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

Here’s another example of why companies want to have clean OSHA records: Once an employer gets on the agency’s hit list, additional violations will be even more costly.

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Tags: fall protection, OSHA violation, repeat citation