Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DORNEY PARK & WILD WATER KINGDOM, 3830 DORNEY PARK ROAD, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 18104
on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Multiple trunk locations.
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Final narrative
An employee exited his work van to close a gate. The van rolled backward and contacted the employee while they were closing the gate. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures and a collapsed lung.
Hospitalized Multiple trunk locations Vans, passenger and utility
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An employee was operating a tug that had been re-tagged due to faulty brakes. As the employee approached the designated parking area, he slowed the tug using the clutch and then exited the tug. He went to stop the tug from colliding with a concrete wall when his right ankle became caught between the tug and a parking stall barrier. He sustained a fractured ankle and was hospitalized.
An employee was on a tugger. He was backing up to pick up a stack of pallets. While aligning the tugger with the pallets, his left leg was caught and broken between the tugger and a storage rack.
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack. While standing beside the equipment, the pallet jack lurched forward, pinning the employee's leg against racking. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right ankle.
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