Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sears, Roebuck and Co., 686 Brandon Town Center Mall , BRANDON, FLORIDA 33511
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was working in the mattress department when she tripped on the wheel of a mattress frame and fractured her right hip.
An employee was in the process of washing the floor when he was splashed on the legs by floor stripper which resulted in chemical burns and possible nerve damage.
While walking to the mattress department for a customer service call, an employee tripped over ripples in the carpet and suffered a broken left femur, requiring surgery.
An employee followed a suspected shoplifter out of the store and into a parking lot. The employee started taking pictures of the suspect's car as the suspect was pulling away. The suspect hit the employee with the car breaking the employee's left leg.
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.
An employee was walking to take their break. As they walked from their locker to the entrance of the break lounge, they tripped over a pallet and fell to the ground, resulting in hospitalization due to a concussion.
An employee was working at a processing table and pivoted to place merchandise on a shelf. She tripped on the leg of the table and sustained fractures in her foot.
An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.
An employee was involved in a physical altercation with two temporary employees. The employee was hospitalized with facial injuries and required surgery.
An employee went to lift a carton and tripped on a different carton that was on the floor. She fell on the floor in the backroom and sustained a fractured right hip, and abrasions to her arm and knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.