Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Two Men and a Truck, 5000 Union Station, NORTHPORT, ALABAMA 35473
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the forearm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a glass piece of furniture. The piece fell and lacerated the employee's right forearm.
An employee was standing at ground level next to the loading dock that had a manual docking plate attached. As the docking plate was opening, the employee's finger was caught in the mechanism, resulting in a partial amputation of the left middle finger.
On November 28, 2022, an employee was descending the ramp of the truck when he slipped and fell three-to-four feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a lower right leg fracture.
An employee was attacked while getting out of his car. An assailant hit him on the head twice with the butt of a gun, then shot him in the stomach after he turned around and wrestled for control of the gun. He was hospitalized.
The injured employee and a co-worker had just finished packing up items in a house and were transferring them to a new location when the injured employee felt chest pains as he was driving the moving truck. The employee had a stroke.
An employee was spotting for a truck driver who was backing up in the truck yard. The driver did not see the employee and pinned him between his truck and another truck nearby. He suffered a collapsed lung.
An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.
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.
An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was working from the elevated bucket of an excavator when they fell between two tanks and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured leg.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.