WALPOLE, MASSACHUSETTS—
Big Y Foods, Inc.
Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Big Y Foods, Inc., 1111 Providence Highway, WALPOLE, MASSACHUSETTS 02081 on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was loading produce greens and fainted twice. The second time he struck his head against the wall case in the produce department.
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An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot while walking into work and fell, resulting in a compound fracture to their right arm.
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An employee was readying an electric pallet jack when his ankle was caught between the moving pallet jack and a wall. The employee sustained broken bones in a foot and was hospitalized.
MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS—
Big Y Foods, Inc.
An employee was walking through the sales floor when he tripped and fell, sustaining a left knee fracture and a left eye laceration. The employee was hospitalized.
HOLDEN, MASSACHUSETTS—
Big Y Foods Inc
An employee walked through the main entrance when he noticed the rug at the entrance was rolled up in order to bring out pallets of firewood. He attempted to put the rug back when he tripped on the rug, fell onto his right side, and was unable to move his right leg. The employee suffered a break in the ball of his hip joint.
PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS—
Big Y Foods, Inc.
An employee was in a trailer checking the temperature of perishable goods when they tripped over a pallet and fell backward onto the concrete dock. The employee sustained a fractured wrist and two fractured fingers.
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