Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rue 21, 491 Park Drive, WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA 26062
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
On February 4, 2016, at approximately 4:00pm, an employee was operating a Ryder pallet jack in a 9'10" wide aisle way. He passed a second employee operating another pallet jack in the opposite direction. The load of pallets on the second employee's pallet jack struck a guardrail causing a pallet to fall onto the employee and lacerate his right calf.
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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