NORFOLK, NEBRASKA—
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc., 1301 W. Omaha Ave, NORFOLK, NEBRASKA 68701 on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a seated motorized pallet jack and struck a steel bollard causing a fracture to his left hip.
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KENOSHA, WISCONSIN—
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An employee was using an electric pallet jack to unload a trailer. While a pallet of product was being moved, it struck the trailer's overhead door and fell onto the employee. The employee suffered a severe head injury and was hospitalized.
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A stack of items on a pallet jack was being moved through a trailer door. The top of the stack struck the door causing the door to fall onto an employee. The employee suffered broken ribs and torso contusions.
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An employee was opening a roll-up door when his glove was caught in the door's rope, resulting in a partial amputation to his right index fingertip.
SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI—
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
An employee was pulling products from a storage rack when a damaged cardboard box collapsed, causing a pallet full of product to fall approximately 15 feet. The 700-pound pallet struck the left side of the employee's body, resulting in an injury to the left shoulder and hip.
NORFOLK, NEBRASKA—
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
An employee was backing up a stand-on pallet jack. The employee's right foot and toes were caught and injured between the pallet jack and a parked one.
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