Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bed Bath & Beyond, 8284 Old Troy Pike, HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO 45424
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was assisting a co-worker in moving a shelf when the employee fell from a height greater than 4 feet and landed on a scanner.
An employee was stocking vacuums on a shelf when he fell from an 8-foot A-frame ladder to the floor. He suffered head, back, and left leg pain and was hospitalized.
An employee was walking down a store aisle when her rubber-soled footwear became stuck on the floor and her shoe came off. She then tripped and fell, fracturing her pelvis and requiring hospitalization.
On 8/22/2019, an employee was clearing merchandise off a conveyor when the employee's hands were caught in the conveyor, causing flesh wounds that required hospitalization.
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.
An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.
An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.
An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 452210)
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