Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at KEHE DISTRIBUTORS, LLC, 5201 N. Sheridan Road, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60640
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee sustained a fractured ankle while delivering food at a customer site.
An employee was using a turret truck to retrieve a pallet. The unit became stuck and the cabin housing came down quickly, injuring the employee. They sustained lumbar spine fractures.
On November 17, 2022, an employee was operating a electric-powered pallet jack in a warehouse when his foot became caught between the pallet jack and an adjacent metal rack, resulting in multiple fractures to his right foot. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was driving a forklift through a warehouse aisle. The forklift steered into a metal rack, pinning his right foot against the rack. He was hospitalized.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
An employee was fixing a metal plate on a dock when the plate fell and crushed his left middle and index fingers. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingers.
An employee was walking into the store through a rear exit door when the door closed behind him and caught his left ring finger between the door and the door frame, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was removing boxes from an automated carton erection machine. The employee's right thumb was caught in the chain and gear of the machine, which amputated the thumb tip.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.