Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kohls, 2019 N I35 E., DESOTO, TEXAS 75115
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a pallet rider. When he stepped off the moving pallet rider, it ran over and injured his left ankle.
On 5/10/2024 at about 6:25 a.m., an employee was unloading a truck and was walking when she struck the heel of a fellow employee and fell to the floor. She sustained a hip fracture and required surgery.
An employee was walking through the store when she tripped over the floor transition where the floor changes from concrete to tile. She fell to the floor, landing on her shoulder. The employee sustained a shoulder fracture.
On December 30, 2023, an employee was pulling a pallet into the back room when a forklift rounded the corner and ran over the employee's right foot. Three of the employee's toes were amputated.
An employee was unwrapping a pallet of empty buckets. The employee stepped backward and was struck by a powered industrial truck carrying a pallet of bucket lids, resulting in a left ankle fracture.
An employee was walking in the racking area to check parts when they were struck by an oncoming forklift. The front wheel ran over the employee's right leg, resulting in fractures to the leg and ankle.
An employee was exiting a trailer for it to be loaded when their right ankle was pinned between a piece of angle iron that was anchored to the floor and a long pallet being pushed by a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee sustained an ankle fracture and was hospitalized.
A tow truck operator was operating his bed controls on the drivers side when another vehicle crashed into him. The employee sustained fractures to the right femur, hip, and left foot, as well as abrasions to the right knee and a laceration to the right wrist.
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