TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS—
Gordon Food Service, Inc.
Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode · Fractures and dislocations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Gordon Food Service, Inc., 630 John Hancock Road, TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02780 on — Fractures and dislocations, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was doing custodial work. As he bent to pick up a piece of trash, his knee buckled and dislocated. He suffered a broken kneecap that required surgery and hospitalization.
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On December 11, 2024, a truck driver had been addressing raised door flaps at the side of a truck, near the back. He stepped down onto the truck's back tire, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a hip injury.
MIAMI, FLORIDA—
Gordon Food Service, INC.
An employee was using an electric pallet jack to unload product from a truck trailer at a dock. The employee fell off the pallet jack and their right foot was pinned against the dock plate and the pallet jack, resulting in a laceration to their right ankle.
TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS—
Gordon Food Service, Inc
An employee was driving a reach truck down an aisle. The truck drove through a tomato spill, slid into a wall, and pinched his leg against the wall. The leg was cut.
TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS—
Gordon Food Service, Inc
An employee was driving a reach truck. As he backed up, the truck hit a pallet and pushed it into a building column. The pallet broke and a board from it hit the employee's left ankle, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO—
Gordon Food Service, Inc.
An employee was cleaning a work area. The employee fell while at the end of a staging area, landing 50-65 feet below and suffering a bruised lung, as well as a concussion.
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