BARTOW, FLORIDA—
Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC
Nonroadway noncollision incident n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC, Dundee Citrus Growers Association, BARTOW, FLORIDA 33830 on — Fractures , affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee had delivered product to a customer and was driving a forklift to the rear of the delivery truck. The forklift jumped/bounced, sending the employee up into the air and back down onto the seat. The employee sustained a back fracture.
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An employee was lowering a hydraulic trailer to the ground when a weld broke on the trailer frame causing the frame to fall to the ground. The tire on the driver's side pivoted, causing the frame to strike the employee's right forearm and fracture both bones of the forearm.
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An employee was transferring a bag of fertilizer that was held up by a forklift into a front-end loader. As the employee was standing in-between the forklift and the front-end loader, one of the machines rolled forward and the employee was pinned between the forklift mast and the bucket of the front-end loader. The employee was admitted to the hospital with six broken ribs.
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