Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Talbots Inc, 4709 West 119TH sTREET , OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS 66209
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee fell to the floor while working at a cash register, suffering a broken hip.
An employee was walking through a store backroom when she slipped and fell on her knee. She was hospitalized for a fractured knee cap that required surgery.
An employee was working behind the cash register, tripped over shopping bags on a hook and fell to the floor chipping her right hip bone. She also sustained contusions to her ribs and face.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
An employee was climbing a ladder to get marketing materials. The employee slipped and fell from the ladder to the floor, sustaining fractures to their ribs and right tibia.
An employee had rolled a box onto a sales floor using a dolly. When she lifted the box and turned to set it down, she suffered back pain and fell backward to the ground. She suffered a spinal fracture due to impact with the ground.
An employee was on a ladder in the stock room retrieving items from a shelf when they fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the pelvis and tailbone.
On October 11, 2023, an employee was taking cardboard trash through the mall using the freight elevator. As the employee was reaching for the strap to pull the outer elevator door shut, her shoe became stuck in the space between the two doors, causing her to fall. The employee sustained a right knee fracture.
An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.
An employee was moving a rack onto a lower conveyor in the south heat treat area when their finger got caught between the part tray and the rollers, resulting in a fingertip fracture and amputation.
An employee was climbing a ladder to get on top of the breakroom. The ladder slipped, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his upper back, left foot, and ankle.
Two employees were removing a circuit breaker. The injured employee was using wrenches in the removal process. One of the wrenches contacted an adjacent door, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to their neck, face, and ear, as well as momentary vision loss due to the flash.
An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.