Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Epic Personnel Partners, LLC, 2388 Mason Ave., DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA 32114
on — Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries, affecting the Ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was driving an electric pallet jack when it struck a rack. The employee was hospitalized with a crushed and lacerated right ankle.
Hospitalized Ankle(s) Pallet jack riding
More severe injuries at Epic Personnel Partners, LLC
An employee was driving an electric pallet jack in a warehouse. The pallet jack ran into a mobile cart, which struck the employee's right shin and broke it. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was stepping off a pallet jack after parking it at the chargers when the pallet jack moved and pinned his foot between that pallet jack and another one. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.
On August 20, 2023, an employee was driving an electric pallet jack when he noticed an issue with the wheel. The pallet jack then collided with a forklift and the operator sustained a tibia fracture.
On January 29, 2022, at approximately 8:06 p.m., an electric pallet jack operator was injured when he was pinned between the pallet jack and storage racking shelves. The employee sustained a laceration to the calf and fractures to the tibia and fibula.
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An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.
An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. The forklift drove into a rack in a warehouse, and the employee's right hand was caught between the rack and an upright supporting the forklift's overhead guard. The employee suffered a fracture and laceration to the hand, just below the little finger.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 561311)
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