Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Shippers Warehouse, Inc., 1005 W. Wintergreen Road, HUTCHINS, TEXAS 75141
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was driving a stand-on electric pallet jack when it was struck by a reach forklift coming from an opposite lane. The employee was thrown off his pallet jack and sustained a broken left foot.
An employee was driving a lift truck around a column in an aisle. While swerving to miss the column, he jumped off the truck, and his left foot was crushed against racking.
On August 29, 2021, a temporary employee was backing up a stand-up forklift when his left big toe was caught between the forklift and a rail. The toe was amputated.
An employee was putting away inbound freight using a forklift and struck a wall. The employee's left leg was caught and broken between the forklift and the wall.
An employee was operating a forklift and driving it to the charging station when the forklift skidded on the wet floor. The employee tried to stop the forklift by extending his arm. In the process, he crushed his hand.
Employee 1 was operating a lift in a standing position. Employee 2 was operating a cherry picker and backing up through an aisle. The lift collided with the cherry picker and employee 1 fell off the lift after striking his right ankle on a wooden pallet that was on the cherry picker. The employee sustained a broken ankle.
An employee was operating a front-rider pallet jack from a freezer box to the loading dock when the vehicle collided with a stand-up forklift that was driving around a corner. The employee suffered multiple fractures in their left foot.
An employee was operating a forklift in reverse down an aisle when the vehicle collided with another forklift. The forks of the other forklift went into the employee's right leg, resulting in a right hairline leg fracture.
After moving empty containers with a forklift, an employee began to travel forward in the forklift. While re-entering the main aisle, the left fork struck the roll cage of an oncoming forklift that was travelling in reverse. This caused the injured employee's forklift to tip over onto a guardrail. The upper rail of the guardrail entered the top of the forklift's roll cage, pinning the employee's legs against the seat. The employee sustained a fractured leg.
An employee was operating a golf cart to retrieve and transport a ladder to the truck shop when they were struck by another vehicle at an intersection. The employee sustained head/brain injuries.
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An employee was walking when their foot caught on the edge of a plate connected to a beam and they fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured femur.
An employee was preparing to make a delivery to a store when his hand was caught in the side lift gate of the trailer. The employee sustained tissue amputations of his middle and ring fingertips and an open fracture to the tuft of his ring finger.
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.