Struck against stationary object or equipment, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Trimark USA, 176 Greenwood Avenue, RUMFORD, RHODE ISLAND 02916
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the elbow(s).
Final narrative
An employee was installing an ice machine at a customer's location. While doing so, he bumped his left elbow on the machine and received a small scratch. The next day it started to swell and turn red. He was hospitalized for an infection in the wound.
The injured employee was standing beside a forklift she had been driving when a second forklift approached her. The injured employee was talking to the other driver when the second forklift drove forward and pinned the injured employee's foot between the two forklifts. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.
An employee was unwrapping a pallet on the back of a truck. The employee slipped on the plastic, fell off the truck, and was injured, requiring hospitalization.
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An employee was getting out of a yard truck to go into a warehouse to get paperwork when his left calf was caught on the hook attached to the truck's battery box. The employee sustained a laceration.
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An employee was manually moving empty pallets in a warehouse. The employee struck their head on a racking system, suffered head injuries, and was hospitalized.
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