Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walgreens Co., 108 Wilmot Rd, DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS 60015
on — Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
An employee was walking on a concrete walkway when they tripped on a bump in the concrete and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured and dislocated right shoulder.
An employee was walking into the store when she slipped on ice in the parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle and a fractured leg that required surgery.
An employee was bringing in the daily drop of newspapers from outside the sliding doors and fell, resulting in an elbow laceration and right hip fracture. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
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 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 loading cardboard into a cardboard bailer to be compressed. The machine began to operate with the door open, and the employee's left hand was fractured.
An employee was walking to their car after work. They tripped over a concrete parking stop and fell in the parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.
An employee was putting a box onto a cart when a handle on the box broke and the cart began to roll away from her. She lost her balance, fell with the box still in her hands, and broke her left hip. She was hospitalized.
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.