Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Central Transport, Spring City Terminal, 1200 Wrights Lane, WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA 19380
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
At 7:00 PM on July 6, 2016, at the truck docks, an employee was lifting a plastic 55-gallon drum onto a skid when the drum fell onto his right thumb. His right thumb was crushed, requiring surgery and overnight hospitalization.
An employee was operating a forklift to load pallets inside of trailers. While on the forklift inside of a trailer, the employee reached through the forks from her seat to place a shipping label on a pallet. The controls were pressed and the pallets came down on her right forearm, resulting in a fracture in two places.
An employee reached through the mast of a forklift while scanning a bar code on a pallet. The mast was activated and lowered onto her arm, breaking it.
An employee was scanning freight on a forklift through the mast of the lift and bumped the mast lever. The employee's right arm was caught by the mast resulting in a forearm fracture that required surgery.
An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was hooking up a set of 28-foot trailers, attaching a converter dolly to the lead trailer's pintle hook. He backed up the lead trailer and parked it a foot from the converter dolly, then lifted the converter dolly and rolled it to the lead trailer to set it onto the hook. The converter dolly kicked up, and the employee's left hand was caught between it and the trailer. He suffered a severe laceration to the palm between the ring finger and middle finger.
An employee was cleaning the windshield of his truck. When he stepped down from the truck, he lost balance and reached to catch himself using the side mirror. The impact fractured his left wrist. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was standing on the DOT bumper on the back of a standard 53-foot trailer. The employee lost his footing and his grip on the handle bar, and fell approximately 42 inches to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip/femur.
A driver was making a delivery. As he was climbing onto his trailer to get boxes, the strap he was using to pull himself up broke. He fell from the back of the trailer to the ground, landing on his right leg and breaking his femur.
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.