Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Concussions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Restaurant Depot, 1070 Thomas Bush Memorial Highway, PENNSAUKEN, NEW JERSEY 08110
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
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Final narrative
An employee operating a forklift backed off of a loading dock and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.
HospitalizedBrainForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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An employee was operating a forklift to move panels around the dock area when the vehicle struck a joint where the two floors meet. The employee lurched forward and struck his head on the steering wheel. The employee then fell from the vehicle and sustained a dislocated disc in their back, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was standing inside a semi-trailer when the driver of the semi-trailer pulled away, causing the employee to fall backward and strike their head on a steel dock plate. The employee suffered a skull fracture, a fractured L1 vertebra, a broken coccyx, a laceration/abrasion to the head, and a brain bleed.
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