Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at R&L Carriers Shared Services, LLC, 1916 SW 45th Street, CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA 33914
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was assisting his co-worker in loading freight into a box truck. As the liftgate was raised with the freight and pallet jack on it, the liftgate dropped about one foot, causing the freight to fall on top of the employee who was hospitalized for multiple spine and rib fractures, lung perforations, and a knee dislocation.
An employee arrived at a customer's facility and began to prepare a trailer for drop-off. The employee lost his grip while climbing off the trailer and fell to the ground, striking his head. The employee sustained a concussion, six fractured vertebrae, a right shoulder strain, and a hip injury.
An employee was preparing to connect a set of double trailers when their left thumb became caught between the truck pintle hook and dolly, resulting in a partial amputation of the thumb.
The injured employee was backing up a forklift on the dock when another forklift backed out of a trailer and struck the injured employee's forklift and left leg. His foot was crushed between the two forklifts, resulting in a laceration and two fractured toes.
On January 16, 2025, an employee was stepping down from the bottom step of a truck's cab when he slipped in snowy slush and fell to the ground. He suffered a broken left tibia and fibula.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 484121)
An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was hooking up a set of 28-foot trailers, attaching a converter dolly to the lead trailer's pintle hook. He backed up the lead trailer and parked it a foot from the converter dolly, then lifted the converter dolly and rolled it to the lead trailer to set it onto the hook. The converter dolly kicked up, and the employee's left hand was caught between it and the trailer. He suffered a severe laceration to the palm between the ring finger and middle finger.
An employee was cleaning the windshield of his truck. When he stepped down from the truck, he lost balance and reached to catch himself using the side mirror. The impact fractured his left wrist. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was standing on the DOT bumper on the back of a standard 53-foot trailer. The employee lost his footing and his grip on the handle bar, and fell approximately 42 inches to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip/femur.
A driver was making a delivery. As he was climbing onto his trailer to get boxes, the strap he was using to pull himself up broke. He fell from the back of the trailer to the ground, landing on his right leg and breaking his femur.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
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.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
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.