Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Office Depot Store # 6071, 6455 East State Street, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 61108
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
On September 23, 2021, an employee was attempting to pull a gaming chair off the shelf for a customer when she lost her balance and fell. The employee was hospitalized for a broken femur.
An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.
On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.
An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.
An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.
An employee was delivering products and loading a manual pallet jack when they tripped and fell 4 feet to the floor, striking their head and resulting in a skull fracture.
An employee went to step off material handling equipment to grab their jacket when the throttle of the vehicle engaged. The vehicle reversed and the employee's left foot was crushed between two material handlers, resulting in a fracture.
An employee was wrapping a pallet to be shipped. As he was walking around the pallet with a roll of shrink wrap, a forklift ran over his right heel and broke it.
On March 1, 2023, at 2:34 a.m., a maintenance employee responded to a work order on a conveyor belt that was making noise from the line. The employee removed the belly pan from underneath the conveyor system to visualize and troubleshoot it, and then left to clean the pan. When the employee came back to the conveyor line, he saw some debris under the roller where he had removed the belly pan. He attempted to brush it off when his right hand became caught in-between the roller and the conveyor frame, resulting in abrasions to the top of his right hand.
An employee was on a platform, trying to fix a pulley belt in a dust cyclone. As he tried to stop the belt, it pulled in his hand, causing the amputation of the tip of his right little finger.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.