BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA—
Utz Quality Foods, LLC
Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Utz Quality Foods, LLC, 1 Golden Flake Drive, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35205 on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a standup forklift when the mast struck a tunnel that it was going through. This caused the employee to fall from the forklift onto a metal grate. The forklift then ran over their left foot causing an injury requiring surgery.
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BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA—
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An employee was plugging IT equipment into an IT box that was bolted to a wall approximately 6 feet off the floor. The employee was standing on an 8-foot step ladder when the door of the box swung toward the employee. He lost his balance and fell from the ladder to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured femur.
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA—
Utz Quality Foods, LLC
An employee was installing/stringing film around a packaging machine's former when their index finger became caught between the drive belt and pulley. They sustained a crush injury to the fingertip that was medically amputated to the distal joint.
ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA—
UTZ Quality Foods, LLC.
An employee was bending down to lift a pallet when pain caused his back to seize up and he fell backwards. He suffered a back strain or possible disk injury, requiring hospitalization.
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