Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tri-County Industries, Inc., 159 TCI Park Road, GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA 16127
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee parked a garbage truck on the side of the road, then began to cross the road to pick up garbage. The employee was struck by an oncoming vehicle, suffering a broken leg, arm, and ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Passenger vehicle, unspecified
More severe injuries at Tri-County Industries, Inc.
An employee had dumped a 2-yard dumpster. He then used the control box to wind the winch cable. The winch cable was wrapped around the employee's left hand and also became caught on something on the side of the truck. The employee pulled his gloved hand out of the winch cable and sustained a laceration to his left middle fingertip. The injury required surgery and involved loss of bone.
A garbage truck driver had picked up a trash bag and was walking back to his truck when a vehicle struck him, knocking him unconscious. He suffered a dislocated left shoulder and a broken bone above his right ankle. He was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a winch to unload a 2-yard rear loading dumpster. The employee's gloved left hand got caught in the winch mechanism causing an amputation to the first joint of the left pinky finger.
An employee was standing on a foot stand on the side of a garbage truck. As he stepped back and off the stand, an oncoming vehicle struck his left side, resulting in fractures to his face and pelvis.
An employee was crossing the road in front of a store, on the way to retrieve shopping carts from the parking lot. A motor vehicle ran her over. She suffered injuries to multiple body parts, including the back, pelvis, ribs, and a femur.
An employee was standing in a bike lane, using a backpack leaf blower to blow grass off a street onto the sidewalk. A passing car struck the employee, who suffered a broken left arm and left foot.
An employee was in an aerial lift on a public road. A truck hit the lift basket and its ladder/ladder rack injured the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
At about 9:00 a.m., an employee stepped out of a waste management truck to service recycling totes. The truck's right front tire ran over his right foot, breaking his ankle.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 562111)
An employee was operating the compaction levers on a truck when a motor vehicle crashed into the back of the stopped truck. The employee sustained fractured ribs and contusions.
A maintenance employee was moving a forklift from the loading dock when the forklift fell off the dock. The employee was struck by the overhead portion of the roll bar, injuring his right knee. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
An employee was standing on the driver side rear step of a trash truck while traveling down a road to collect residential trash. The employee went to signal the driver and slipped off the step while the truck was traveling 8-9 miles per hour. He fell 18 inches to the ground and was hospitalized with a fractured ankle that required surgery.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.