Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ingles Timber Inc., 6380 Hwy 34, WINNFIELD, LOUISIANA 71483
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a road grader. The grader stopped and the employee dismounted to check it. The grader then began moving. The employee chased it down and jumped up to stop it, but fell under it. The employee suffered a broken right leg.
On December 26, 2023, an employee went out to the parking lot to troubleshoot the starter of an SUV. The employee was underneath the vehicle when it started and moved and the employee's middle back area was caught under the front passenger-side tire. The employee sustained a fractured collar bone.
An employee was parking at a patient's home and exited the van to manually open the garage door. The van began rolling backward and rolled over the employee's right leg. She was hospitalized with a fractured leg.
A driver exited their truck so they could provide service for a customer when the truck began to roll away. The driver went to re-enter the truck but fell and was struck by the rear driver-side tire. The employee sustained fractures to their leg and foot.
An employee had been operating a yard tractor. He parked the vehicle and was exiting when the vehicle began to roll, causing him to fall. The employee's hand was then run over by the yard tractor, resulting in fractures to multiple fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was checking for a leak in the air brake system of a semi-truck. The employee had removed the brake chamber when the truck rolled back. One of the tires pinned the employee's right hip against the ground.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 113110)
An employee was driving a side-by-side all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on a gravel road when a wheel caught the edge of the road. The ATV rolled over onto its side, resulting in a compound fracture to their forearm, a fracture to their wrist, and a fractured heel.
A contracted employee was strapping a truck when they were struck by the skidder blade as it was being lowered to the ground, resulting in a broken left leg and injuries to the right leg that required hospitalization.
On November 22, 2022, an employee was helping the operator of a pop-up chop saw by removing cut stock. The employee made contact with the sawblade, suffering an amputation to the left middle finger.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.