SARANAC LAKE, NEW YORK—
Penske Logistics
Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Penske Logistics, 587 Lake Flower Ave., SARANAC LAKE, NEW YORK 12983 on — Fractures , affecting the Foot (feet) and ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack, delivering pallets of groceries to a store. The employee was walking backward when her foot was pinned between the pallet jack and a video pole, resulting in lacerations and fractures to her ankle and heel. She was hospitalized.
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An employee was unloading pallets of product from a trailer when a plastic-wrapped pallet became stuck against the bulkhead of the trailer. The employee was dislodging the pallet when he lost his grip and fell backward, striking his head on the side of the trailer. He then tripped over the forks of a pallet jack and fell to the floor of the trailer. The employee was hospitalized with a brain bleed and pain in his lower back and ribs.
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An employee was cutting boxes with a safety knife. The safety guard on the knife broke off and the knife lacerated his left forearm. He was hospitalized.
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An employee was on a catwalk five feet above the ground to see into a refrigerator trailer engine. As the employee was adjusting the belt on the engine, they fell off the catwalk to the concrete below, resulting in a left hip fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
LAREDO, TEXAS—
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An employee was operating a stand-up forklift in the warehouse when it struck another forklift. His left foot was caught between the two forklifts. The employee was hospitalized with a foot fracture and lacerations that required surgery.
CLYDE, OHIO—
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On January 3, 2023, at 5:00 PM, an employee who had been using a powered industrial truck (PIT) was found lying on the concrete floor with lacerations and a broken nose requiring hospitalization.
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