Struck against object or equipment, n.e.c. · Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HERTZ Corporation, 3175 Belvedere Road, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33406
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c., affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was exiting their car at a fuel pump island when their knee struck the car door, resulting in a blood clot.
An employee tripped while walking away from his vehicle and fell to the asphalt ground in a parking lot. He struck his head and suffered a scalp laceration.
An employee was using a forklift to deliver rebar to a jobsite. The rebar could not fit through the delivery gate and was raised in order to clear the gate. The rebar then caused the forklift to tip forward, causing the employee to strike his head on the roll cage. The employee sustained a neck fracture.
An employee was picking up a piece of steel-cutting rule when he felt the rule snag his glove. When he moved his hand in the opposite direction to free it, the rule lacerated his finger deeper, resulting in a partial traumatic amputation.
An employee was cleaning a food preparation machine. A blade in the machine lacerated her right index and middle fingers resulting in partial amputation.
An employee was putting on a work boot when a fiberglass splinter punctured the bottom of the employee's left foot. The employee was hospitalized for an infection.
On August 29, 2019, an employee was engaging the brake on a zip line when wind caused the brake to hit and engage the emergency arrest device (EAD). This caused the employee to stop abruptly and be jolted in the air. The employee's foot then hit the zip line and sustained a compound fracture.
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An employee was getting into a vehicle to move it into the garage when they fell backward and struck their head on the ground. The employee sustained a skull fracture.
An employee was closing the store for the night. While closing the gate to the parking area, the gate dislodged from the tracks. The employee proceeded to lift the gate back onto the tracks and caught their right ring finger between the gate and the tracks, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
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An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
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An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.