Other fall to lower level unspecified · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc., 810 East Butterfield Road, LOMBARD, ILLINOIS 60148
on — Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Trunk and other lower extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was walking on the second level of the store's backstock area when they fell through a grate that was opened to move stock from one level to the next, landing on the floor. The employee fractured their right heel and strained their back.
Hospitalized Trunk and other lower extremities Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
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