An employee was walking when they struck the back of a moving clamp truck. The employee was knocked to the side and fell to the ground, and their foot was possibly run over, resulting in a foot injury that required surgical amputation of the foot.
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More severe injuries at Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania, Inc.
An employee was adjusting a wooden board with an opening under a press. As the press lowered, the employee's right middle fingertip was caught between it and the board. His fingertip was amputated and his index and ring fingers were lacerated.
An employee was walking next to a ramp while a forklift was bringing a 10-foot wooden crate down the ramp. The crate's door swung open; the employee was trying to close it when the forklift began moving backward. The employee's right arm was caught between the door and a metal beam, causing a substantial laceration near the elbow.
On February 14, 2017, at 12:45 p.m., an employee's right foot became caught on his desk, causing him to fall to the floor. He broke his left hip and was hospitalized.
An employee was walking back to her workstation. A forklift reversed a short distance, then completed a U-turn and struck her, running over her lower extremities. She was hospitalized with a broken ankle.
An employee was training on a jockey truck. Upon stepping out of the truck, the employee was struck by a rubber tire gantry crane, resulting in amputations of the right leg above the knee and left leg below the knee.
An employee was standing at the rear of a double pallet jack. Another double jack approached, and the employee's lower leg was caught between the two pieces of equipment. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula.
An employee was unloading large material bags on a loading dock. A forklift tine pinned the employee's foot against a pallet, causing the employee to fall and suffer a broken ankle.
An employee was adjusting a wooden board with an opening under a press. As the press lowered, the employee's right middle fingertip was caught between it and the board. His fingertip was amputated and his index and ring fingers were lacerated.
An employee was walking next to a ramp while a forklift was bringing a 10-foot wooden crate down the ramp. The crate's door swung open; the employee was trying to close it when the forklift began moving backward. The employee's right arm was caught between the door and a metal beam, causing a substantial laceration near the elbow.
On February 14, 2017, at 12:45 p.m., an employee's right foot became caught on his desk, causing him to fall to the floor. He broke his left hip and was hospitalized.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.