Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-25 | Pearl River | Ny | Interstate Waste Service | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on top of a 30-yard roll-off box that was loaded with pallets, trying to remove the pallets from the sides so that he could tarp the box. As he tried to dislodge a pallet that was sticking up out of the top of the box, it suddenly came free. He stumbled backward, then fell off the box to the ground, suffering a cut on the left side of the head and a concussion. | |||||
2020-09-22 | Pearl River | La | Capstone Logistics | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a pallet jack when the jack struck a metal storage rack and the employee's left calf was lacerated. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2020-07-18 | Pearl River | Louisiana | Capstone Logistics, LLC | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was removing an electric pallet jack from the equipment room when the pallet jack crushed his foot against the wall. The employee's left foot was amputated at the hospital. | |||||
2020-07-09 | Pearl River | Louisiana | Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. | Heel(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
A pallet jack ran over an employee's left heel, causing a fracture and a laceration. | |||||
2020-01-31 | Pearl River | Louisiana | Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was riding a pallet jack and stopped to pick up his jacket that had fallen off the machine. As the employee stepped off the machine and reached down to retrieve his jacket, the operation controls were triggered and the pallet ran over his left foot. The employee sustained lacerations to the left leg and crushed toes. | |||||
2019-03-22 | Pearl River | Louisiana | Associated Wholesale Grocers | Multiple body parts | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
A forklift struck a scissor lift, causing the employee inside the scissor lift to fall. The employee suffered a facial fracture and a broken right collarbone. | |||||
2019-02-01 | Pearl River | Louisiana | Capstone Logistics, LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving a pallet jack down an aisle when it turned and pinned him to a rack resulting in a fractured leg/ankle. | |||||
2018-03-25 | Pearl River | Louisiana | Associated Wholesale Grocers | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was reversing a double power industrial truck when his left foot was smashed between a yellow valet bar and the industrial truck. He sustained an opened fracture to his left ankle. | |||||
2017-08-05 | Pearl River | Louisiana | Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
An employee was operating a pallet jack when she ran into a rack/shelving unit. Her left foot was fractured upon impact. | |||||
2017-06-18 | Pearl River | Louisiana | Asscoiated Wholesale Grocers | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a dock lift while stepping off a long jack, injuring the left leg. | |||||
2017-05-19 | Pearl River | Louisiana | Associated Wholesale Grocers | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was riding a short jack out of the dairy storage area onto the dock area and collided with an employee who was running a lift driver. The employee suffered a right leg fracture. | |||||
2017-03-30 | Pearl River | Louisiana | AWG Gulf Coast | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was moving product with an electric pallet jack and pinned his left foot under the racking system beam. The left foot was fractured and lacerated. | |||||
2016-04-25 | Pearl River | Louisiana | Associated Wholesale Grocers | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
While he was operating a forklift, an employee's left leg was caught between a guardrail and the forklift, fracturing his left foot. | |||||
2015-10-15 | Pearl River | Louisiana | Associated Wholesale Grocers | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was working on the dry grocery side of the warehouse. The employee came around the corner while riding a stand up forklift and ran into the forks of another forklift. A fork from the forklift punctured his foot. | |||||
2015-10-14 | Pearl River | Louisiana | Associated Wholesale Grocers | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was selecting cases in the freezer area while driving a long jack. As he stepped off the long jack, he was still holding the accelerator and pinned himself between a rack and the long jack resulting in fractured ribs and a laceration to the lungs. |