Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ocean State Job Lot, 1001 U.S. 6, MAHOPAC, NEW YORK 10541
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was descending a step ladder when they missed a step and fell to the floor, resulting in a fracture to their right hip.
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack to unload a truck. While the employee was lowering the dock lift, he reached to pull the bridge back while still lowering the dock lift, causing three of his fingers to become caught between the dock lift bridge and the back of the truck. The employee suffered numbness in the left index finger, pain in the left middle finger between the nail bed and the first knuckle, and an amputation of their left ring fingertip with bruising.
An employee was bent over, picking up stacks of boxes from the floor to put into a carriage. He picked up multiple boxes and turned and felt a pop in his back. He was hospitalized with a back strain.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
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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An employee was walking through the apparel department when she bumped into another employee, causing her to fall to the ground and land on her hip. The employee was hospitalized and had hip surgery.
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An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.