Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pediatric Services of America an Aveanna Co., 749 Broad Street, MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT 06450
on — Herniated discs, affecting the lumbar region.
Final narrative
At approximately 4:00 a.m. on 8/5/2018, an employee was repositioning a patient when she felt an intense pain in her lower left back due to a herniated disk.
An employee completed a shift during which she moved patient beds and stretchers. While at home, the employee experienced back pain and went to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with spinal fractures.
An employee was lifting and carrying a heavy box. After putting the box down, the employee had back pain and weakness in their left leg. They were hospitalized, having suffered a back sprain.
An employee was working on the wharf recouping lumber boards (2x4s and 2x6s that can vary from 8' to 16' in length) from bundles that had become misplaced when they sustained a right rotator cuff tear requiring hospitalization.
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An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.
An employee was seated in the living room of a patient's residence, waiting for the patient to arrive home from school. The school bus driver honked the horn, signaling that the patient was ready to be assisted off the bus. The employee stood up and then tripped and fell over a rug and possibly the edge of an ottoman. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right humerus at the shoulder.
An employee was checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.
An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.
An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.