Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walmart, Inc. Sam's Club, 22 AMBASSADOR CAFFERY PKWY, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA 70506
on — Fractures , affecting the Arm(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a pallet of protein drink. When she unhitched the straps, the uprights of the pallet rack fell. The pallet of protein drinks fractured her right arm. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
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