Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Innovel Solutions, Inc., 1 Imeson Park Blvd Building 200, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32218
on — Amputations, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a motorized pallet jack in the warehouse and pinched his left foot between the wheel and a metal plate resulting in the amputation of his left big toe.
An employee was adjusting a dock leveler that was jammed when a third-party employee stepped on the dock plate, causing it to drop on the employee's right hand. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the right pinky and ring fingers, requiring surgery.
An employee was manually pulling orders and loading 50 inch TV's (in box) onto a pallet when he suffered an apparent heart attack and then fell to the concrete floor where he also sustained a skull fracture and brain bleed.
An employee was training on an rolling container carrier on the dry, non-frozen storage side of the distribution center. She made a turn around the end cap and her right foot struck the rail protecting the endcap racking. The employee's foot was fractured.
An employee was a passenger in a utility vehicle that was driving up a hill on a wooded trail. As the vehicle made a right turn, three fingers on the employee's right hand were caught against a tree and fractured.
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.