READING, PENNSYLVANIA—
Penske Logistics
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Penske Logistics, 2675 Morgantown Road, READING, PENNSYLVANIA 19607 on — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was removing personal equipment from the cab of a temporary tractor. He fell while stepping down from the tractor, landing on the ground and suffering two broken ribs and bleeding in a lung.
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An employee was operating an electric pallet jack, delivering pallets of groceries to a store. The employee was walking backward when her foot was pinned between the pallet jack and a video pole, resulting in lacerations and fractures to her ankle and heel. She was hospitalized.
CANASTOTA, NEW YORK—
Penske Logistics
An employee was unloading pallets of product from a trailer when a plastic-wrapped pallet became stuck against the bulkhead of the trailer. The employee was dislodging the pallet when he lost his grip and fell backward, striking his head on the side of the trailer. He then tripped over the forks of a pallet jack and fell to the floor of the trailer. The employee was hospitalized with a brain bleed and pain in his lower back and ribs.
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Penske Logistics
An employee was cutting boxes with a safety knife. The safety guard on the knife broke off and the knife lacerated his left forearm. He was hospitalized.
JACK, ALABAMA—
Penske Logistics
An employee was on a catwalk five feet above the ground to see into a refrigerator trailer engine. As the employee was adjusting the belt on the engine, they fell off the catwalk to the concrete below, resulting in a left hip fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
LAREDO, TEXAS—
Penske Logistics
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift in the warehouse when it struck another forklift. His left foot was caught between the two forklifts. The employee was hospitalized with a foot fracture and lacerations that required surgery.
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