Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CVS, 4516 Harrisburg Boulevard, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77011
on — Fractures, affecting the skull.
Final narrative
An employee was working at the front of a store. A customer threw a wine bottle at the employee; it struck the employee in the head, causing a skull fracture.
An employee was walking to their car after work. They tripped over a concrete parking stop and fell in the parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.
An employee was descending a staircase when they fell down the staircase from the top step and struck their head on the edge of a stair, requiring hospitalization for a head injury.
An employee was walking through a sales aisle when a customer stopped her to ask a question. She turned around and her head struck a structural column, resulting in a bruised forehead and two chipped front teeth.
An employee was inventorying products on the sales floor. The employee missed a step on a two-step stool while coming down and fell to the ground, sustaining a leg injury requiring hospitalization.
An employee was working while contractors were painting in the store and the employee suffered an asthma attack due to the paint. The employee was hospitalized.
On 11/8/2023, at about 1:00 AM, an employee was engaged in an altercation with shoplifters. In the parking lot, the employee was struck by a vehicle driven by the shoplifters. The employee sustained injuries to both legs.
Two employees were engaged in a fight while the injured employee was working from a ladder. The co-worker pulled the ladder from underneath the injured employee, causing them to fall to the ground. The injured employee sustained a foot fracture and back injury.
A customer was driving their car out of the parking lot without paying their bill. The car struck an employee, who ended up on the hood of the vehicle. As the car turned onto the street, the employee was thrown off the hood and sustained a head injury requiring hospitalization.
An employee was working when a customer picked up a jump box and fled the store without paying. The employee was then struck by the customer's vehicle, resulting in ankle fractures.
An employee was walking through a hallway with two restrained residents when they were tripped by one of the residents, causing them to fall to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a knee injury.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 446110)
An employee was loading cardboard into a cardboard bailer to be compressed. The machine began to operate with the door open, and the employee's left hand was fractured.
An employee was walking to their car after work. They tripped over a concrete parking stop and fell in the parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.
An employee was putting a box onto a cart when a handle on the box broke and the cart began to roll away from her. She lost her balance, fell with the box still in her hands, and broke her left hip. She was hospitalized.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.