Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at OKEELANTA CORPORATION, 21250 U.S. HWY. 27, SOUTH BAY, FLORIDA 33493
on — Fractures , affecting the Head and neck.
Final narrative
An employee was crossing the street as a traffic spotter when they were struck by a moving truck, causing fractures to their face and neck.
Two employees were removing 50-pound hammers from a steel box on a roader in a sugar mill. While removing the hammers, the steel box fell. One employee was pinned between the steel box and the roader. The other employee was struck by hammers. One employee was hospitalized for a fractured sternum.
On 8/14/2017, at 11:20 AM, an employee was installing a lateral cover on a mill feed row when it fell on his left foot, fracturing his fourth and fifth toes and lacerating his foot. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was checking credentials for vehicles entering an area. While approaching a vehicle that had failed to stop as instructed, the employee lost his balance and fell backward, landing on his back. The car struck him, and he suffered a tailbone fracture and a kidney injury.
An employee was riding on the side of a forklift. He stepped off the forklift and was struck by the back end of the forklift as it turned to the right. The forklift's back tire ran over his leg, resulting in an amputation. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was closing a rear trailer door in the parking lot when they were struck by a forklift. The employee's lower left leg was crushed between the pallet on the forklift and the trailer. The employee sustained muscle damage to their lower leg.
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