Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lazer Spot, Inc., 1101 Denton Rd, PACIFIC, MISSOURI 63069
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to roll a trailer door when his foot slipped off the rear trailer bumper while he was still holding onto the door strap. The door then came down and crushed his left hand, resulting in an amputation of his left pinky fingertip.
A driver was retrieving paperwork from the trailer. He climbed onto the elevated trailer deck for the paperwork and upon attempting to get down from the back of the trailer, he fell approximately 4 feet onto the concrete surface. The employee sustained a fractured hip and wrist.
An employee was driving a truck and pulling an empty trailer from a dock door at a warehouse facility. As the empty trailer moved to a drop lot, the truck and trailer rolled over. The employee sustained broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a lacerated spleen.
A trailer was moved to reposition itself while the doors were open. An employee was behind the trailer when product on the trailer fell onto him, knocking him to the ground. The employee suffered a hairline neck fracture and intracranial hemorrhage.
A truck driver was closing the doors on his trailer when another truck struck the trailer causing the truck to bounce and shake erratically. The driver suffered a broken pelvis and a laceration across his back.
An employee opened the back door of a trailer and a boxed hot water heater fell from the top of a double stacked row and struck him on the shoulder, knocking him to the ground and resulting in a right hip fracture.
An employee was climbing down from a tractor trailer bed when they lost their footing and grabbed onto the roll-up door to stop the fall. The roll-up door then fell onto the employee's hand, resulting in a hand fracture that required surgery.
An employee was attempting to remove a tarp from a flatbed trailer when the trailer handle struck the employee in the chest, resulting in two broken ribs and a punctured lung.
An employee was near a backhoe while the operator was getting a broom. The broom handle struck the lever that actuates the swing of the backhoe bucket. The bucket then struck the injured employee, pinning him to the outrigger. The employee suffered crush injuries to the chest.
The injured employee was being trained on loading trucks in the load out bay. The injured employee and his supervisor climbed the stairs that run parallel to the truck and trailer, walked to the upper platform used for observation and sample taking, and saw that the lid of the grain trailer was closed. The employees began working to open the lid which appeared to be stuck due to cold weather. The injured employee pulled on one of the pivot arms that connect the lid to the main body of the trailer. As the lid began to open, the employee s right hand slipped down on the pivot arm and his index finger was caught between the pivot arm and the base of the pivot arm. The employee s right index finger was fractured and three nerves were severed. The employee was hospitalized.
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