Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Animal Supply Company, 175 New Commerce Blvd., HANOVER TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA 18706
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a rider jack to pick up a metal picking table when her right ring finger was caught between the unit and the picking table, resulting in a crush injury that required surgical amputation.
A temporary employee was standing on a rider jack as it left one aisle and entered another. The employee could not slow down the rider jack fast enough and jumped off. The employee's left leg was crushed between the jack and an upright.
An employee was on a walkie pallet jack, picking orders. The employee's pallet jack bumped into another one, stopped in front of him, and his little finger was crushed. The finger underwent an amputation.
An employee was moving a loaded lift from an aisle when it became wedged in the aisle and abruptly stopped, throwing the employee. The employee suffered a concussion, and fractures to two neck vertebrae and the left scapula.
An employee was in the basket of an aerial lift while unloading it from a flatbed trailer. The brake released, causing the aerial lift to strike another lift. The employee sustained a partially collapsed lung, rib fractures, and bleeding from the kidneys.
An employee was moving materials using an all-terrain vehicle when the vehicle struck an overhead boom. The employee's head struck against the steering wheel and he was ejected to the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury.
An employee was loading and unloading palletized material with a powered pallet jack. The pallet jack backed up and the employee's leg was crushed between the pallet jack and a bumper/trailer hitch, resulting in fractures to the right ankle and left tibia.
An employee was operating a forklift and went to grab a hold of the swinging arm to swing it into place. His hand was caught between the forklift and the swing arm, resulting in a middle finger amputation.
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