Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving · Skull fracture and intracranial injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kohl's, 1200 Fry Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77084
on — Skull fracture and intracranial injury, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was deterring an attempted theft and was attacked by three men. The employee sustained a fractured skull, broken orbital bones on both sides of his head, and intracranial pressure.
An employee had placed a clear shelf divider on the floor while working on shelving. When the employee stood up (from a kneeling position), she slipped on the divider and struck her right knee on the shelving. She was hospitalized with a fractured right knee.
An employee was standing on a ladder, installing hooks on a shelving unit. The employee fell to the floor about 3 feet below and suffered a broken elbow.
A store employee was pushed by a shoplifter into the frame of the entrance door to the store. The employee's head struck the doorframe resulting in head injuries and contusions on her hand and arm. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was making patient rounds at the hospital and stopped to talk with the charge nurse in front of the nurse's station. A patient reached over the nurse's station, grabbed a metal three-hole paper punch from over the desk, and proceeded to attack the employee with it. The employee sustained lacerations to the head and face, a fractured forearm, and a fractured little finger.
A teacher's assistant was attending to a student in the quiet room when they were pushed by another student. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a left hip fracture.
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