DRACUT, MASSACHUSETTS—
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc., 33 Silva Lane , DRACUT, MASSACHUSETTS 01826 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On December 6, 2018, an employee parked a forklift behind a trailer on the loading dock, got off the forklift and was reading a shipping manifest. Another forklift backed out of a trailer and pinned the injured employee between the two forklifts. The employee suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized.
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DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS—
OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE INC
An employee connected a trailer to his truck and began inspecting the trailer when he was struck by another truck trailer that was back-to-back with his trailer. The employee sustained internal injuries and a fractured vertebra.
MONTROSE, COLORADO—
OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE INC
An employee was unloading a pallet of freight at a customer's location. He was moving the pallet onto the liftgate of the truck when the liftgate dropped a couple of inches and the pallet rolled forward. His foot was caught in or under the pallet and he fell off the liftgate. He sustained a broken right femur as well as a cut above his eye from hitting the ground. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS—
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
A truck driver was manually loading customer tires into a trailer when a pile of tires fell on top of him, fracturing his hip.
FOREST VIEW, ILLINOIS—
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc
The injured employee was training employee 2 on the switcher when the injured employee fell off the switcher and landed on the ground. The injured employee sustained lacerations to their left leg.
PARSONS, KANSAS—
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
An employee was vacuuming the inside of his tractor when his foot slipped off the tractor steps and he fell onto a concrete curb at the fuel bay. The employee sustained two broken ribs on the right side and a punctured lung.
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