Struck by other falling powered vehicle · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Creekside Nursery, L.L.C., 18729 FM 1887 RD, HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS 77445
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On June 17, 2023, an employee was checking a tire for leak. As he released the air brake, the semi-truck fell from the jack onto the employee's right arm and rolled forward. The employee sustained an arm injury.
An employee was repairing the right rear tire of a tractor in a customer's yard. While removing the cribbing, the tractor slipped and came down on him. The tire was not yet inflated and the employee was pinned by the tractor. The employee sustained crush injuries to the hip, pelvis, and tailbone including several fractures to the pelvis.
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A forklift was unloading a pallet jack from a rental truck when the pallet jack fell off the raised forks and struck an employee as she was working to steady the load. She sustained a right thigh fracture along with scrapes and bruises.
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