Pedestrian incidents involving motorized land vehicles, n.e.c. · Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at L&W Supply Corp, 645 Commercial Park, CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA 33991
on — Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries, affecting the Head and trunk.
Final narrative
An employee was on industrial steel shelving conducting inventory. A forklift struck a beam of a shelf, knocked the shelf out of position, and caused the employee to fall 15 feet to the surface below. The employee sustained a concussion and a laceration to the left side of the head, fractured ribs, and a contusion to the left hip.
Hospitalized Head and trunk Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
An employee was walking back to the truck to load some drywall carts after delivering drywall to a construction site. The truck-mounted overhead crane (operated via wireless remote) came in contact with live power lines, causing the truck to be electrified. As the employee was walking to the truck they touched the outrigger on the driver's side and received an electrical shock. They then stumbled down the side of the truck and received another electrical shock. The employee sustained burns to their hands and blisters on the bottom of their feet.
The injured employee was securing a dolly to the back of a shop switcher (vehicle). The employee was closing the pintle hook on the dolly when the vehicle began driving. The injured employee was caught in the pintle, resulting in an amputation to their thumb without bone loss.
An employee was assisting a transport vehicle that was leaving the jobsite by watching for oncoming traffic. After the transport vehicle (18-wheeler) departed, a pickup truck pulled onto the street. The employee then turned toward the rear of the pickup truck as it was moving away from him and started running after it. The employee went to jump onto the bumper and struck his left leg on the ball hitch. The employee's leg was fractured.
An employee was loading a scissor lift onto a trailer when the ramp on the trailer broke and the scissor lift fell over. The employee jumped out of the way and his right femur was fractured.
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