Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Stop and Shop, 132 Fulton Ave, HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK 11550
on — Fractures, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
The employee was taking in a delivery while standing on the ramp of the receiving dock. The delivery driver pulled away from the ramp while the employee was taking in the delivery and the employee fell four feet from the dock to the ground below and broke the right knee cap.
An employee was bending over to pick up a cake that fell out of a box. She went to lean against the door of the walk-in freezer for support when the door moved and she lost her balance and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip.
An employee was walking around a bin of watermelons on the sales floor when they tripped on the corner of a pallet. The employee fell onto her right hip and knee, resulting in a fracture to the right femoral head.
On May 15, 2022, an employee was disposing of rubbish in a trash compactor. He slipped and fell on a metal plate installed to repair a hole in the compactor area floor, suffering a broken right tibia. He was hospitalized.
A temporary employee walked across a wooden pallet to retrieve product to stock. When he walked back across the pallet, it broke, causing the employee to fall to the ground and sustain a fractured hip.
On April 10, 2023, at 12:00 PM, an employee was using a broom to clear rock from a building's foundation in preparation for a spray-on vapor barrier. There was a 4-foot deep trench next to the building where the employee was working and the soil at the trench's edge fell away. The employee fell into the trench and was hospitalized for a left pelvis and/or femur fracture.
An employee was walking up a steel staircase to check wiring in the electrical room. The staircase had a top platform with a grate that was sitting across the beams of the platform. The grate had shifted and as the employee stepped on it, it gave way, causing him to fall approximately 3 feet to the ground below. The grate landed on the employee and he was hospitalized for four transverse process fractures in the lower spine.
An employee was stocking the freezer and stepped on a wood pallet. The employee's foot went into the pallet and they sustained a right ankle fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.
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