A New England supermarket chain will pay $400,000 in fines, hire a full-time safety officer and make other improvements in a settlement with OSHA. The agency said the company failed to protect and train its employees.

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Tags: cut hazards, fell onto concrete floor, Market Basket, OSHA settlement

A worker at a grocery store fell 11 feet onto a concrete floor and suffered broken bones and head trauma. Instead of calling 911, store management lifted the worker into a wheelchair and pushed him to a dock to wait for a relative to take him to the hospital.

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Tags: broken bones, emergency services, employee fall, General Duty Clause, head trauma, Market Basket, repeat citation