Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walmart Stores Inc., W190N9855 Appleton Rd, GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN 53022
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was assaulted leaving the store after his shift. He was hospitalized with multiple lacerations and a possible concussion.
On April 2, 2025, an employee was walking in the store when she turned to greet a customer, lost her balance, and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right hip and required surgery.
An employee was deflating a large plastic bag full of air when she slipped and fell to the ground. The employee's ankle was broken in three places; she was admitted for surgery.
An employee was performing work tasks when he was struck by a vehicle that was pulling into the auto center for repair. The employee sustained tears to their left anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament, and posterior cruciate ligament, as well as a popliteal laceration.
An employee was stocking shelves when a glass bottle fell. The employee went to catch it and the glass broke, resulting in a severe laceration to the employee's left hand.
An employee was walking to his car while on break when he was approached by two individuals that demanded the keys to the employee's vehicle. The employee was shot twice and was hospitalized.
A store employee was pushed by a shoplifter into the frame of the entrance door to the store. The employee's head struck the doorframe resulting in head injuries and contusions on her hand and arm. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was making patient rounds at the hospital and stopped to talk with the charge nurse in front of the nurse's station. A patient reached over the nurse's station, grabbed a metal three-hole paper punch from over the desk, and proceeded to attack the employee with it. The employee sustained lacerations to the head and face, a fractured forearm, and a fractured little finger.
A teacher's assistant was attending to a student in the quiet room when they were pushed by another student. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a left hip fracture.
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The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
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