Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at XPO Logistics, 1192 Shawville Highway, WOODLAND, PENNSYLVANIA 16881
on — Fractures, affecting the pelvis.
Final narrative
An employee was standing in the area where his truck trailer was being unloaded when a forklift operator moving a crate bumped into the trailer wall, causing the crate to shift and fall onto the employee. The employee suffered a fractured hip and pelvis.
An employee exited his forklift to hang straps on a trailer and the forklift rolled forward into the trailer, striking his leg. The employee sustained a broken leg and was hospitalized.
An employee was dropping off his trailer after arriving at the terminal. As they were removing a dolly from the rear of the dual trailer set, their hand was crushed in a pinch point between the converter dolly and the back of the lead trailer. The employee sustained fractures to the left hand.
An employee was working on a tractor trailer in the shop. As he was removing a spring pin for the front suspension, the spring unloaded stored energy and caught the employee's right middle finger between it and the mounting bracket for the spring. His right middle finger was amputated to the first knuckle.
An employee was hitching a converter dolly to a yard dog so that it could be moved. The yard dog drove forward and the employee was struck by the dolly, resulting in two fractures above the ankle.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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