Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from and struck by moving vehicle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC, 1120 Harvey Lane, SUFFIELD, CONNECTICUT 06078
on — Fractures , affecting the Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift and fell from the standing platform to the ground when the forklift ran over a piece of wood. The employee's right foot was struck by the lift, resulting in a laceration, contusions, and a fracture to the foot. The employee was hospitalized.
On July 2, 2024, an employee was operating a pallet jack when it collided with a storage rack and their leg became pinched between the pallet jack and storage rack. The employee sustained a lower leg fracture.
On September 4, 2023, an employee was operating a dock stocker in the warehouse when the vehicle struck a yellow bollard that crushed his left foot. The big toe and part of the second toe were medically amputated.
An employee was riding on the side of an all-terrain forklift when they fell into the space between the gas tank and the right rear tire. The employee was run over by the the right rear tire, resulting in fractures to their neck, pelvis, and right leg.
Employees were moving a paving machine. The machine had been pulled forward, then put in reverse to back up a hill, when it revved up and went out of control. It had moved about 40 feet when one employee jumped out of it and was dragged under it. A second employee rode about another 40 feet, then jumped out to avoid a steep embankment. The first employee suffered a broken pelvis, and the second employee suffered a broken lower leg. Both were hospitalized.
An employee was operating a lawn mower. He fell off while making a turn and the mower ran over his right foot. The employee sustained a laceration on his right ankle.
An employee was traveling on a walker rider as it headed for the outer wall of the warehouse office. He jumped off the front of the rider which caused his legs to be caught between the base of the rider and the yellow safety rail. The employee sustained a fractured right fibula.
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