Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dolgencorp LLC, 1969 Jefferson Avenue, WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA 15301
on — Fractures , affecting the Thigh(s).
Final narrative
On February 20, 2024, an employee was walking behind the register area when she tripped and fell. She was hospitalized with a fractured left femur.
An employee was hooking up the lines from a trailer to a yard truck when she lost her footing and fell onto her right side on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to her right hip.
At about 3:40 a.m. on August 13, 2025, an employee was filling orders in an aisle. She was pulling over her material handling equipment to allow another employee to get around her when the equipment struck a rack. She suffered a laceration to the left leg/knee area.
An employee was operating a rolling container carrier (RTC) vehicle in pedestrian mode. When he operated the hand lever to turn it, the RTC pinned his left leg against the pick location. The employee suffered a laceration on his left knee and was hospitalized.
On October 9, 2024, an employee was observing a weekly store delivery. While the liftgate was on the ground, a rolling container carrying refrigerated product rolled off. When the employee stopped the rolling container, it fell onto her left leg. She was hospitalized with a left leg fracture.
An employee was unloading freight from a semi-truck trailer when their foot was caught on the liftgate, resulting in a partial amputation of their left big toe.
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.
The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.
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 walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.