Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified · Hernias due to traumatic incidents
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ACME Markets, 3951 Lincoln Highway, DOWNINGTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 19335
on — Hernias due to traumatic incidents, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee handling frozen turkeys felt severe pain in his abdomen and was hospitalized with a hernia.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersMeat, poultry, seafood
An employee was slicing short loin with a band saw when the meat skipped on the blade, resulting in amputation of the employee's right thumb between the knuckle and nail.
An employee had just finished cutting porterhouse steaks and was preparing to move them to his block for trimming and packaging. He was moving to turn the saw off when the stack of cut steaks, on the table of the saw, started to fall over. The saw amputated the tip of his right middle finger and lacerated his right index finger, causing a cut that required stitches.
An employee completed a shift during which she moved patient beds and stretchers. While at home, the employee experienced back pain and went to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with spinal fractures.
An employee was lifting and carrying a heavy box. After putting the box down, the employee had back pain and weakness in their left leg. They were hospitalized, having suffered a back sprain.
An employee was working on the wharf recouping lumber boards (2x4s and 2x6s that can vary from 8' to 16' in length) from bundles that had become misplaced when they sustained a right rotator cuff tear requiring hospitalization.
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An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
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