WALKER, LOUISIANA—
The Martin-Brower Company
Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at The Martin-Brower Company, 15900 Industry Way, WALKER, LOUISIANA 70785 on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
A pallet jack went into motion without an operator, crushing an employee's lower leg against a piece of angle iron. The employee suffered an ankle fracture. The pallet jack was tagged out at the time.
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An employee was preparing to make a delivery to a store when his hand was caught in the side lift gate of the trailer. The employee sustained tissue amputations of his middle and ring fingertips and an open fracture to the tuft of his ring finger.
JENA, LOUISIANA—
The Martin-Brower Company
An employee was making a delivery with a truck when their left hand was caught in the lift gate. The left middle finger was severed including part of the nail and required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.
WALKER, LOUISIANA—
The Martin-Brower Company
An employee was moving pallets of products on the warehouse floor. While repositioning an electric pallet jack, her foot was pinned between the pallet jack and an empty pallet. She was hospitalized with lacerations and fractures to the first, fourth, and fifth toes, requiring surgery.
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