DENVER, COLORADO—
Forward Air, Inc.
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Forward Air, Inc., 4555 Geneva St, DENVER, COLORADO 80238 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was trying to get a dock plate up to put in the back of a trailer. The plate was stuck. Another employee picked it back up; the first employee slipped and fell, and his hand was pinched by the lip of the dock plate. He suffered a partial amputation to the left thumb (with no bone loss).
More severe injuries at Forward Air, Inc.
IRVING, TEXAS—
Forward Air Inc
An employee had been pulling up a dock plate. The dock plate came down on top of the employee's foot causing a crush injury.
GROVEPORT, OHIO—
Forward Air, Inc.
An employee was operating a forklift when it ran out of fuel. Another employee helped push the forklift to a fuel point. The operator's left foot was caught between the forklift and the fueling station. The operator was hospitalized for a left foot fracture.
COLUMBUS, OHIO—
Forward Air, Inc.
On December 28, 2021, an employee was struck by a load of materials that slid off a pallet on a passing forklift. The employee suffered a broken elbow.
MIAMI, FLORIDA—
FORWARD AIR, INC.
An employee was moving a small container to a staging area with a forklift. The employee lowered the container to the ground, but one of the forklift's forks jammed in the wheels of the container. The employee exited the lift and got the container to release. The pressure on the forks released and the left blade fell, landing onto the employee's big toe less than 2 feet below and cutting it. The employee was hospitalized. The toenail was removed.
GROVEPORT, OHIO—
Forward Air, Inc.
An employee was moving empty pallets with a forklift. When the forklift stopped, the employee fell off to the ground and suffered broken neck vertebrae.
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