Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Exel dba DHL Supply Chain, 3000 Cantrell Sansom Road, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76131
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a stand-up reach forklift and struck an interior drywall, lost consciousness and had a seizure.
HospitalizedBrainForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
On November 22, 2022, a temporary employee was operating an end-rider pallet jack when it struck a nearby forklift. The employee's right ankle became caught between the end-rider and the forks of the other forklift, resulting in an ankle laceration and fracture. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
On October 25, 2023, an employee was in the warehouse driving a forklift toward the dock door. The forklift struck a conveyor belt and the employee sustained broken ribs.
An employee was using a walkie-rider to load a trailer. As she turned a corner, the walkie-rider struck the trailer and the employee was thrown to the ground. She was hospitalized with a fractured left leg.
An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was hooking up a set of 28-foot trailers, attaching a converter dolly to the lead trailer's pintle hook. He backed up the lead trailer and parked it a foot from the converter dolly, then lifted the converter dolly and rolled it to the lead trailer to set it onto the hook. The converter dolly kicked up, and the employee's left hand was caught between it and the trailer. He suffered a severe laceration to the palm between the ring finger and middle finger.
An employee was cleaning the windshield of his truck. When he stepped down from the truck, he lost balance and reached to catch himself using the side mirror. The impact fractured his left wrist. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was standing on the DOT bumper on the back of a standard 53-foot trailer. The employee lost his footing and his grip on the handle bar, and fell approximately 42 inches to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip/femur.
A driver was making a delivery. As he was climbing onto his trailer to get boxes, the strap he was using to pull himself up broke. He fell from the back of the trailer to the ground, landing on his right leg and breaking his femur.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.