia.
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