Fall on same level, n.e.c. · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Michaels Company, 9140 South Western Avenue, EVERGREEN PARK, ILLINOIS 60805
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was removing a pallet of merchandise from a truck with a pallet jack. He fell while pulling backward, and his head struck the concrete floor. He suffered a subdural hematoma and was hospitalized.
An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.
On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.
An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.
An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.
An employee was operating an aerial lift to put it back in the maintenance area. He placed his left hand on the lift railing and the lift struck some racking, resulting in a fractured left hand.
An employee was stacking rugs. They walked over to the time clock and tripped over a cutout in a floor slab where a pipe was being fixed, falling to the ground and resulting in a left hip injury.
An employee was cleaning a filling machine when he observed defective caps locked in the supply channels to the capper. He put the capper in manual mode and manually moved the joint with his left hand as he tried to remove the crowns with his right hand. During this operation, one of his fingers entered the moving machine, severing his fingertip.
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.