Hitting, kicking, beating by other person n.e.c. · Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dollar Tree Store #: 4841, 4500 S Damen Ave, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60609
on — Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels , affecting the Multiple internal chest locations.
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Final narrative
A shoplifter struck an employee in the nose, causing her to lose consciousness. She was hospitalized with a fractured nose, fractured ribs, and a punctured lung.
An employee was operating the cash register while customers were attempting to shoplift items. The employee was assaulted by five customers, resulting in fractured ribs requiring hospitalization.
An employee was monitoring a psychiatric patient who was walking in the hallway. The patient grabbed the employee by the neck and threw her to the ground. She was hospitalized with an acute superior endplate compression fracture with minimal retropulsion to her T12 vertebra.
An employee was involved in a physical altercation with two temporary employees. The employee was hospitalized with facial injuries and required surgery.
An employee was walking to take their break. As they walked from their locker to the entrance of the break lounge, they tripped over a pallet and fell to the ground, resulting in hospitalization due to a concussion.
An employee was working at a processing table and pivoted to place merchandise on a shelf. She tripped on the leg of the table and sustained fractures in her foot.
An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.
An employee was involved in a physical altercation with two temporary employees. The employee was hospitalized with facial injuries and required surgery.
An employee went to lift a carton and tripped on a different carton that was on the floor. She fell on the floor in the backroom and sustained a fractured right hip, and abrasions to her arm and knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
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.