Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Williams-Sonoma, Inc., 20530 N. Rand Road, Suite 322, DEER PARK, ILLINOIS 60010
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee tripped over the base of a stanchion and fell to the floor, which resulted in a broken femur.
An employee was working on the sales floor in the entertaining department of the store. As she was backing up, she tripped over a charcuterie board sticking out of a shelf and fell to the concrete floor. She sustained a broken left little toe and a displaced pelvic fracture.
An employee was being certified on the forklift. While turning, it struck a stationary order picker in front of an aisle. The employee fractured their left foot, and they were hospitalized for surgery.
An employee was using a turret forklift to removing a box from the second level of a rack. The box slipped and hit the employee's chest causing a contusion.
Employee 1 was selecting and moving an order onto the platform of his order picker. Employee 2 was operating a reach truck and entered the aisle where employee 1 was located. Employee 2 drove down the narrow aisle toward the inbound side of the building. While moving, the engine compartment of the swing reach truck impacted employee 1's left leg, pinning it between the moving truck and the platform of the parked order picker. The injured employee suffered a crushed left leg from mid-calf to ankle/foot and sustained multiple broken bones and lacerations.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. The forklift drove into a rack in a warehouse, and the employee's right hand was caught between the rack and an upright supporting the forklift's overhead guard. The employee suffered a fracture and laceration to the hand, just below the little finger.
An employee was climbing a 10 foot ladder to reach the top of a warehouse rack. He stepped off the ladder onto the racking, slipped, and fell to the concrete floor, hitting the ladder on the way down. He suffered a broken pelvis.
An employee was walking into the store to clock in when she tripped and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a fracture of her proximal right tibia.
An employee was loading merchandise into a truck when their right foot stepped on a 4-way dolly, causing them to lose balance and fall to the ground, hitting their chin on the sideboard. The employee was hospitalized for injury to their spine.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.