Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Marshalls of MA, Inc, 22 Clifton Country Road, CLIFTON PARK, NEW YORK 12065
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was sweeping clothing hangers with a push broom. She stepped on a hanger and fell, resulting in a right hip/upper femur fracture that required surgery.
An employee was walking when they slipped on a wet surface and fell to the ground, which resulted in a fractured left patella. The employee required surgery.
An employee was attempting to clock into work in the breakroom when she tripped over a TV stand and fell on her left side, resulting in hip and elbow injuries that required hospitalization.
An employee was using a dolly to move boxes. They were pushing a dolly containing two boxes of tissue paper out of the elevator doors when a wooden board fixture fell on top of them. They sustained a concussion and muscle pain.
An employee was pushing a material handling cart with a carton of toys to the salesfloor to stock when his right foot was caught underneath the cart. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a right hip fracture.
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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An employee was collecting shopping carts in the parking lot when he was struck by a customer's truck as it was backing out of a parking spot. The truck pinned the employee's left leg against the cart mule they were using. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured leg and required surgery.
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An employee slipped on water in a hallway and fell to the floor, landing on his left side and head. He sustained a back strain/sprain and was hospitalized.
An employee had been having lunch in her car in the parking lot. When she exited her car, her left knee gave out and she fell on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left femur and required surgery.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
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