Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Club Demonstration Services, Inc., 10220 S. Memorial Drive, TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74133
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
The injured employee went to retrieve additional supplies for the sample carts or to check the sample cart status. As she was walking to the various carts positioned throughout the store, a customer backed out of an aisle and impacted her, knocking her off balance and causing her to land on her hip on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a right hip fracture.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface
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An employee was returning to their workstation when they tripped over a customer's child and fell to the concrete floor on their left hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.
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An employee was gathering supplies in the office to display samples of food for customers when they bumped into another employee and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in broken ribs.
An employee was walking into work and pushing a shopping cart when it stopped moving and they fell to the ground. She struck the right side of her head on the ground, resulting in a head injury and hospitalization.
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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 lowering a safe stack beam inside a trailer. The beam released, causing the employee to fall back and strike his head on the trailer floor. He was hospitalized with a brain bleed and a concussion.
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An employee was reaching for a piece of angle iron when it fell onto his hand, which was on a table to support him as he reached for the overhead rack. He suffered a broken finger and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was working to open the liftgate on the back of a delivery truck. His left middle finger was pinched between the gate and its frame, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.
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An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.