Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at REXEL USA INC, 6314 Blackhorse Pike, EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY 08234
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was making a delivery at a customer's site. He was taking a box out of the truck and stepping back when he stepped off the dock and fell, landing on his hip. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Loading docks, dock plates
On June 13, 2024, at approximately 11:25 a.m., an employee was on the back of the company vehicle. He was closing the swing gates when a cart that was loaded on the truck started to roll toward him causing him to jump off the back of the flatbed. The employee sustained four fractures to his right knee/tibia.
An employee was wrapping product with 5,000 pounds of wire reeling while the product was on a racking system approximately 10 feet above the ground. The wire reeling fell off the racks and onto the employee's right thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
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