TROY, ALABAMA—
Fastenal Company
Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Fastenal Company, 1266 Hwy 231 S, TROY, ALABAMA 36081 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the head and neck.
Final narrative
A forklift operator fell off the forklift and the forklift ran over his leg. The employee was hospitalized with head and neck injuries.
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Two employees were moving a 20-foot bundle of linked channel strut. The bundle slipped and pinched the injured employee's left middle finger, causing an avulsion injury to the fingertip.
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An employee was carrying a scale, tripped over a pallet, and fell to the ground. He fell on his hip, fracturing it.
TAMPA, FLORIDA—
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An employee was taking inventory off a storage shelf when they fell down a flight of 13 metal stairs and landed on the concrete floor. The employee sustained soft tissue injuries.
EDWARDSVILLE, KANSAS—
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An employee was installing rollers on a conveyor when his shirt sleeve was caught by a chain and it pulled his right hand into the chain and sprocket, resulting in a laceration to the hand and amputations to the index and middle fingers.
NEWBURGH, NEW YORK—
Fastenal Company
An employee was walking down the steps when he mis-stepped and fell fracturing his lower right leg.
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