Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CROSSMARK Inc. , 1405 Genesee Street, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 13210
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking to a moving storage box in a parking lot when she slipped on black ice and fell to the parking lot surface. She broke her lower right leg in two places and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was standing on a demo cart, handling food samples when they fell against the railing. The employee sustained a punctured lung and broken ribs that required hospitalization.
An employee was walking to the back of the store when her foot got tangled with plastic wrap that was attached to a pallet. She tripped and fell to the concrete floor, sustaining fractures to her right knee and left elbow.
An employee tripped on a plexiglass display and fell over it, landing on the floor and suffering seven broken left-side ribs as well as a contusion to the left hand.
An employee was walking and moved to avoid a customer who was also walking. The employee tripped and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a pelvis fracture that required hospitalization.
An employee was setting 20 lb. charcoal bags at a Publix supermarket when the employee felt dizzy and fell to the floor, suffering a cracked rib and minor cuts to the face and hands.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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