LEHIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA—
The Giant Company
Fall on same level n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at The Giant Company, 1241 Blakeslee Blvd., LEHIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18235 on — Fractures , affecting the Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
An employee was collecting shopping carts in the parking lot when they lost their balance and fell to the pavement. The employee sustained a fracture to the shoulder.
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SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA—
The Giant Company
An employee was moving pallets of water. A pallet started to lean, and the employee moved to its side to push the 35-pack of water and straighten the product on the pallet. The water fell and knocked the employee to the ground, and the employee suffered a dislocation to the left hip as well as a fracture to the hip socket. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
BURNHAM, PENNSYLVANIA—
The Giant Company
A pallet was being moved through a store backroom on a powered pallet jack. The side of the pallet struck an employee, causing them to fall to the floor and suffer a broken left hip.
MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA—
The Giant Company
An employee was standing on a piece of cardboard in the bakery department when she lost her balance. While trying to brace her fall, both her hands went into the hot oil in a donut fryer. She sustained burns to both hands up to the wrists and was hospitalized.
LANGHORNE, PENNSYLVANIA—
The Giant Company
An employee was on a step ladder while setting up for a store holiday party when they fell, resulting in a fractured pelvis and right shoulder.
LEHIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA—
The Giant Company
An employee was removing a tarp from a display near a pump when a car ran over the employee's feet. The employee sustained crush injuries that required hospitalization.
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