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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Whole Foods Market

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Whole Foods Market, 501 Southeast 17th Street, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33316 on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).

An employee was stepping down from the last step of a two-step stool. She fell to the ground and suffered a broken left tibia.

Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Step ladders

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An employee was entering a receiving area to start his shift when he was struck by a utility cart being pushed by another employee. The injured employee fell to the floor and suffered a fractured hip.

Whole Foods Market

An employee was cutting meat using a bandsaw. The meat slipped and the employee's right hand came into contact with the blade, which amputated his right index finger at the second knuckle.

Whole Foods Market

A full U-boat cart was being moved down a ramp. It pinned an employee against a dumpster, breaking their pelvis.

Whole Foods Market

An employee was conducting a team member consultation. The team member assaulted the employee with a box cutter. The employee sustained a laceration to his neck that required hospitalization.

Whole Foods Market

An employee was pushing meat into a grinder when his right index finger was caught in the grinder, resulting in a partial amputation to the first knuckle.

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Electrical Contractors Inc.

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.

M1 Support Services

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.

FEDEX Ground Package System, Inc.

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.

SRM Concrete

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.

U.S. Postal Service - Los Angeles P&DC

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.

Fortune Foods Texas Inc.

Employee 1 was investigating a gas odor. While employee 1 was checking the equipment, a gas explosion occurred, resulting in a fire that burned the employee's face. Employee 2 entered the area and a second explosion occurred, causing burns to their face and arms. Employee 2 was hospitalized.

Giant Food Stores

An employee tripped while walking from one store register station to another. Her forehead struck a register, and she suffered fractures to two vertebrae in her neck. She was hospitalized.

Meijer Stores Limited Partnership

An employee was pulling a display shipper using the provided strap. The strap broke and the employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken wrist.

Shady Maple Farm Market, Inc.

An employee fell down a flight of stairs to the floor and suffered contusions and lacerations to the forehead and lips. She was hospitalized.

Harris Teeter #352

An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

DRIFTWOOD NURSERY & LANDSCAPING, INC

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

Envelope Seal Insulation, Inc

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

Air-flo/Erwood Heating & Air Conditioning

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.