Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Americold Logistics, 2525 Bergey Road, HATFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA 19440
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
While standing in an aisle, an employee picking cases and loading them onto an electric pallet jack was struck by another electric pallet jack operated by another employee resulting in a broken leg.
An employee was driving a forklift when it struck a bollard. The force of the collision ejected him from the forklift; he struck a concrete surface and suffered a broken pelvis. He was hospitalized.
An employee was changing the battery on a forklift when the battery popped, causing plastic pieces from the battery casing to lacerate his eyelid area.
An employee was driving a motorized pallet jack down a docking ramp. He had to stop abruptly to avoid striking another machine that was driving up, and he fell off the pallet jack and broke his ankle.
An employee was using a forklift to retrieve pallets to load a trailer. As the employee came through a door, another forklift's forks entered the compartment of the employee's own vehicle. The employee's foot was injured.
On December 30, 2023, an employee was pulling a pallet into the back room when a forklift rounded the corner and ran over the employee's right foot. Three of the employee's toes were amputated.
An employee was unwrapping a pallet of empty buckets. The employee stepped backward and was struck by a powered industrial truck carrying a pallet of bucket lids, resulting in a left ankle fracture.
An employee was walking in the racking area to check parts when they were struck by an oncoming forklift. The front wheel ran over the employee's right leg, resulting in fractures to the leg and ankle.
An employee was exiting a trailer for it to be loaded when their right ankle was pinned between a piece of angle iron that was anchored to the floor and a long pallet being pushed by a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee sustained an ankle fracture and was hospitalized.
A tow truck operator was operating his bed controls on the drivers side when another vehicle crashed into him. The employee sustained fractures to the right femur, hip, and left foot, as well as abrasions to the right knee and a laceration to the right wrist.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 493120)
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a double pallet jack. While he was pushing a pallet back, the pallet jack moved and the handle crushed his finger against racking.
An employee was offloading tools from a van and walking them over to the curb. He lost his footing and fell while carrying a jackhammer. The jackhammer fell and caught the employee's right little finger against the curb. The employee's finger was amputated.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.