Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at R&L Carriers Shared Services, LLC., 2100 Holly Road, NEENAH, WISCONSIN 54956
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting an IR cable for a wireless barcode scanner while standing on the floorboard of a forklift when they slipped and fell to the concrete floor, fracturing their right hip.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
More severe injuries at R&L Carriers Shared Services, LLC.
An employee arrived at a customer's facility and began to prepare a trailer for drop-off. The employee lost his grip while climbing off the trailer and fell to the ground, striking his head. The employee sustained a concussion, six fractured vertebrae, a right shoulder strain, and a hip injury.
An employee was preparing to connect a set of double trailers when their left thumb became caught between the truck pintle hook and dolly, resulting in a partial amputation of the thumb.
The injured employee was backing up a forklift on the dock when another forklift backed out of a trailer and struck the injured employee's forklift and left leg. His foot was crushed between the two forklifts, resulting in a laceration and two fractured toes.
On January 16, 2025, an employee was stepping down from the bottom step of a truck's cab when he slipped in snowy slush and fell to the ground. He suffered a broken left tibia and fibula.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 484230)
A truck driver was preparing a hose to load a chemical tanker trailer with sulfuric acid when sulfuric acid splashed the left side of their face and neck, causing skin burns.
An employee was disconnecting steam lines from a bulk liquid trailer. He disconnected a steam line located on a vapor recovery line when hot steam blew back onto him, resulting in burns to the left side of his abdomen, as well as his left arm and leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was driving a truck when it lost power. He pulled over, opened the hood, checked the engine, and opened the radiator cap. Pressure in the radiator caused hot fluid to spew over the employee, who suffered second-degree burns to the left arm, hand, and leg.
The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.
An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.