Fall on same level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Unlimited Parts & Supplies, 10850 NW 30th St, DORAL, FLORIDA 33172
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
While standing up from his desk, an employee fell to the tile floor and injured a hip.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
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An employee was walking down an exterior concrete stairway. She lost her footing, fell to the concrete, and suffered a compound fracture to the right ankle. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee placed a box in the driving cage of a forklift to move it from one side of the warehouse to the other. As the employee approached the back portion of the area, the box shifted and hit the controls, causing the forklift to move toward the warehouse wall. The employee lost their balance, caught themselves, and stepped down off the forklift. The forklift continued and struck the wall, pinning their left leg/ankle against the wall. The employee moved the forklift forward and then fell to the floor, sustaining injuries to their leg and foot.
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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.