Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Michaels Companies, Inc., 5507 S. Williamson Blvd, PORT ORANGE, FLORIDA 32128
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
On October 1, 2021, an employee was cleaning a floor when he slipped on water and fell. The employee sustained a hip fracture and was hospitalized.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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An employee was working from a step ladder, changing a bulb on a ceiling light fixture. He was electrocuted, causing him to fall off the step ladder onto a concrete countertop, fracturing several ribs.
An employee had arrived at work and placed their stuff down on a desk. The employee was walking away when they tripped on their feet and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was stepping from a railcar to a work platform and missed the step. They fell approximately 14 feet from the railcar to the ground and sustained a broken wrist and fractured pelvis and were hospitalized.
An employee was walking down a flight of stairs when she tripped at a landing and fell, landing nine stairs below. She suffered two broken arms (one of them a spiral fracture) and was hospitalized.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
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.