Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at UPS Freight, 2600 East Pioneer Drive, IRVING, TEXAS 75061
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was hooking up a trailer and was crushed between a jockey truck and trailer. The employee was hospitalized for crushed ribs.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersIndustrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
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An employee was spotting for a forklift operation. The forklift backed over the employee, who suffered a complete amputation to one lower leg and a partial amputation to the other leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning his work area and preparing it to begin making air-set molds
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A truck driver was preparing a hose to load a chemical tanker trailer with sulfuric acid when sulfuric acid splashed the left side of their face and neck, causing skin burns.
An employee was disconnecting steam lines from a bulk liquid trailer. He disconnected a steam line located on a vapor recovery line when hot steam blew back onto him, resulting in burns to the left side of his abdomen, as well as his left arm and leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was driving a truck when it lost power. He pulled over, opened the hood, checked the engine, and opened the radiator cap. Pressure in the radiator caused hot fluid to spew over the employee, who suffered second-degree burns to the left arm, hand, and leg.
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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.