Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Target Corporation, 250 Granite Street, BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS 02184
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a powered pallet jack to move cases of water. As the employee backed up and turned, the employee's left leg was caught between the pallet jack and a pillar. The employee's fibula and tibia were broken.
An employee slipped on water in a hallway and fell to the floor, landing on his left side and head. He sustained a back strain/sprain and was hospitalized.
An employee was walking near a checkout aisle when she tripped over a box of bags on the floor and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right femur and required surgery.
An employee was on a 6-foot ladder working to adjust a camera system around the ceiling tile. The ladder buckled and the employee fell to the floor, sustaining a laceration to his head and a compression fracture to his lower back. The employee was hospitalized and required staples for the laceration.
An employee was working at a cash register. She turned away from the register, took a step or two, tripped, and fell to the concrete floor. She suffered a broken left knee and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was pushing a pallet with a motorized pallet jack when she stepped on a flattened box on the floor, slipped, and fell, fracturing her right hip. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
On December 13, 2023, an employee was operating a forklift. When they stepped off the forklift, it crushed their left foot between the lift and a racking system. The employee suffered a foot fracture that required hospitalization.
An employee was maneuvering a motorized pallet jack while standing in front of it. He became pinned between the pallet jack and a steel rack cross-beam, resulting in a contusion to his chest/back and a fractured rib.
An employee was stacking empty drums into a trailer. The employee then exited the trailer, using the forks of a forklift as a step. The forklift's parking brake failed, causing the forklift to move forward and pin the employee's right leg between the forklift and the trailer. The employee's right lower leg was crushed, resulting in a fracture and a laceration.
An employee had been spraying weeds behind a school. As he was leaving the field, the employee drove his truck up to the gate, got out, and opened the gate. The truck rolled forward and pinned him against the fence/gate. The gate then gave way and opened from the force of the truck. The employee's left index fingertip got caught in the fence/gate and was amputated.
An employee was using a walk-behind tugger to pull a grinder. The employee's left little finger was pinched between the handle of the tugger and the framework of a staircase. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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