Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Concussions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The TJX Companies, 400 Front St, COLLEGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 19426
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading boxes when they fell, hitting the employee on the head, neck, and back. The employee suffered a concussion.
Two forklifts were traveling in the same direction. The operator of the first forklift realized he had gone too far and stopped to turn around. When he started to turn, one of the forks struck the employee who was operating the second forklift in the left foot, causing a possible fracture to the foot/toe.
An employee was unloading 30-foot 2-inch barrels from a pan holding about 20 barrels. The barrels tipped over, striking and breaking both of the employee's lower legs.
An employee was in a sandblasting area, preparing the surface of a plate heat exchanger frame for painting. The frame fell on the employee, who suffered fractures to vertebrae, the neck, pelvis, and rib cage; and punctured lungs.
An employee was operating a cherry picker when it struck a concrete column. The employee was ejected from the cherry picker and landed on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.