Shooting by other person-unintentional · Gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PepsiCo Frito-Lay Region Office, Benning Road & H Street, SE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20019
on — Gunshot wounds, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
A delivery driver was crossing the street to return to their truck when the employee was shot in the hip by a drive by shooter. The employee sustained a pelvic fracture.
On April 1, 2023, at 4:04 PM, two employees were talking as one employee stowed his belongings in the prep room. One employee began showing the injured employee his gun when it fired. The injured employee was shot in the arm and required hospitalization and surgery.
A law enforcement employee was participating in a scenario-based demonstration by a co-worker when the co-worker's firearm accidentally discharged. A 9-milimeter bullet struck the employee in the upper right thigh, resulting in a wound that required hospitalization.
On August 21, 2024, at approximately 5:00 p.m., an employee was addressing a broken metal cable in a crane shuttle aisle. The crane shuttle unexpectedly activated, pinning the employee between the rail frame and crane shuttle. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated and fractured hip as well as fractures to their clavicle and sternum.
An employee was cleaning a mixing machine with an air hose. Blades in the machine amputated two fingers on his right hand. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was completing a post-trip vehicle inspection when he scratched his right leg on the step of the truck. The employee was hospitalized with cellulitis.
An employee was troubleshooting the control setup for a variable air volume box above a ceiling. The employee's hand came into contact with an exposed, energized 277-volt wire that had loosened from its terminal on the box's assembly. He was shocked and fell off a ladder. His left hand passed across the ceiling grid and was lacerated. He also suffered an electrical burn to the right hand and was hospitalized.
An employee was assembling a baker type scaffold. He was beginning to transverse down the scaffold, approximately six feet off the ground, when the scaffold tipped over and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.
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.
An employee was working on an exhaust fan on the roof when he tripped on a wire and fell to the ground. The employee sustained scrapes on his elbow, and a fractured right knee with a torn ACL. The employee was hospitalized.