Fall on same level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CVS, 119 Bull Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31401
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the pelvis.
Final narrative
An employee was performing cashier services when they tripped and fell behind the cash register. They sustained a pelvic injury that required surgery.
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.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
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.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.