MONTROSE, COLORADO—
OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE INC
Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE INC, 846 S. 5th Street, MONTROSE, COLORADO 81401 on — Fractures , affecting the Thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a pallet of freight at a customer's location. He was moving the pallet onto the liftgate of the truck when the liftgate dropped a couple of inches and the pallet rolled forward. His foot was caught in or under the pallet and he fell off the liftgate. He sustained a broken right femur as well as a cut above his eye from hitting the ground. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
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An employee was loading a delivery truck. The employee had a pallet on the forks of a forklift about 3" off the ground. He was moving the pallet with 400 pounds of freight upright after it tipped, when the pallet came off the forks and his left hand was caught between the freight and the floor of the trailer. His middle and ring fingers were crushed and medically amputated.
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