Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kane's Furniture, 5700 70th Ave N, PINELLAS PARK, FLORIDA 33781
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
On or about 4/11/2016, an employee was helping to guide and signal a backing truck when he was struck by the truck, eventually requiring hospitalization for a back injury.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
An employee was on the back of a truck, pulling a trash box onto the truck's lift gate. His foot slipped off the ramp, and he fell backward off the lift gate and landed on his back on the concrete street. He suffered broken vertebra in the lower back.
An employee was looking into the bucket of a front-end loader to see how much material was in it. A skid steer backed into the employee, who then fell into the edge of the front loader's bucket and suffered internal bleeding in the abdominal area.
An employee was spotting for a forklift operation. The forklift backed over the employee, who suffered a complete amputation to one lower leg and a partial amputation to the other leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning his work area and preparing it to begin making air-set molds
when a nearby forklift that was backing out from a load swung around and struck the employee. They sustained a lower left leg fracture.
On August 30, 2025, an employee was moving product using a hand truck/dolly. He observed an electric pallet jack obstructing his path and went to relocate it. The electric pallet jack ran over his right ankle, dislocating it.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.