Choking on object or substance · Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rouses Market, 58440 Belleview Drive, PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA 70764
on — Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was drinking water when the cap came off and became lodged in their throat, requiring hospitalization.
An employee slipped on ice and fell off a crate while retrieving cases of product from a frozen food freezer. She suffered a compression fracture to a vertebra.
An employee was taste testing salami to provide advice to customers about various products sold within the deli. She suffered an esophageal tear from choking on a piece of the salami and was hospitalized.
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