Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Hives, urticaria-acute
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kohl's Department Stores, Inc., 401 N Main Street, EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS 61611
on — Hives, urticaria-acute, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
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Final narrative
On May 11, 2022, an employee had an allergic reaction due to a customer spraying perfume in the changing room. The employee broke out in hives and was hospitalized.
On August 30, 2022, an employee was clearing a jam on a roller conveyor line. The employee's right hand was pulled into a powered roller, which partially amputated the little fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was getting ready to open the department store when a gust of wind hit the front double doors, causing them to strike the employee's head. The employee suffered a concussion.
An employee was walking, tripped over the foot of the merchandise cart and fell. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured and dislocated shoulder.
An employee was passing through a building when she suffered an allergic reaction to a cinnamon air freshener. The employee began to feel dizzy and ill, ultimately becoming unresponsive. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee wearing a blasting hood was preparing to blast inside a tank. The line that supplies the hood with breathing air was plugged into an argon line. The employee breathed the argon gas and fell. The employee was hospitalized for argon poisoning.
An employee was preparing a pump for maintenance. When the employee removed a cover, chemicals were released into the air. The employee was exposed to hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan and was hospitalized.
An employee was performing a pre-operation assessment of an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack activated and pinned the employee's left leg against a guardrail, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee fell to the floor in a store, suffering a broken right femur, a contusion and inflammation under the right eye, and a contusion and inflammation to her left wrist and forearm.
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.