GROVEPORT, OHIO—
Forward Air, Inc.
Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Forward Air, Inc., 6800 Port Rd, GROVEPORT, OHIO 43125 on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift when it ran out of fuel. Another employee helped push the forklift to a fuel point. The operator's left foot was caught between the forklift and the fueling station. The operator was hospitalized for a left foot fracture.
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An employee was moving empty pallets with a forklift. When the forklift stopped, the employee fell off to the ground and suffered broken neck vertebrae.
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An employee was trying to get a dock plate up to put in the back of a trailer. The plate was stuck. Another employee picked it back up; the first employee slipped and fell, and his hand was pinched by the lip of the dock plate. He suffered a partial amputation to the left thumb (with no bone loss).
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