Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CVS Pharmacy, 186 County Rd, BARRINGTON, RHODE ISLAND 02806
on — Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
On 9/07/2020, an employee was sitting at her desk. When she stood up to leave the desk, her left knee became entangled in computer wires. The employee fell and was hospitalized with a swollen knee.
An employee was working in the store s merchandise storage room unpacking totes of merchandise that had recently been delivered. While moving totes, the employee fell on the same level and sustained a fractured left hip requiring hospitalization.
An employee was receiving a delivery and unwrapping shrink wrap from totes on a pallet. Some totes fell out causing him to fall backward, and then additional items fell on him. The employee sustained injuries to his back and ribs.
An employee was removing outdated products from a stand-up pharmacy cooler. When the employee stood up, he lost balance and grabbed the door handle, causing the cooler to tip over. The employee fell backward onto the ground and the cooler fell on them. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture and a contusion.
An employee was helping a customer and placed a basket on the floor. As she continued to work, the employee tripped over the basket and fell, sustaining knee and femur fractures.
An employee was assisting customers at the registers when a car came through the wall behind them. A large printer then struck the employee who sustained a spinal fracture.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
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 talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.
An employee was walking through a parking garage. She tripped over a curb and fell forward onto her right knee, then her left knee, both hands, and her face. She suffered an injury to the left knee that required surgery, as well as scrapes on the chin and both palms and soreness in the left wrist.
An employee was using a hose to clear storm drains after a sewer backup. The employee fell backward and his head struck the curb, resulting in an Injury on the right side of his head, generalized bruising, and pain in his left ankle, right hip, left shoulder, and neck. The employee was hospitalized.