Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walmart Store, 375 Kings Highway, PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA 33980
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was checking stock in a back room. The employee slipped on liquid, fell, and suffered a broken left hip.
As an employee was dismounting a forklift, a coworker approached with a motorized pallet jack. The coworker did not stop in time and struck the employee on the right leg. The employee was hospitalized for a broken bone above the right ankle.
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.
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