Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Williams Sonoma inc, 40 Sigle Lane, DAYTON, NEW JERSEY 08810
on — Fractures , affecting the Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was being certified on the forklift. While turning, it struck a stationary order picker in front of an aisle. The employee fractured their left foot, and they were hospitalized for surgery.
An employee was working on the sales floor in the entertaining department of the store. As she was backing up, she tripped over a charcuterie board sticking out of a shelf and fell to the concrete floor. She sustained a broken left little toe and a displaced pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a turret forklift to removing a box from the second level of a rack. The box slipped and hit the employee's chest causing a contusion.
Employee 1 was selecting and moving an order onto the platform of his order picker. Employee 2 was operating a reach truck and entered the aisle where employee 1 was located. Employee 2 drove down the narrow aisle toward the inbound side of the building. While moving, the engine compartment of the swing reach truck impacted employee 1's left leg, pinning it between the moving truck and the platform of the parked order picker. The injured employee suffered a crushed left leg from mid-calf to ankle/foot and sustained multiple broken bones and lacerations.
An employee was operating a lift truck when it struck a stationary lift truck. His left thumb was pinched between the two lift trucks, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when it struck two parked forklifts. The impact caused the employee to be ejected from the pallet jack, and his right foot became trapped between the forklifts, resulting in a severe laceration to the foot.
An employee was operating the compaction levers on a truck when a motor vehicle crashed into the back of the stopped truck. The employee sustained fractured ribs and contusions.
On October 16, 2025, an employee operating an order selector was passing a moving scrubber when the scrubber suddenly stopped. The order selector struck the back of the scrubber, resulting in a cut to the employee's left ankle.
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