Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WALT DISNEY PARKS AND RESORTS U.S., INC, 4600 World Drive, LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA 32830
on — Fractures , affecting the Elbow(s).
Final narrative
On January 1, 2025, an employee was stepping from the lowest step of a lifeguard stand to the concrete pool deck when he lost his footing. The employee fell forward and caught himself on the arm rests, resulting in a fractured left elbow.
An employee was walking behind a trailer with the ramp in the up position. The ramp was bumped, causing it to fall onto the back of their ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a torn tendon.
On January 25, 2025, at approximately 5:48 PM, an employee was exiting the security kiosk and stepping up on the curb to talk to a customer when their ankle rolled and they sustained a fracture.
An employee was performing horticulture-related work inside of an attraction when he stepped backward into a trough in the concrete floor and fell backward sustaining a back injury.
An employee had just finished unloading a truck and was closing the roll-down door. The door's folding panels closed on the employee's right index finger, causing an amputation to the fingertip without bone loss.
On November 18, 2023, at approximately 8:30 a.m., an employee was loading products onto a delivery truck. The employee lost footing and sustained a torn hamstring and a hematoma with nerve damage to his foot/leg.
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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