Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Manheim Remarketing Inc., 1190 Lancaster Road, MANHEIM, PENNSYLVANIA 17545
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a van in an auto lot. A transport truck struck the van, and the employee suffered broken ribs and a thoracic hematoma.
An employee was stepping out of his van when one of his cleats got stuck on the running boards, causing him to fall forward to the ground and sustain injuries to his head and foot.
An employee was bending over to remove a license plate from a car. He then stood up, lost his balance, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a contusion to the left side of the forehead, a subdural hematoma, and a laceration above the left eye.
An employee was driving a golf cart in the lot area. The employee was returning inside the building because it started raining. There was an open metal bed trailer parked in the lot with the tongue hitch sticking out. The employee did not see the trailer's tongue hitch and hit it with the golf cart. The plastic windshield of the golf cart hit first and came off. Then the employee hit the tongue hitch with his face. The employee suffered lacerations to the face and a fractured left eye socket and a fractured lower jaw.
An employee was driving a forklift when it collided with another forklift. The employee's middle finger was pinched between the two forklifts and partially amputated.
A temporary employee was operating a powered industrial truck and attempting to maneuver around another automated powered industrial truck when the vehicles collided. The employee sustained a crush injury to their right foot.
An employee was operating a double pallet jack down an aisle when he was struck by another double pallet jack. The employee's right lower leg was then caught between the pallet jack and a rack beam, resulting in an injury just above the right ankle that required hospitalization.
An employee was operating a ride-on double pallet jack when he was struck from behind by another pallet jack. Their lower right leg was caught resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula.
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