BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA—
Averitt Express
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Averitt Express, Dykes Electric Inc., BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70814 on — Fractures, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee's left big toe was crushed and fractured when a pallet slid off the forks of a forklift and landed on the employee's foot. The employee had surgery and was hospitalized overnight.
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An employee was unloading freight from a truck. The pallet holding the freight slid and the lift gate came down on the employee's left foot, breaking the foot and the ankle.
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