Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 1070 W Landis Ave, VINELAND, NEW JERSEY 08360
on — Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c., affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was checking receipts when they were punched by a customer, fell and struck their head on the ground. They sustained a brain bleed and concussion.
On February 20, 2025, at approximately 5:45 p.m., an employee was stocking bananas when he tripped and fell to the ground, injuring his right hamstring. He was hospitalized with a hematoma and a torn ligament.
On October 27, 2023, the injured employee was moving material from the aisles to the staging area when another forklift entered the aisle. The injured employee jumped from his forklift, injuring his lower leg on a pallet being transported on the other forklift.
An employee was operating a forklift outside in the garden center. The forklift went between two bollards and his left foot was caught between a bollard and the forklift. The employee sustained a deep laceration to the side of his foot and the little toe was medically amputated.
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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An employee was walking to take their break. As they walked from their locker to the entrance of the break lounge, they tripped over a pallet and fell to the ground, resulting in hospitalization due to a concussion.
An employee was working at a processing table and pivoted to place merchandise on a shelf. She tripped on the leg of the table and sustained fractures in her foot.
An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.
An employee was involved in a physical altercation with two temporary employees. The employee was hospitalized with facial injuries and required surgery.
An employee went to lift a carton and tripped on a different carton that was on the floor. She fell on the floor in the backroom and sustained a fractured right hip, and abrasions to her arm and knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.
An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.
An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.