| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-15 | Marietta | Ga | Otis Elevator Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was guiding a powered industrial vehicle into position to lower an elevator machine onto a pedestal for installation. The elevator machine shifted and pinched the employee's fingertip. The fingertip was amputated above the nailbed, without bone loss. | |||||
| 2021-09-14 | Peoria | Il | O'Brien Steel Service Co. | Forearm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| At about 3:30 p.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee was riding on the step used to access the cab of a powered industrial vehicle, observing the vehicle's operator for training purposes. The vehicle was traveling through an aisleway of a racking system used to store lengths of steel beams/poles. The employee's right arm struck the steel shelf arms of the racking system resulting in a fractured radius and ulna. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-07-23 | Arcadia | Wi | Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC. | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was driving a ride-on forklift. The employee had to swerve to avoid another powered industrial vehicle and her right foot was caught between the two vehicles and broken. | |||||
| 2020-05-08 | Elgin | Illinois | R+L Carriers Shared Services, LLC | Hip(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was inspecting his powered industrial vehicle (PIV) when another PIV struck him and he was caught between the two vehicles. He was hospitalized with a fractured hip. | |||||
| 2020-03-09 | Batavia | Ohio | Engineered Mobile Solutions, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was spotting for a powered industrial vehicle operator who was loading a large toolbox onto a truck. The toolbox slipped and the employee tried to catch it, resulting in a broken leg and arm gash. | |||||
| 2020-02-05 | Batavia | New York | Continental Auto Parts | Multiple body parts | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was stocking shelves from a "high low" powered industrial vehicle and fell onto the warehouse floor. The employee suffered a broken hip, elbow and ankle and a head injury. | |||||
| 2020-01-29 | Solon | Ohio | Core Mark International | Leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
| An employee was moving a pallet of material using a reach truck/powered industrial vehicle when the pallet began falling from the forks. The employee reached out to stop the materials from falling and then dismounted the truck to stop it. The truck continued to move, and his left leg was pinned and crushed between the truck and a nearby railing. | |||||
| 2020-01-22 | Chicago | Illinois | CHICAGO TRIBUNE COMPANY, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was loading a roll of paper (500 to 800 lbs.) from a railcar onto a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) when the roll fell on top of the employee's PIV protective cage. The employee raised his hand to protect himself and his fingers went outside of the cage and were crushed between the bar of the cage and the roll of paper. As a result, he sustained a partial amputation of his left index finger and debridement of his left middle finger. | |||||
| 2019-08-16 | Edwardsville | Illinois | FedEx Supply Chain | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| At about 6:45 a.m. on August 16, 2019, a temporary employee was using an electric powered industrial vehicle to pick cases in a warehouse. The employee's left foot was pinned and crushed between the vehicle and a racking support. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
| 2019-04-04 | Steeleville | Illinois | Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation | Arm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a stand-up powered industrial vehicle near a racking system. The vehicle moved under the rack and the employee's arm was trapped, suffering multiple breaks. | |||||
| 2019-02-26 | Lincoln | Alabama | New South Express, LLC | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was caught between a cart and a powered industrial vehicle while bending down. The vehicle's handle pinned the employee's left arm against the cart, breaking the arm and wrist. | |||||
| 2019-01-17 | Sharon Center | Ohio | Flambeau, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On 1/17/2019, an employee was walking through the production area when he was struck by a powered industrial vehicle while crossing an intersection. The employee was hospitalized with a broken foot and amputated toe(s). | |||||
| 2018-09-11 | Manteno | Illinois | DHL Supply Chain | Arm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| While in training, an employee lost control of her powered industrial vehicle. As she was attempting to gain control of the vehicle, her left arm went outside the vehicle's cab and became pinned between the vehicle and inventory racking. Her left arm broke. | |||||
| 2018-07-18 | Fort Pierce | Florida | Wal-Mart Stores East, LP | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was struck by a powered industrial vehicle while unloading cargo, suffering multiple right foot fractures. | |||||
| 2018-07-10 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Team Industries, Inc. | Head | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a powered industrial vehicle (tug) when it took an abrupt turn. The employee lost balance and was thrown from the vehicle to the concrete surface, suffering a head laceration that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-06-06 | Louisville | Ohio | Biery Cheese Company | Hip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a ride-on pallet jack, turned a corner and struck a stack of pallets. The injured worker was operating a powered industrial vehicle on the opposite side and was struck. The injured employee sustained a fractured hip. | |||||
| 2018-05-15 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | Food Bank of South Jersey | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| On 5/14/2018, a temporary employee was walking through a warehouse when his phone was knocked out of his hand. As he reached to pick up his phone, a powered industrial vehicle backed over his left foot, breaking it and requiring surgery. Steel toe shoes were worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-03-08 | Westlake | Ohio | True Value Distribution Center | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
| An employee was operating a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) when he encountered another PIV that was blocking his path. When he attempted to move the other PIV, it struck him, breaking his leg and ankle. | |||||
| 2018-03-08 | Curtiss | Wisconsin | Liebovich Steel and Aluminum Kaukauna | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was on a flatbed truck moving steel dunnage for a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) to unload when the PIV operator came forward unexpectedly and the steel shifted, catching the employee's right ring finger. The finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2018-02-28 | Chicago | Illinois | Lincoln Provision, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee sustained a finger amputation while climbing a powered industrial vehicle. | |||||
| 2018-02-22 | Chicago | Illinois | Averitt Express | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was injured while operating a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) to load a truck. | |||||
| 2018-02-05 | Sturtevant | Wisconsin | Real Alloy Recycling, Inc. | Forehead | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| An employee was charging a furnace by adding material using a powered industrial vehicle. An explosion occurred, causing a fireball to come out of the furnace. The employee jumped from the vehicle to avoid the fireball and landed on the ground. He suffered first and second degree burns to the forehead and injuries to his left knee. | |||||
| 2018-01-31 | Bedford | Ohio | Giant Eagle/American Seaway Foods | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was being trained on a powered industrial vehicle when the employee's right foot was caught and fractured between the vehicle and a charging station. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-01-16 | Eau Claire | Wisconsin | AMERICAN PHOENIX, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was operating a machine when a powered industrial vehicle struck the employee with a pallet of rubber. The employee's right lower leg was pinned between the pallet and the machine scale, fracturing it and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-01-13 | Solon | Ohio | Nestle Foods Factory - Solon | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On 01/13/2018, an employee was scanning a pallet in a warehouse when a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) operator struck him, pinching and amputating his finger between the pallet and the PIV. | |||||
| 2017-09-21 | Salem | Ohio | Fresh Mark, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) into a pump meat cooler to retrieve a vat of product. As he maneuvered into position, the vehicle slipped on the wet floor and the employee was pulled out of the PIV. He was pinned between the PIV and a vat of product, suffering rib, vertebrae, and pelvic fractures. | |||||
| 2017-08-28 | Mount Vernon | Illinois | CONTINENTAL TIRE NORTH AMERICA, INC | Hand(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was backing up a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) to a pallet when his left hand was caught and lacerated between the PIV and a stationary object. | |||||
| 2017-07-27 | Hodgkins | Illinois | Wm. Bolthouse Farms | Nonclassifiable | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
| An employee was driving a powered industrial vehicle and struck a wall resulting in an amputation injury. | |||||
| 2017-05-18 | Joliet | Illinois | DHL Supply Chain | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) when he lost control of the PIV and quickly dismounted it. His foot was then caught and crushed between a rack guardrail and the PIV. | |||||
| 2017-03-09 | Plant City | Florida | Gordon Food Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employee was cleaning the lifting cylinder from the inside of the PIV when the cylinder pinched his right thumb causing a severe laceration to the bone that resulted in an amputation injury. | |||||
| 2017-01-20 | Medina | Ohio | PLASTIPAK PACKAGING INC. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| While standing on a mezzanine platform, an employee opened a gate and was moving pallets for a powered industrial vehicle to retrieve when he fell out of the open gate to the ground, breaking his femur. | |||||
| 2016-09-29 | Dixon | Illinois | DIXON DIRECT LLC | Elbow(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On September 29, 2016, at approximately 10:15 AM, an employee walking through the facility was struck by a powered industrial vehicle. The employee then fell and suffered a broken left elbow, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-06-06 | East Liberty | Ohio | Midwest Express Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| On June 6, 2016, an employee was adjusting a powered industrial vehicle battery that became stuck in the automated battery changing station when the battery struck and broke his right leg. | |||||
| 2016-05-19 | Chicago | Illinois | CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE COMPANY | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| While turning a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) around, an employee lost control of the PIV, which then flipped on its side. He dismounted the vehicle and hit his head, suffering a laceration above the left eye and a nose fracture. | |||||
| 2016-04-28 | Geneva | Illinois | Lineage Logistics Holdings, LLC | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee lost control of a powered industrial vehicle and attempted to dismount the vehicle as it made contact with a stationary object. The employee's leg broke when it was caught between the vehicle and the object. | |||||
| 2016-04-22 | Dublin | Ohio | SEARS | Head and neck | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On April 22, 2016, an employee was removing a grill from a trailer that was on a powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employee's head/neck became caught between the PIV and the trailer, causing head/neck injuries that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-04-14 | Romeoville | Illinois | Midwest Air Technologies, Inc | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a powered industrial vehicle when she lost balance and grabbed onto the throttle. When she grabbed the throttle, she drove into a wall, smashing her leg between a rack and the vehicle. She suffered a large laceration that required surgery. | |||||
| 2016-04-07 | Stone Lake | Wisconsin | Northwoods Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was tracing a wire under the hood of a powered industrial vehicle when his right hand contacted the cooling fan, lacerating the thumb, index, and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2016-04-06 | Temple | Texas | Wilsonart LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was participating in powered industrial vehicle training. As the employee was attempting to pick up a table, the wheels on the lift turned sharply. The lift accelerated quickly, causing it to veer to the right. His right pinky finger was pinned and amputated under an adjacent table next to a wall. | |||||
| 2016-02-18 | South Holland | Illinois | UPS Ground Freight | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On February 18, 2016, an employee was checking freight material that had been loaded into trailers when a coworker hit him with a powered industrial vehicle. He sustained broken bones in his foot, as well as bruises and lacerations to both legs. | |||||
| 2016-02-18 | Chicago | Illinois | Swissport Cargo Services, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was unloading a flatbed truck that was carrying a PMC, which is a cookie-sheet type of pallet that carries cargo for airlines. He was pulling the PMC manually because the bed of the truck has a roller bed that allows the PMC to move the length of the bed without using a powered industrial vehicle once it is unhooked and all the hooks are removed. The employee's left foot became lodged between the vehicle and the bypass system. The PMC hit the employee's leg while it was stuck and bro | |||||
| 2016-02-17 | Minerva | Ohio | Imperial Aluminum - Minerva, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On February 17, 2016, an employee was struck by the rear wheel of a powered industrial vehicle (Bobcat) resulting in a severe laceration requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2016-02-05 | Eau Claire | Wisconsin | The Bottling Group, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was operating a powered industrial vehicle and collided with another employee operating a powered industrial vehicle resulting in two fractures to the tibia and multiple soft tissue injuries to the foot. | |||||
| 2016-01-06 | Coppell | Texas | Amazon.com.kydc LLC | Lower leg(s) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was reversing a powered industrial vehicle. While he was going to turn, his foot went outside of the truck and struck a rack. He suffered a lower left leg fracture. | |||||
| 2015-12-14 | Elizabeth | New Jersey | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| While walking in the crosswalk from the parking lot to the building, an employee was struck by a feeder shifter (powered industrial vehicle), fracturing his leg. | |||||
| 2015-11-23 | Lima | Ohio | BEF Foods, Inc. | Lower extremities | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| On November 23, 2015, an employee was reversing a powered industrial vehicle. The employee got on the walk behind the lift, began to back up, and became pinned between a railing and the lift, suffering a crushing injury to the right lower extremities. | |||||
| 2015-11-19 | Hauppauge | New York | Abel Womack | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was injured while repairing a powered industrial vehicle at the customer location. | |||||
| 2015-10-19 | Galesburg | Illinois | Blick Art Materials, LLC | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee operating a standup powered industrial vehicle (PIV) was backing out of an aisle into the main aisle. He struck a pole at the end of the storage rack, and his left leg got crushed between the lift truck and the pole. | |||||
| 2015-08-19 | Oakwood Village | Ohio | Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee at the warehouse placed a 35-pound box of degreaser on the forks of a motorized stand-on powered industrial vehicle and hit the wrong button, causing the PIV to move backwards and pin the employee against the rack system. The employee suffered a crushing fracture to the left leg. | |||||
| 2015-07-17 | Columbus | Ohio | Coca-Cola | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was struck by a powered industrial vehicle. | |||||
| 2015-07-09 | Chicago Ridge | Illinois | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was injured when a powered industrial vehicle overheated, spraying him with hot water/anti-freeze. The employee received burns to his torso, arms and groin requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-06-15 | Bedford Park | Illinois | Leggett & Platt | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On June 15, 2015, an employee was straightening boxes on a pallet and was struck by the forks of a powered industrial vehicle. The employee was hospitalized due to the injuries received. | |||||
| 2015-04-09 | Vance | Alabama | Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) and got her leg caught between the PIV and the wall resulting in a broken leg and ankle. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-03-30 | West Chicago | Illinois | Premier Employee Solutions, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
| An employee was hospitalized after coming in contact with a racking system while operating a powered industrial vehicle. | |||||
| 2015-02-24 | Valdosta | Georgia | Lowes Homecenters, LLC | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| A powered industrial vehicle ran over an employee's foot, requiring in-patient hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2015-02-02 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Alro Steel Corporation | Face | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was moving a load with a crane onto the forks of a Big Joe-powered industrial vehicle. After the load was on the forks and the sling around the load was removed, the hoist hook was not raised before the load was moved. When the Big Joe was moved forward, the hoist hook came over the mast of the load and swung and struck the employee in the face. The employee then fell backwards to the ground. The employee was hospitalized as a result of the injuries sustained. | |||||