Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Penn Beer Distributors, Inc., Narberth Beverage, NARBERTH, PENNSYLVANIA 19072
on — Fractures, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was removing a 1/2 keg of beer from the truck when it fell on his foot and fractured two toes.
An employee was traveling on a walker rider as it headed for the outer wall of the warehouse office. He jumped off the front of the rider which caused his legs to be caught between the base of the rider and the yellow safety rail. The employee sustained a fractured right fibula.
An employee was delivering a keg of beer when he lost balance and dropped the keg on his right foot/big toe. The employee's right foot/big toe were fractured and required surgery.
An employee was selecting cases in a warehouse when they were struck by a pallet jack, resulting in a crushed right ankle that required hospitalization.
An employee parked their truck and was lowering the lift gate to unload and service an account at a convenience store. A vehicle pulled out from a parking spot and pinned the employee against the lift gate. The employee sustained a leg amputation.
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.