Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wal-Mart Supercenter #287, 1801 Highway 78 E, JASPER, ALABAMA 35501
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
Employees were moving a 53-foot trailer with a forklift. The trailer shifted and began to fall towards a parked truck. One of the two employees ran between the trailer and truck to stop it from hitting the truck. Employee sustained a broken left arm, requiring surgery and hospitalization.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
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