Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hallmark Marketing Co, 4122 LBJ Highway, DALLAS, TEXAS 75244
on — Fractures, affecting the elbow(s).
Final narrative
An employee was in the back store room moving small boxes when she stepped on a pallet tie which caused her to trip and fall striking the concrete floor. The employee sustained a broken left elbow.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
While taking pictures in the attic of a residential home, an employee fell through the ceiling and landed on the floor of the laundry room. The employee was hospitalized for a visible head trauma and a back injury.
An employee was on a 6-foot A-frame ladder running data cables through a drop ceiling. The employee was descending the ladder to move to the next section of the ceiling when the ladder wobbled and the employee fell to the floor, sustaining spine/tailbone fractures.
An employee parked their car and was walking into a restaurant when their right hand got stuck in an elevator door, resulting in partial amputations of four fingers.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.