BLUE ASH, OHIO—
Ward Trucking, LLC
Struck by object dropped by person · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Ward Trucking, LLC, 11254 Cornell Park Drive, BLUE ASH, OHIO 45242 on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
A driver was at a customer location preparing to make a delivery. He went to put the dock plate down but it slipped out of his hand and landed on his left index fingertip, resulting in partial amputation from the first knuckle.
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An employee was making a delivery and operating the lift gate of his truck when his left little finger was caught in the lift gate. The employee sustained a partial traumatic amputation of the finger through the phalanx.
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An employee was walking when they slipped on ice and fell to the ground, resulting in a head injury.
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Ward Trucking, LLC
An employee was delivering a 10-foot skid to a residential customer when the frame of the skid broke. This caused the employee to fall off the liftgate to the concrete below and sustain a right elbow fracture and hip contusion.
BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA—
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An employee was moving bundles of metal channels off the forks of a forklift by hand to put on the dock floor. The banding broke and the employee's fingers were crushed between the floor and the bundle, resulting in a partial amputation of the right middle finger.
GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA—
Ward Trucking, LLC
An employee was moving freight inside a trailer for delivery. The employee fell off the truck's lift gate to the ground, suffering fractured vertebrae.
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