Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walgreen Co., 5511 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, DUNWOODY, GEORGIA 30338
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was sorting a truck/warehouse delivery. Totes are stacked 7 high x 2 on dollies with wheels. She was reaching for a top tote when either a tote fell and hit her on the head or she fell and hit her head. She was hospitalized with head trauma.
An employee was behind the front register when a customer requested assistance. She began walking from the register when her foot became caught on a gray rolling basket wheel and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip and femur.
An employee was standing on a ladder, putting away shelving, when he lost his balance and fell to the floor. He suffered fractures to his pelvis, hip, and ribs.
An employee was working at a cash register when their shoe caught on the corner of a display causing them to trip and fall to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right hip.
An employee was using scissors to unjam cardboard. While using the scissors to make a path for the wires, the scissors stabbed his left hand. The employee was hospitalized and had hand surgery.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
An employee was loading cardboard into a cardboard bailer to be compressed. The machine began to operate with the door open, and the employee's left hand was fractured.
An employee was walking to their car after work. They tripped over a concrete parking stop and fell in the parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.
An employee was putting a box onto a cart when a handle on the box broke and the cart began to roll away from her. She lost her balance, fell with the box still in her hands, and broke her left hip. She was hospitalized.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.