Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PrideStaff, Inc., 2081 FM 102, WHARTON, TEXAS 77488
on — Fractures , affecting the Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
A temporary employee was checking pallets on a pallet jack when the pallet jack moved forward. His left foot was caught between a pallet and the forks of the pallet jack and fractured.
Hospitalized Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Non-riding pallet jack
A temporary employee was cleaning plastic welding irons and cutting them using a table saw. The saw blade contacted his left middle and ring fingers, resulting in a partial amputation of his left ring finger and an avulsion to his left middle finger.
A temporary employee was operating a machine when part of the machine pushed through a piece of sheet metal that caused an amputation to the employee's right index finger.
A temporary employee was trying to clear a jam on a final press machine when his right thumb was pinched by the wood object being moved through the press. The tip of the thumb was amputated.
An employee was operating a forklift to stack pallets. While the employee was backing up, the forklift began to fall from the loading dock. He attempted to dismount the forklift, but it pinned his leg and knee. He was later hospitalized for a blood clot in his leg.
A temporary employee was writing on a large roll of paper when a forklift driver pushed another roll against the roll she was writing on and her left forearm became lodged and fractured between the rolls.
An employee was was exiting a car they were detailing when a malfunction caused it to move. The employee was pinned between the car door and a pole, suffering a lower left leg fracture and crushing injuries.
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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