Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Performance Food Group Inc., 4141 Lucius McCelvey Drive, TEMPLE, TEXAS 76504
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
While lifting a pallet of cases, three cases fell off the pallet. The forklift operator picked up two cases and stacked them on the dash of the standing forklift. When he went to pick up the third case, the other two cases fell over engaging both the dead man's switch and the joystick, causing the forklift to rotate pinning him against an adjacent forklift.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
More severe injuries at Performance Food Group Inc.
An employee was picking items from the freezer section of the warehouse. When he stepped down onto the floor, he turned on the planted foot, and felt a "pop" and pain in his knee. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated knee and two torn tendons. He required surgery to repair the tendons.
An employee was inside a trailer securing food products. The employee went to secure the rear roll-up door by grabbing the rope and started to pull the door down when completed. The rope was wet causing his hands to slip and he lost his balance, falling to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a bulging spinal disc, requiring surgery.
An employee was placing a pallet into a location when they slipped off the platform of the electric pallet jack. As they fell, their left leg was pinched between the pallet jack and a wooden pallet, resulting in a fracture that required surgery.
An employee was stacking a case of products on top of a pallet when he lost his balance and his finger got caught in the pinch point of the electric pallet jack. The employee sustained a partial right middle finger amputation.
An employee was going to fill a pallet with items from the warehouse. He was reaching for the handle of the pallet jack but unintentionally grabbed the throttle, causing the pallet jack to move and pin him against another pallet jack. The employee sustained a leg fracture.
An employee was loading merchandise onto rolling containers that were on a remote-operated order picker. While reorganizing merchandise to prevent top loading, the employee's wireless control device contacted a container and caused the order picker to move forward. The employee's right ring finger was caught between two containers and was amputated above the first knuckle.
The injured employee was operating an elevator at a construction site. He went from the tenth floor to the eleventh floor with a plumber and a scissor lift in the elevator. The plumber was using a remote to operate the scissor lift. As the scissor lift was exiting the elevator, a pipe that was on the scissor lift struck the injured employee's chest. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was dismantling the engine from a vehicle. The vehicle slid off the loader and struck the employee, pushing him into his toolbox. The employee sustained a broken jaw.
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