Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gordon Food Service, Inc, 1500 N River Rd, LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA 30122
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
On December 11, 2024, a truck driver had been addressing raised door flaps at the side of a truck, near the back. He stepped down onto the truck's back tire, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a hip injury.
An employee was using an electric pallet jack to unload product from a truck trailer at a dock. The employee fell off the pallet jack and their right foot was pinned against the dock plate and the pallet jack, resulting in a laceration to their right ankle.
An employee was doing custodial work. As he bent to pick up a piece of trash, his knee buckled and dislocated. He suffered a broken kneecap that required surgery and hospitalization.
An employee was driving a reach truck down an aisle. The truck drove through a tomato spill, slid into a wall, and pinched his leg against the wall. The leg was cut.
An employee was driving a reach truck. As he backed up, the truck hit a pallet and pushed it into a building column. The pallet broke and a board from it hit the employee's left ankle, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning a work area. The employee fell while at the end of a staging area, landing 50-65 feet below and suffering a bruised lung, as well as a concussion.
An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
Two employees were removing a service lift platform from the back of a radar system. While handling the service lift platform, employee 2 was standing on the back of the radar and lost their footing, causing the service lift platform to shift and fall. The injured employee then fell from the top of the platform electronic subsystem (PES) to the floor, approximately 56 inches. The injured employee fractured his left elbow and left hip.
An employee fell from a loading dock to the ground 2-3 feet below. She suffered a compound fracture of the left hip and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 493120)
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a double pallet jack. While he was pushing a pallet back, the pallet jack moved and the handle crushed his finger against racking.
An employee was offloading tools from a van and walking them over to the curb. He lost his footing and fell while carrying a jackhammer. The jackhammer fell and caught the employee's right little finger against the curb. The employee's finger was amputated.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.