Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jetro Holdings LLC., 10110 Foster Ave , BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11236
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee fell to the ground while climbing onto the driver's seat of a box truck, suffering a head injury.
An employee was working in the aisle stocking items when a forklift was leaving the receiving department. The forklift hit the employee in the stock aisle and pinned them against the shelving unit. The employee sustained a broken ankle and a ruptured liver.
To help move cardboard boxes, an employee used a lift machine to move the pallets storing the boxes. He exited the lift while it was still in motion and his hand was caught between the back of the lift and a yellow bin. He was hospitalized with a broken/bruised right thumb/palm.
An employee was operating a reach forklift in an aisle that had been blocked off with a safety barrier. A customer went under the safety barrier and walked in front of the forklift to grab a case of mayonnaise. The employee tried to step off the forklift, but his shirt got stuck on the drive handle. The forklift then accelerated into steel pallet racking and the employee was pinned between the rack and the forklift. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.
An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.
An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.
An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.
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