Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walmart Stores East LP, 7 Dowling Village Boulevard, NORTH SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND 02896
on — Fractures , affecting the Thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee used a cart with a ladder attached to pull items from a shelf. The employee stepped back and tripped over either the track or the knuckle on the end of the aisle, fell back and landed on her hip, fracturing her femur.
An employee was stocking merchandise. While descending a three-step ladder attached to a stock cart, the employee missed a step and fell to the floor. The employee suffered a fractured hip.
An employee was putting a chain on the roll-down curtain door when the door's socket caught the employee's fingers, resulting in an amputation of the right index and middle fingers.
Two forklifts were traveling down a warehouse aisle. The one in the rear struck the one in front, and its operator suffered an injury to the left heel. He was hospitalized.
An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.
The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.
An employee was preparing to change the pallets on a screen printing machine. She stepped between the arms of the machine when the machine re-energized, turned, and struck her, pushing her into a mobile cart and causing her to fall to the ground. The employee suffered suffered five fractured ribs, difficulty breathing, and internal bleeding.
An employee was attempting to fix a piece of vinyl that was inside a cutter machine. The employee's left arm was caught in the machine's roller, resulting in a broken arm.
An employee was waiting in line to clock out at the end of the shift when he was bumped by another employee and startled. This caused the employee to take a step to the left where his foot caught the edge of the pallet and he fell to the floor. The employee sustained a hip fracture.
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 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 using a hose to clear storm drains after a sewer backup. The employee fell backward and his head struck the curb, resulting in an Injury on the right side of his head, generalized bruising, and pain in his left ankle, right hip, left shoulder, and neck. The employee was hospitalized.