Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Supermarkets, LLC, 4706 N. Midkiff Rd, MIDLAND, TEXAS 79705
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee slipped and fell while in a produce vault and suffered a concussion.
An employee was in the food service area in front of the dish washing station, walking toward the lockers when she slipped on water and fell on the floor. She landed on her left side and sustained a fractured left hip.
On January 16, 2024, an employee was on the top step of a three-step ladder while retrieving a box of tomatoes from a kitchen shelf. The box handle tore, causing the employee to lose their balance and fall to the ground. The employee suffered fractures to their left shoulder, ribs and ankle.
An employee was entering the front door prior to the store opening. She attempted to close the sliding doors behind her and her hand slipped off the door and she fell backward to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 445110)
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.
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.
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.
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.