Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Loomis Armored, 8040 S. Madison St., BURR RIDGE, ILLINOIS 60527
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
The injured employee was standing between two vehicles and was working on one of them. The other vehicle started and lurched forward pinning the injured employee between the two vehicles.
The employee was inspecting the interior of the armored vehicle. As he closed the side door of the vehicle, his left index finger got caught in the door, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was going to fill a pallet with items from the warehouse. He was reaching for the handle of the pallet jack but unintentionally grabbed the throttle, causing the pallet jack to move and pin him against another pallet jack. The employee sustained a leg fracture.
An employee was loading merchandise onto rolling containers that were on a remote-operated order picker. While reorganizing merchandise to prevent top loading, the employee's wireless control device contacted a container and caused the order picker to move forward. The employee's right ring finger was caught between two containers and was amputated above the first knuckle.
The injured employee was operating an elevator at a construction site. He went from the tenth floor to the eleventh floor with a plumber and a scissor lift in the elevator. The plumber was using a remote to operate the scissor lift. As the scissor lift was exiting the elevator, a pipe that was on the scissor lift struck the injured employee's chest. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was dismantling the engine from a vehicle. The vehicle slid off the loader and struck the employee, pushing him into his toolbox. The employee sustained a broken jaw.
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