Nonroadway noncollision jack-knifed or ran off driving surface · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Odyssey Transport & Warehouse LLC, 599 Northwest Ave, NORTHLAKE, ILLINOIS 60164
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Multiple body parts n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was loading a truck with a forklift. The truck drove away from the dock and the forklift fell between the dock and the truck. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to their head, back, and leg.
Hospitalized Multiple body parts n.e.c. Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.
A maintenance employee was moving a forklift from the loading dock when the forklift fell off the dock. The employee was struck by the overhead portion of the roll bar, injuring his right knee. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
An employee was unloading a trailer on the receiving dock using a stand up powered industrial vehicle (PIV). A yard truck pulled the trailer away from the dock and the PIV fell backward out of the trailer. The employee struck their back on the headache rack of the PIV and was caught between it and the dock plate. The employee was hospitalized with a blunt force injury.
The injured employee was using a stand-up forklift to load a pallet onto a trailer. A yard truck drove the trailer away from the dock, causing the forklift to fall to the ground. The employee sustained an injury to their left ankle that required surgery.
An employee was using a forklift to unload a trailer. The trailer moved away from the dock, causing the forklift to fall out and come to rest against the trailer and the dock plate. The employee was hospitalized with fractured lumbar and sacral vertebrae.
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An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.