Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at POI Aviation Incorporated, Saipan International Airport, SAIPAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 96950
on — Fractures , affecting the Ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a tug that had been re-tagged due to faulty brakes. As the employee approached the designated parking area, he slowed the tug using the clutch and then exited the tug. He went to stop the tug from colliding with a concrete wall when his right ankle became caught between the tug and a parking stall barrier. He sustained a fractured ankle and was hospitalized.
An employee was was exiting a car they were detailing when a malfunction caused it to move. The employee was pinned between the car door and a pole, suffering a lower left leg fracture and crushing injuries.
An employee was on a tugger. He was backing up to pick up a stack of pallets. While aligning the tugger with the pallets, his left leg was caught and broken between the tugger and a storage rack.
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack. While standing beside the equipment, the pallet jack lurched forward, pinning the employee's leg against racking. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right ankle.
An employee backed their concrete truck into place to begin unloading it into a concrete pump unit. He exited the vehicle, and went to the rear to unload. When he began unloading, the truck rolled backward and pinned him against the pump unit. The employee sustained fractures to their pelvis, both femurs, both tibias and fibulas, and their left ankle.
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