Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CVS Pharmacy, 284 Winthrop St, TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02780
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was working in the store s merchandise storage room unpacking totes of merchandise that had recently been delivered. While moving totes, the employee fell on the same level and sustained a fractured left hip requiring hospitalization.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface
An employee was receiving a delivery and unwrapping shrink wrap from totes on a pallet. Some totes fell out causing him to fall backward, and then additional items fell on him. The employee sustained injuries to his back and ribs.
An employee was removing outdated products from a stand-up pharmacy cooler. When the employee stood up, he lost balance and grabbed the door handle, causing the cooler to tip over. The employee fell backward onto the ground and the cooler fell on them. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture and a contusion.
An employee was helping a customer and placed a basket on the floor. As she continued to work, the employee tripped over the basket and fell, sustaining knee and femur fractures.
An employee was assisting customers at the registers when a car came through the wall behind them. A large printer then struck the employee who sustained a spinal fracture.
The office had just closed, and an employee was finishing at her desk. A vendor arrived to perform their services. The employee unlocked the door for the vendor and proceeded to walk backward away from the door while talking to the vendor. She fell backward and landed on her hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.
An employee was coming from the parking lot at the start of his shift. He fell while walking in the crosswalk and sustained pain and numbness in his right leg. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee fell to an office floor, landing on her right side and suffering a broken hip, a broken right arm, and a concussion. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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