Struck by running powered equipment unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WINN-DIXIE STORES, INC., 8740 Park Blvd, SEMINOLE, FLORIDA 33777
on — Fractures , affecting the Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cutting meat and adjusting the meat saw when it caught his left hand. The employee sustained an open fracture to the hand.
An employee was putting containers of yogurt back on the shelf when he felt a sharp pain in his back and could not stand up straight. The employee was hospitalized with herniated discs.
An employee cleaning the deli department slipped on a wet spot while walking to the sink to rinse the rag she was using. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a possible hip fracture.
An employee was walking between two prep tables when a co-worker turned to throw something away and bumped into the injured employee. They then tripped and fell to the floor, resulting in a hip fracture.
Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.
An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.
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An employee tripped while walking from one store register station to another. Her forehead struck a register, and she suffered fractures to two vertebrae in her neck. She was hospitalized.
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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.