Hitting, kicking, beating by other person unspecified · Intracranial injuries unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jewel-Osco, 9424 South Pulaski Road, OAK LAWN, ILLINOIS 60453
on — Intracranial injuries unspecified , affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
An employee was assaulted by a customer in the self-checkout line resulting in head injuries. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was baking jalape o bagels. She turned around to put a pan on the counter and slipped on jalape o juice. The employee fell and sustained a right kneecap fracture.
An employee was helping a customer at a deli counter. The employee retrieved food from the deli counter and turned around to weigh the product when they lost balance and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured patella in their right knee.
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