Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Preferred Pump & Equipment, LP, 200 Richey Lane, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA 31535
on — Fractures , affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was delivering steel pipes to a customer. The customer was helping the employee readjust the steel pipes on a trailer using a forklift when the pipes rolled onto the employee's hand, resulting in two crushed and broken fingers.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
More severe injuries at Preferred Pump & Equipment, LP
An employee was assisting in the transport of a pump from one section of the warehouse to another. One of the straps that was holding the pump shifted, causing it to fall on the floor. The employee reached to catch the pump when his right little finger was caught between the pump and the floor, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
The injured employee was walking through the warehouse. Another associate was driving a forklift with a pallet of large format tile (slabs) when the slabs began to tip. The injured employee ran over to stop the slabs from falling, but the slabs fell on his lower left leg/foot. The employee sustained fractures in his lower leg and foot. He was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was helping offload an aircraft. She was standing in the opening between a parked cart and an unoccupied aircraft tug when another vehicle struck a stationary bag cart, which then struck her. The employee suffered a skull fracture near the right eye, a right kneecap fracture, a nose fracture, and sinus damage, as well as soft tissue damage to the left calf and hip. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was cutting steel channels from a hanging rack that was being supported by a forklift. When they were finished, the forklift started moving the rack out of the area and a piece of material snagged one of the rack legs, causing the rack to tilt backward. The rack slipped off the forklift and struck the employee on his right side/lower back. He sustained a fractured pelvis and was hospitalized.
The injured employee was standing by one of the stationary computers along the wall. There was a half-pallet located approximately 3 feet behind the employee that consisted of 12-pound boxes stacked six boxes high. A forklift was transporting a pallet that came in contact with the stationary pallet behind the injured employee, causing four boxes to fall and contact their legs. The injured employee was hospitalized with leg injuries.
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