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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Wal-Mart Stores East, LP

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, 5800 U.S. Highway 98 N, LAKELAND, FLORIDA 33809 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..

An employee was exiting a scissor lift and fell 2.5 to 3 feet to the concrete ground, suffering a broken left wrist and hip.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted

WAL-MART STORES EAST, LP

An employee was walking around a stationary cart when he tripped over the corner of the wall, fell on his right side, and struck his head on the wall. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured pelvis.

Wal-Mart Stores East, LP

An employee was stocking shelves from a ladder cart when they fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a brain bleed.

Wal-Mart Stores East, LP

An employee was lifting a 20-pound trash bag out of a trash can when they sustained a hernia. The employee required surgery.

Wal-Mart Stores East, LP

An employee was working in the deli area when they tripped over a cord and fell. The employee sustained a left hip fracture and was hospitalized.

WAL-MART STORES EAST, LP

An employee was performing preventative maintenance to rollers and was rolling their hand along the top of the locked-out rollers. The rollers on an adjacent machine were not locked out and the employee's hand became caught between the last roller and the conveyor system, resulting in a laceration.

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Electrical Contractors Inc.

An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.

M1 Support Services

An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.

FEDEX Ground Package System, Inc.

An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.

SRM Concrete

An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.

U.S. Postal Service - Los Angeles P&DC

An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.

Walmart, Inc.

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.

HomeGoods, LLC

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.

Tractor Supply Company

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.

HD Supply Facilities Maintenance

An employee was involved in a physical altercation with two temporary employees. The employee was hospitalized with facial injuries and required surgery.

HomeGoods ,LLC-Newark, DE

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.

DRIFTWOOD NURSERY & LANDSCAPING, INC

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.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

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.

Envelope Seal Insulation, Inc

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

Air-flo/Erwood Heating & Air Conditioning

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.