Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co. Inc., 2400 J.T. Wooten Dr., BESSEMER, ALABAMA 35020
on — Fractures, affecting the face, unspecified.
Final narrative
While walking down a flight of steps, an employee missed a step, causing him to fall and land face first on the concrete ground. He received several lacerations and fractures to his face.
An employee was driving an electric stand-up forklift with a pallet on the tines. The employee was turning right into an aisle when the forklift struck a steel rack. The employee sustained a puncture wound and laceration to the left thigh. He was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was operating a grocery loader forklift. He got off the forklift to shovel ice from the ice storage box into a container to then transport the ice. He slipped on ice in the ice box resulting in a fractured right ankle.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was cleaning a depositor machine to setup for a new product run. His right index finger was caught by moving parts in the depositor machine and the fingertip was partially amputated without bone loss.
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack. While standing beside the equipment, the pallet jack lurched forward, pinning the employee's leg against racking. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right ankle.
An employee was on a top stock cart, moving items on shelving on the sales floor. The employee fell and suffered a broken left ankle. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was using a walkie stacker when the merchandise on it shifted and fell onto him. He suffered a head injury and a broken left leg that required surgery. He was hospitalized.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.