Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BUNZL DISTRIBUTION MIDCENTRAL INC., 905 Crossroads Parkway, ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS 60446
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee suffered a foot injury requiring hospitalization when his foot was caught between the forklift and an angle iron secured to the floor while dismounting a moving forklift.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
More severe injuries at BUNZL DISTRIBUTION MIDCENTRAL INC.
On September 10, 2021, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the injured employee was standing in between their powered industrial truck and a pallet of goods stacked approximately 7 feet high. A second employee was traveling through the aisle, pushing three pallets of goods stacked approximately 7 feet high and struck the injured employee's pallet. The pallet struck the injured employee and pinned their left foot between it and the PIV platform and their abdomen against the goods on the pallet and the PIV guardrail. The employee sustained trauma to the left foot and ankle and a fractured ribcage.
An employee was driving a double pallet jack down an aisle when another piece of equipment came through the aisle. Realizing that the two pieces of equipment were about to collide, the employee jumped off the pallet jack. It then ran over his leg, breaking his leg/ankle.
An employee was operating a forklift when the load shifted. The employee jumped from the forklift and it rolled backward, falling off the ramp and pinning the employee underneath it. They sustained head trauma and injuries to the shoulder, arm, pelvis, and leg.
An employee was operating a rider-style powered pallet jack. He lost his balance causing him to fall off and become trapped between it and a wall. He suffered a broken pelvis and was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a stand-on mower down a hill when the mower started sliding. The employee jumped off the mower and fell to the ground. Their hand was cut by the mower blade, resulting in a laceration and a thumb amputation.
An employee was driving a package car around a building on UPS property when the vehicle struck a bump. The force from hitting the bump unbuckled the employee's seatbelt and caused them to fall out of the vehicle onto the asphalt. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for fractures to their hip and pelvis.
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