Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Club Demonstration Services, Inc., 11001 Southern Boulevard, ROYAL PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33411
on — Fractures , affecting the Rib(s), oblique area.
Final narrative
An employee was gathering supplies in the office to display samples of food for customers when they bumped into another employee and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in broken ribs.
Hospitalized Rib(s), oblique area Other constructed surface
More severe injuries at Club Demonstration Services, Inc.
The injured employee went to retrieve additional supplies for the sample carts or to check the sample cart status. As she was walking to the various carts positioned throughout the store, a customer backed out of an aisle and impacted her, knocking her off balance and causing her to land on her hip on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a right hip fracture.
An employee was returning to their workstation when they tripped over a customer's child and fell to the concrete floor on their left hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.
An employee was performing a product demonstration near the meat department. While stepping to the right, he tripped and fell, landing on his right side on the concrete floor. He suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized.
An employee was walking into work and pushing a shopping cart when it stopped moving and they fell to the ground. She struck the right side of her head on the ground, resulting in a head injury and hospitalization.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.
An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.
An employee was lowering a safe stack beam inside a trailer. The beam released, causing the employee to fall back and strike his head on the trailer floor. He was hospitalized with a brain bleed and a concussion.
An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was using a radial circular arm saw to make cuts on vinyl flooring samples when his hand slipped on material as he was pulling the saw down. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
An employee was performing a product demonstration near the meat department. While stepping to the right, he tripped and fell, landing on his right side on the concrete floor. He suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized.
An employee was walking into work and pushing a shopping cart when it stopped moving and they fell to the ground. She struck the right side of her head on the ground, resulting in a head injury and hospitalization.
An employee was rolling a portable piece of equipment from a storage area to the press when one of the castors hit a seam in the concrete floor, causing the equipment to lurch to one side and strike a stationary object. An enclosure door mounted on the side of the portable equipment closed on the employee's fingertip, resulting in amputation.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.