Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walmart Logistics, 3900 IH 35 North, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS 78130
on — Fractures, affecting the nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee walked into a roof support beam in a shipping dock and suffered a broken nose.
HospitalizedNose, except internal location of diseases or disordersGirders, beams, structural steel
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An employee was hauling air bags with a forklift when the forklift collided with a support column, resulting in injuries to the employee's hands and feet.
An employee was reversing a forklift when his hand was caught between a rack support beam and the overhead cage of the forklift, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack when he tripped over a pallet and fell. The pallet jack traveled up his left leg, lacerating and possibly fracturing it near the ankle.
An employee was driving a powered pallet jack out of the cold storage room. As he was pulling out, a second motorized pallet jack approached from his left and struck his equipment. He attempted to stop the other equipment using his foot. His left big toe was pinched between the mast areas of the two pallet jacks and had to be amputated at the hospital.
An employee was unnesting tote bags when her grip slipped and the back of her left hand hit a box containing a steel step stool that was adjacent to the tote bags. The employee's hand was fractured.
An employee was cleaning up and putting away equipment when the second toe on her right foot was stubbed on a fixture, resulting in hospitalization and a subsequent amputation of the toe.
An employee was walking when he tripped on a concrete vault lid, jamming his big toe into the tip of his steel toe boots. The employee's big toe was medically amputated.
An employee was cleaning a bathroom. As the employee bent over, the corner of a sink hit the employee's right eyeball, causing an injury that required hospitalization and surgery.
On September 23, 2023, an employee was cleaning near a conveyor when they knelt with their right knee on the floor. Their knee contacted a small piece of glass on the floor, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 423990)
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