Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company, 100 West Hershey Park Drive, HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA 17033
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was struck from behind by a golf cart causing two fractured ankles and ribs.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Golf cart, personnel transport cart
More severe injuries at Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company
An employee was dislodging a towbar and hitch between two golf carts. The upper part of the employee's left index finger was pinched in the towbar/hitch, causing an amputation at the last joint.
An employee was operating a forklift when it struck a large planter and rolled onto its side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left ankle.
Ventilation fans inside the restrooms of the employee cafeteria experienced a mechanical issue, causing smoke to occupy the restroom. An employee working in the cafeteria at the time of the mechanical issue experienced trouble breathing and had an asthma attack due to smoke inhalation, requiring hospitalization.
On December 30, 2023, an employee was pulling a pallet into the back room when a forklift rounded the corner and ran over the employee's right foot. Three of the employee's toes were amputated.
An employee was unwrapping a pallet of empty buckets. The employee stepped backward and was struck by a powered industrial truck carrying a pallet of bucket lids, resulting in a left ankle fracture.
An employee was walking in the racking area to check parts when they were struck by an oncoming forklift. The front wheel ran over the employee's right leg, resulting in fractures to the leg and ankle.
An employee was exiting a trailer for it to be loaded when their right ankle was pinned between a piece of angle iron that was anchored to the floor and a long pallet being pushed by a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee sustained an ankle fracture and was hospitalized.
A tow truck operator was operating his bed controls on the drivers side when another vehicle crashed into him. The employee sustained fractures to the right femur, hip, and left foot, as well as abrasions to the right knee and a laceration to the right wrist.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 721110)
An employee was checking credentials for vehicles entering an area. While approaching a vehicle that had failed to stop as instructed, the employee lost his balance and fell backward, landing on his back. The car struck him, and he suffered a tailbone fracture and a kidney injury.
An employee was removing rigging from a post-tensioning strand when it suddenly whipped and unwound. The employee suffered an avulsion to the right thumb.
An employee was entering a doorway on the seventeenth floor of an enclosed building when the door closed on his left index finger, crushing it. The fingertip was amputated.
A restroom stall door swung open, bounced back at the employee, and the coat hook on the door impaled his left eye. He was hospitalized, requiring 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.