Slips, Trips & Falls
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING ON A PALLET AND HER FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN TWO PALLETS TWISTING HER LEFT ANKLE.
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$1,930
THE SIDE DOOR TO IQF FREEZER GOT STUCK. THE EMPLOYEE PULLED DOOR TOWARDS HIMSELF TO OPEN IT WHEN HEARD HIS SHOULDER POP.
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$4,550
IW'S LEFT RING FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN A FLOOR SCRUBBER AND ADJUSTMENT ROD ON A CONVEYER.
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$9.108
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A MANUAL PALLET JACK AND THE HANDLE WAS STRUCK BY A PALLET FROM A DIFFERENT PIT WHICH CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL INJURING THEIR LEFT SHOULDER.
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$2,680
DISPENSING CHEMICALS WITHOUT WEATING PROPER PPE. CHEMICAL SPILLED ON LOWER LEG AND TOP OF HER FOOT.
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$507
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE KITCHEN AFTER THE FLOOR HAD JUST BEEN MOPPED. SHE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE WET SURFACE.
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$2,218
EE LIFTED A BOX (APPROX.12-13 LBS) 3" OFF A CART WITH RIGHT HAND AND FELT IMMEDIATE PAIN IN RIGHT PALM.
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$29,253
EMPLOYEE''S WAS INSTALLING INSERTS INTO TUBES ON BAGEL WHEN THE TUBE FELL AND PINCHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE LIP OF THE INSERT AND THE TOP OF THE TUBE.
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$13,379
FORKLIFT DRIVER RAN OVER AN EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT.
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$21,276
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A MOATORIZED CART. IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID A SPILL, HE BACKED UPA ND HIT THE BATTERY, CAUSING A LEFT THIGH CONTUSION.
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$2.954
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF THE SECOND STEP WHILE WALKING DOWN THE PORTABLE STAIRS. THEY FELL ON THEIR HAND BREAKING THEIR FALL.
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$6,290
THE EMPLOYEE WAS REPOSITIONING EMPY PALLETS WITH A POLE AND FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
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$37,384
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWNSTAIRS FROM LABEL ROOM AND FORKLIFT DRIVER WAS BACKING UP HEADED TO THE WAREHOUSE WITH TWO PALLETS ON HIS FORKLIFT WHEN THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HIT FROM THE BACK OF THE FORKLIFT.
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$57,748
EE WAS CROSSING OVER ROLLERS ON A CONVEYER BELT WHEN HIS FOOT SLID IN BETWEEN TWO ROLLERS AND CUT HIS UNSPECIFIED LEG.
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$25,264
EMPLOYEE PLACED A BUCKET FILLED WITH CHEMICAL (12.5% SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE) INTO ANOTHER CONTAINER. THE CHEMICAL SPLASHED INTO HER EYES. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING HER FACE SHIELD.
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$5,129
EMPLOYEE WAS STRETCHING A WATER HOSE ACROSS THE FLOOR WHEN SHE SLIPPED IN WATER COMING FROM THE HOSE CAUSING HER TO FALL.
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$9,758
THE EMPLOYEE ATTEPMPTED TO DISCONNECT AN AIR LINE AT THE END OF THE PRODUCTION RUN: "I WENT TO UNHOOK THE HOSE AND IT WAS STUCK. I HAD TO GIVE IT A HARD PULL TO RELEASE IT AND WHEN I DID IT I FELT PAIN IN MY RIGHT ARM.
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$49,355
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO ADJUST THE JARS PUTTING HIS HAND ONTO THE CONVEYER. THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WENT TO THE SIDE OF THE COOLER AND TRIED TO USE HIS RIGHT HAND TO PUSH THE JARS OUT WHEN HIS THUMB GOT CAUGHT IN THE METAL ROLLER AND PLASTIC.
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$84,325
Employee got overly hot stacking boxes, fell and injured head, neck & back.
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$26,352
PIPE CAP BLEW OFF. HOT WATER/STEAM BURNS TO THE LEFT SHOULDER, CHECKST AND NECK.
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$79,438
CLAIMANT WAS PARKING AN ELECTRIC PALLET JACK, WHEN HE STRUCK A RACK POST, FELL OFF THE PALLET JACK AND FRACTURED HIS RIGHT HIP.
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$87,434
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE ELEVATOR DOOR AFTER EXITING. WHILE PULLING THE ELEVATOR DOOR DOWN TO CLOSE IT, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
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$108,356
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A FORKLIFT WHEN HE STRUCK A YELLOW SAFETY POLE WITH HIS LEFT FOOT. HIS FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE POLE AND THE FORKLIFT.
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$634,668
Injured worker tripped/fell and knocked a scraper tool off a rail and tool fell on the injured worker's hand hitting the Right index finger.
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$43,590
LEFT ANKLE & FOOT BURNS CAUSED WHEN A GLASS JAR CONTINING HOT TOMATO SAUCE BURST.
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HOW COULD THIS HAVE BEEN PREVENTED?
$87,958