Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Concussions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CVS, 970 St James Ave, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01104
on — Concussions, affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
An employee was walking to their car after work. They tripped over a concrete parking stop and fell in the parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.
An employee was descending a staircase when they fell down the staircase from the top step and struck their head on the edge of a stair, requiring hospitalization for a head injury.
An employee was walking through a sales aisle when a customer stopped her to ask a question. She turned around and her head struck a structural column, resulting in a bruised forehead and two chipped front teeth.
An employee was inventorying products on the sales floor. The employee missed a step on a two-step stool while coming down and fell to the ground, sustaining a leg injury requiring hospitalization.
An employee was working while contractors were painting in the store and the employee suffered an asthma attack due to the paint. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.
The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.
An employee was loading cardboard into a cardboard bailer to be compressed. The machine began to operate with the door open, and the employee's left hand was fractured.
An employee was putting a box onto a cart when a handle on the box broke and the cart began to roll away from her. She lost her balance, fell with the box still in her hands, and broke her left hip. She was hospitalized.
An employee was working inside the pharmacy unit pick-up window. The employee exited the pharmacy unit and was walking through the lobby when they slipped on the wet floor and landed on their back. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured spine.
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.
Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.
An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.
An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.
An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.