Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Saddle Creek Logistics Services, 4670 Railhead Road, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76106
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was loading a pallet of material onto a pallet jack and was struck by a forklift that was operating in reverse resulting in a broken left leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
More severe injuries at Saddle Creek Logistics Services
An employee was removing a label from a conveyor when their hand got caught in the conveyor, resulting in a fracture and laceration to the right hand that required stitches and surgery.
An employee was putting away products using a ladder. As the employee was descending the ladder, she lost her footing and fell to the floor, resulting in a concussion.
An employee was operating a standup clamp truck, transporting a large box (washing machine) across a facility. As the truck passed a structural support beam, the corner of a clamp at the back struck the beam. The resulting jolt caused the employee to fall out of the truck, which continued to roll forward and struck the employee's foot. The employee suffered a partially amputated big toe.
An employee was looking into the bucket of a front-end loader to see how much material was in it. A skid steer backed into the employee, who then fell into the edge of the front loader's bucket and suffered internal bleeding in the abdominal area.
An employee was spotting for a forklift operation. The forklift backed over the employee, who suffered a complete amputation to one lower leg and a partial amputation to the other leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning his work area and preparing it to begin making air-set molds
when a nearby forklift that was backing out from a load swung around and struck the employee. They sustained a lower left leg fracture.
An employee was operating a rider pallet jack when it struck a stand-up forklift. The forks struck both of the employee's ankles, resulting in hospitalization.
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An employee was using a hook tool to pull a pallet onto the lift gate of a tractor trailer. The hook detached from the underside of the pallet, causing the employee to fall backward off the lift gate. The employee landed on the concrete parking lot about 5 feet below, suffering fractures to the skull and two thoracic vertebrae.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
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