Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Allen Floral Group, 619 Williams Street, UTICA, NEW YORK 13502
on — Fractures, affecting the thoracic region.
Final narrative
An employee was walking toward a customer's residence to deliver a flower arrangement when they slipped on ice and fell backward onto the sidewalk. The employee sustained a fractured T10 vertebra.
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 operating an electric pallet jack when it struck two parked forklifts. The impact caused the employee to be ejected from the pallet jack, and his right foot became trapped between the forklifts, resulting in a severe laceration to the foot.
An employee was loading flowers into a refrigerated box truck for delivery when they slipped and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured femur.
An employee was working to exit their workspace when they tripped over a desk drawer. The employee fell to the ground on his left hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip and required surgery.
An employee was walking in the parking lot when he tripped while stepping up onto a curb and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.
An employee was replacing plastic sheeting while standing on the beam of a greenhouse roof when they fell approximately 12 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a rib fracture and left wrist injury.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.