Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Brookshire Grocery Company, 601 Highway 110 North, WHITEHOUSE, TEXAS 75791
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking to help a customer pump gas when her ankle twisted and she fell to the concrete floor, breaking her right ankle.
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An employee was loading up a stock cart. The employee stepped onto a resting pallet and grabbed a case of water to move onto the stock cart. As they stepped off the pallet, their heel got stuck on a piece of plastic shrink wrap, causing them to trip and fall onto the concrete floor. The employee landed on their hip and required hip surgery.
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