LOCKBOURNE, OHIO—
Exel Inc.
Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from moving vehicle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Exel Inc., 4900 Creekside Parkway, LOCKBOURNE, OHIO 43137 on — Fractures , affecting the Trunk and other lower extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was exiting a trailer after putting a label on a skid inside the trailer. The trailer began pulling away and the employee fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their ribs on the right side, right kneecap, and a left toe.
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LOCKBOURNE, OHIO—
Exel Inc.
An employee used an attached rope to pull a door down and close it, then placed his foot on the foot bar to lock it. The rope looped around his foot. When he began to walk away, he tripped and was swung around, causing his left foot to come out from beneath him. He fell onto his right hip and broke it. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
COLUMBUS, OHIO—
Exel Inc.
The injured employee was sitting in a parked forklift while another forklift was moving two metal tire racks. The top rack was empty and the bottom rack contained tires. As the racks were being lowered to the ground, they fell and the top rack struck the injured employee. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations and a fracture to the left foot, and they required surgery.
SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI—
Exel Inc.
An employee was driving a stand-up counterbalance forklift down an aisle in a warehouse. The forklift abruptly turned; the employee's leg moved and the dead man switch activated, throwing the employee out of the forklift. Their right leg was crushed between the material-handling equipment and a racking system, and it was amputated above the knee.
WESTERVILLE, OHIO—
Exel Inc.
An employee was attending a training course at the corporate office. At the end of the course, the group went outside to a patio to take a photo. The employee slipped off the patio stairs and fell to the grass-covered ground at the same level. He was hospitalized with a broken femur and broken hip.
NORTH AURORA, ILLINOIS—
Exel Inc.
An employee was driving a counterbalance forklift down an aisle when the forklift began veering toward a rack. Their right little finger was pinched between the side pillar of the forklift and the rack, resulting in a partial amputation to the finger.
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