Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Havertys Furniture, 930 Old Monrovia Road, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35806
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a couch down a set of stairs when he missed a step, resulting in pain in his left hip.
An employee ascended a ladder to retrieve a comforter from a shelf. While descending the ladder, the employee missed a step and fell to the floor, resulting in a possible hip fracture.
An employee was working on a piece of equipment and used his legs and chest for support. The employee experienced chest pain and breathing issues and was hospitalized.
Three employees were unloading a reclining sofa from the back of a truck to the ground. One of them was trying to guide the process with a four-wheel hand truck. The hand truck rolled on uneven ground, and the employee's hand was caught between the bottom bracket of the sofa and the hand truck, resulting in the amputation of the end of the thumb.
An employee was walking through a parking garage. She tripped over a curb and fell forward onto her right knee, then her left knee, both hands, and her face. She suffered an injury to the left knee that required surgery, as well as scrapes on the chin and both palms and soreness in the left wrist.
An employee was dropping customers off with a shuttle. He stepped out of the shuttle and his foot entered a pothole, causing him to twist his ankle and then fall to the ground. The employee sustained multiple dislocations to the ankle requiring surgery.
An employee was approximately 5 feet up on a ladder while drilling a hole for cable installation. A wasp attacked him. As he was coming down the ladder, he landed flat on his feet on the ground, and his right leg was twisted. The employee sustained a fractured tibia.
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An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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