Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PurFoods LLC, 1826 Monogahela Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15218
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was unloading customer meal boxes from his vehicle onto a dolly cart. The dolly cart began rolling away and he ran after it. As he was running to catch the cart, he fell and fractured his right hip.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Ground, travel, and support surfaces unspecified
A driver was making a delivery at a client's home and jumped over the stair railing to evade the client's dog. He fell to the ground and sustained a broken pelvis.
The office had just closed, and an employee was finishing at her desk. A vendor arrived to perform their services. The employee unlocked the door for the vendor and proceeded to walk backward away from the door while talking to the vendor. She fell backward and landed on her hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.
An employee was coming from the parking lot at the start of his shift. He fell while walking in the crosswalk and sustained pain and numbness in his right leg. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee fell to an office floor, landing on her right side and suffering a broken hip, a broken right arm, and a concussion. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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