Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-15 | Stuart | Fl | Sprouts Farmers Market store # 629 | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell while walking into a refrigerator. She landed on the refrigerator's floor and suffered a concussion. | |||||
2021-08-03 | Wesley Chapel | Fl | Michaelson's Appliance Repair, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell from a step ladder while installing a grill on a refrigerator. The employee landed on the ground about 18 inches below and suffered a broken hip. | |||||
2021-06-10 | West Roxbury | Ma | Valvoline Oil Change | BODY SYSTEMS | Ingestion of harmful substance |
An employee drank from an electrolyte solution bottle in the refrigerator that had been filled with degreaser. The employee became sick and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-06-02 | Lowell | Ar | Transport Refrigeration, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was removing a refrigerator unit with a hoist when it shifted, causing the employee's finger to get caught in a lifting hook and resulting in amputation of their left index fingertip. | |||||
2021-05-07 | Norfolk | Va | MARINE REPAIR SERVICES OF VIRGINIA INC. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on water vehicle |
An employee was plugging and unplugging refrigerator units onboard a vessel when they stepped through a door and into an open hatch, falling 12 feet and resulting in a fractured femur and ankle. | |||||
2021-04-01 | Columbus | Oh | UHC of S.E. Ohio | Multiple lower extremities locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was moving a refrigerator by hand on an unguarded loft and fell 9 feet onto concrete, resulting in fractures to the ankle, tibia, and heel. | |||||
2021-01-04 | Port Arthur | Tx | Chevron Lubricants | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was filling a refrigerator with bottled water when the employee slipped and fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip that required surgery. | |||||
2020-09-18 | Albany | Ny | Shop Rite | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was loading a refrigerator, slipped, and fell hitting her head on the floor. The employee sustained a head injury and bleeding on the brain. | |||||
2020-07-15 | Nampa | Idaho | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a hand truck to move a refrigerator from the shipping container to the receiving area. While moving the appliance onto the dock plate, the weight of the refrigerator caused her to fall onto her back and the refrigerator landed on top of her. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-23 | Dallas | Texas | Fiesta Mart, LLC | Hand(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
While exiting a refrigerator, an employee's hand was caught and degloved by the closing door. | |||||
2020-06-15 | Texas City | Texas | Turner Specialty Services, L.L.C. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
Two employees were removing a door from a control room to take out a refrigerator while another employee was lying on the ground removing screws to disassemble a countertop. The door was let go and it fell over, striking the employee that was lying on the ground. The injured employee was hospitalized with a broken lower left leg and a dislocated ankle. | |||||
2020-05-25 | Niceville | Florida | Health Services of Bluewater Bay, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was stocking groceries in the walk-in refrigerator when she slipped on the floor and fell, fracturing her tibia/fibula. | |||||
2020-05-15 | Brodheadsville | Pennsylvania | ShopRite of Brodheadsville | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
A maintenance employee was fixing a refrigerator diffuser in a produce cooler that was leaking water. The produce cooler has dock doors for truck deliveries. The employee was squeegeeing the water out of the produce cooler when he slipped on the water and fell off the dock onto the concrete below. He suffered a broken hip. | |||||
2020-04-20 | Carlisle | Pennsylvania | The Giant Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A mechanic was notified of a cooling issue on a refrigerator trailer in the fleet. He had just brought the trailer in from the yard and parked in the work bay of the trailer shop to begin the troubleshooting process. While performing the tension checks, the thermostat on the trailer triggered the engine to start. A belt pulled the mechanic's hand into a pulley and his fingers were caught at a pinch point. He sustained an amputation to the left middle finger at the first joint, and an amputation | |||||
2020-01-17 | Victor | New York | RIDGEWAY EQUIPMENT | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Two employees were delivering refrigerator up a ramp using a furniture dolly when the dolly and refrigerator tipped over, striking one employee. The employee suffered three broken vertebrae in the neck area and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-21 | Harriman | New York | Metroplex Harriman Corporation | Pelvic region | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was picking cases in a dairy refrigerator. As the employee walked towards a pallet, boxes of product fell and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized for a crushed pelvis. | |||||
2019-08-08 | Springfield | Missouri | Lowe's Home Centers | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was delivering a refrigerator when it slipped off the dolly, falling on his ankle and breaking it. | |||||
2019-07-16 | Amherst | New York | Best Buy Co., Inc. | Thoracic region | Struck by falling object or equipment |
Two employees were loading appliances into a delivery truck using a 2-wheeler/dolly. One employee was helping push a refrigerator while the other employee pulled it towards the dolly. The refrigerator fell on one of the employee's lower extremities and mid-section, causing the employee to fall on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured T7 vertebra. | |||||
2019-05-27 | Bronx | New York | Legends Hospitality, LLC | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was getting food from the walk-in refrigerator when she slipped on the wet rubber floor mat and fell backwards, hitting her head and back on a large metal keg of beer. She was hospitalized with a concussion and back strain. | |||||
2019-05-20 | Rochester | New York | Ortho Clinical Diagnostics | Brain | Fall while sitting |
An employee tried to sit on a tall, wheeled lab chair. She slipped off the seat, pushing the chair back and fell backwards against a lab refrigerator and hit her head. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury. | |||||
2019-05-05 | Boise | Idaho | Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was performing maintenance on a refrigerator unit while working from a ladder. He went to step down from the ladder, missed a step and fell 3 feet onto the concrete floor. He sustained right rib fractures. | |||||
2019-04-19 | Plymouth | Massachusett | NORTHBRIDGE LAURELWOOD II LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was putting food away in a refrigerator when a back door opened and hit the refrigerator door, causing it to swing and knock her to the ground. She suffered a shoulder injury. | |||||
2019-03-14 | Bridgeton | Missouri | HUSSMANN CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working on an assembly line for refrigerator cases when he noticed wiring had fallen from the top of the refrigerator case to the bottom, near the rollers. When he was retrieving it, the case was pushed down the line; the tip of the employee's right ring finger was amputated. | |||||
2019-02-25 | North Miami Beach | Florida | OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE OF FLORIDA, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell while coming out of a walk-in refrigerator, suffering six broken ribs. | |||||
2018-07-27 | Linden | New Jersey | L. Costa Construction Company | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was working atop a 7-foot-high refrigerator case, spackling a sheet rock column. He was about to climb down when he tripped on debris and fell to the concrete floor, suffering severe injuries including six broken vertebrae and two broken collarbones. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-10 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Dietz & Watson, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was handling the electrical power cord of a refrigerator truck when he was shocked. His hand became numb and required hospitalization. | |||||
2018-01-23 | De Forest | Wisconsin | Waltco, Inc. | Hip(s) | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was moving a refrigerator with a hand dolly. While lifting, the employee's hip joint displaced out of its socket. | |||||
2017-09-05 | Dallas | Texas | Service Refrigeration Inc | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ladder while servicing a refrigerator, suffering a skull fracture. | |||||
2017-08-03 | Amsterdam | New York | St. Mary's Healthcare | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
While moving a refrigerator through a doorway, an employee amputated the right index finger when it was caught inside a hole in the metal doorframe. | |||||
2017-07-16 | Xenia | Ohio | Lowes | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was delivering a refrigerator at a customer's residence when he slipped on the floor. The refrigerator and dolly then fell on and broke his ankle. | |||||
2017-07-06 | The Woodlands | Texas | Pritchard Industries, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a refrigerator through a doorway when his right thumb was caught and partially amputated between the door and the refrigerator. | |||||
2017-06-11 | Altoona | Pennsylvania | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was loading a refrigerator onto a delivery truck when he lost his balance while the gate was raised and fell to the ground below, rupturing his spleen. | |||||
2017-06-09 | Akron | Ohio | Cleveland Clinic Akron General | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee tripped and fell into a refrigerator, breaking her nose and leg. | |||||
2017-02-07 | Chillicothe | Missouri | STONE BRIDGE SENIOR LIVING | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee tripped while walking to the refrigerator in the dining area, falling to the floor and injuring a ball socket. The employee required surgery. | |||||
2016-09-24 | Lake Buena Vista | Florida | Walt Disney Parks & Resorts | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
An employee was loading refrigerated trailers and pulled down on a refrigerator door. The employee felt chest pains and initially believed he was having a heart attack. The employee was admitted to the hospital where it was later diagnosed to be a strain on his sternum. | |||||
2016-07-29 | Dallas | Texas | The Jordan Apartments | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
While installing a refrigerator and pushing it into place, an employee's finger became stuck between the wall and the refrigerator. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2016-07-29 | Westborough | Massachusett | ATOSA CATERING EQUIPMENT INC. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway |
An employee was moving two refrigerators with a pallet jack when the top refrigerator tipped over and landed on the employee. The employee suffered bruises and broken vertebrae. | |||||
2016-06-10 | Washington | District Of | Levy Restaurants | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was opening a refrigerator when it fell on her, injuring her ankle and requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-02-22 | Orlando | Florida | Waste Pro USA, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading a refrigerator into the back of a truck when the blade that pushes debris into the truck caught his gloved left hand and partially amputated his middle and ring fingers. | |||||
2015-12-08 | Dallas | Texas | Kenco Logistics | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
A forklift operator clipped a refrigerator while backing up. The refrigerator fell onto an employee who was driving a golf cart in the warehouse resulting in head injuries. | |||||
2015-10-26 | Gardiner | Maine | R C Management | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was working the front counter when a counter top refrigerator slipped off the counter and struck her left leg. She was hospitalized with a deep laceration and contusion to her left leg. | |||||
2015-09-09 | Saint Joseph | Missouri | Greg's Appliances and Sales | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
An employee was checking on a heater-type coil in a refrigerator/freezer unit in the basement of the facility. The employee was working on the unit with two alligator clips in each hand while possibly standing in water; the plug was 110 voltage. The employee sustained a possible electrical shock. | |||||
2015-07-28 | Holiday | Florida | Sunshine Christian Homes, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a box of oranges in the walk-in refrigerator. She hit her head against the door, scraped both forearms, and fell to the floor on both knees, fracturing one kneecap. She was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2015-07-17 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Wolverine Services | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
Two employees were moving a refrigerator from the second floor to the first floor. One employee lost his grip on the refrigerator while going down the stairs. The refrigerator struck the injured employee, breaking three ribs and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-06-16 | Little Rock | Arkansas | CHI St. Vincent Little Rock | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
The refrigerator and ice maker in the break room were leaking causing water to drain onto the floor. An employee placed items in the refrigerator and was going to the assignment board when she slipped and fell fracturing her patella which required surgery. | |||||
2015-04-05 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Bon Apetit Management Company, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Nonclassifiable |
An employee preparing for food service passed out in the walk-in refrigerator while reaching for supplies. The employee was hospitalized. |