Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Multiple soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, Ltd., 933 Wilmington Ave, DAYTON, OHIO 45402
on — Multiple soft tissue injuries, affecting the Knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was carrying a box of blinds (approximately 36 pounds and 6 feet long) down a small flight of exterior concrete stairs at the customer s preferred delivery location. He fell down the last two steps to the concrete ground below. The employee sustained a dislocation of his right knee and a torn patellar tendon, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
Hospitalized Knee(s) Stairs, steps
More severe injuries at HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, Ltd.
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack (EPJ) and making a U-turn when they became caught between the pallet jack and racking. The front part of their foot was pinned between the racking corner guard and the EPJ platform. The employee sustained lacerated tendons to the right big toe that required surgery.
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An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
Two employees were removing a service lift platform from the back of a radar system. While handling the service lift platform, employee 2 was standing on the back of the radar and lost their footing, causing the service lift platform to shift and fall. The injured employee then fell from the top of the platform electronic subsystem (PES) to the floor, approximately 56 inches. The injured employee fractured his left elbow and left hip.
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An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.
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