OSHA Injury Report: GEHC : El Paso TX, HCS

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Material picker employee was standing on the backside of single rack between dock 10 11. A forklift operator was removing a pallet from the other side of this rack. When the operator raised the pallet the leading tips of the forks lifted up the pallet stopper bar on the backside of the rack. The spring activated safety pins on the pallet stoppers disengaged resulting in the pallet stopper falling down from the rack striking the head of the employee that was standing next to the rack.

What happened

Contact by

Injury or illness

Head other than face Skull Concussion or cerebral hemorrhage

Object or substance involved

Metal pallet stopper bar from warehouse rack.

Summary line

Material picker employee was standing on the backside of single rack between dock 10 11. A forklift operator was removing a pallet from the other side of this rack. When the operator raised the pallet the leading tips of the forks lifted up the pallet s

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.