Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FleetPride, 5245 Halls Mill Road, MOBILE, ALABAMA 36619
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was checking for a leak in the air brake system of a semi-truck. The employee had removed the brake chamber when the truck rolled back. One of the tires pinned the employee's right hip against the ground.
An employee was standing on a 6-foot step ladder and removing a bearing plate from the tarping system on a dump truck. The plate offered little to no resistance causing the employee to lose his balance and fall from the third step of the ladder. The employee impacted the ground and fractured his left elbow.
An employee was operating a standup forklift and moving a pallet of product. The employee jumped off the forklift as it veered toward a pallet racking system. The employee's foot was crushed between the forklift and the rack guard protection.
An employee was moving a part with a forklift when he struck a storage rack. A brake drum fell from the storage rack and struck his right ankle, breaking it. He was hospitalized.
On December 26, 2023, an employee went out to the parking lot to troubleshoot the starter of an SUV. The employee was underneath the vehicle when it started and moved and the employee's middle back area was caught under the front passenger-side tire. The employee sustained a fractured collar bone.
An employee was parking at a patient's home and exited the van to manually open the garage door. The van began rolling backward and rolled over the employee's right leg. She was hospitalized with a fractured leg.
A driver exited their truck so they could provide service for a customer when the truck began to roll away. The driver went to re-enter the truck but fell and was struck by the rear driver-side tire. The employee sustained fractures to their leg and foot.
An employee had been operating a yard tractor. He parked the vehicle and was exiting when the vehicle began to roll, causing him to fall. The employee's hand was then run over by the yard tractor, resulting in fractures to multiple fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was replacing the cutting edges on the bucket of a wheel loader. The bucket had been lowered onto composite blocking to prevent it from falling to the floor. The blocking dislodged and the bucket fell and crushed the employee's left hand.
An employee was walking on top of a piece of equipment while engaged in repair activities. The employee stepped onto a rotating impeller shaft of a belt-driven exhaust fan and sustained a partial amputation to their right leg below the knee and amputation of their left hand.
An employee was installing an automobile lift at a client location and put the lift on a safety lock. The employee's right hand was caught in the lift and crushed, causing the amputation of the little finger at the last knuckle and all of his right fingers were fractured.
On April 18, 2025, an employee was cutting the lid off an empty 55-gallon drum using a plasma cutter. The drum originally contained a flammable liquid and residual liquid inside the drum ignited and exploded. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face, chest, and arms.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.