Penske Logistics

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack, delivering pallets of groceries to a store. The employee was walking backward when her foot was pinned between the pallet jack and a video pole, resulting in lacerations and fractures to her ankle and heel. She was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading pallets of product from a trailer when a plastic-wrapped pallet became stuck against the bulkhead of the trailer. The employee was dislodging the pallet when he lost his grip and fell backward, striking his head on the side of the trailer. He then tripped over the forks of a pallet jack and fell to the floor of the trailer. The employee was hospitalized with a brain bleed and pain in his lower back and ribs.

An employee was cutting boxes with a safety knife. The safety guard on the knife broke off and the knife lacerated his left forearm. He was hospitalized.

An employee was on a catwalk five feet above the ground to see into a refrigerator trailer engine. As the employee was adjusting the belt on the engine, they fell off the catwalk to the concrete below, resulting in a left hip fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift in the warehouse when it struck another forklift. His left foot was caught between the two forklifts. The employee was hospitalized with a foot fracture and lacerations that required surgery.

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.

An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.

An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.

An employee was cleaning a depositor machine to setup for a new product run. His right index finger was caught by moving parts in the depositor machine and the fingertip was partially amputated without bone loss.

An employee was under a label machine, working to remove a jammed label. The machine partially amputated her left index finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack. While standing beside the equipment, the pallet jack lurched forward, pinning the employee's leg against racking. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right ankle.

An employee was on a top stock cart, moving items on shelving on the sales floor. The employee fell and suffered a broken left ankle. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was using a walkie stacker when the merchandise on it shifted and fell onto him. He suffered a head injury and a broken left leg that required surgery. He was hospitalized.

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 inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

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.