Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Amputations
Final narrative
An employee was moving a stack of pallets into a trailer using an unpowered pallet jack. There were two stacks, side by side, in the trailer. The right stack had three pallets on top that were not perfectly aligned with the rest of the stack. As the employee was pushing the left stack into position next to the right stack, the three pallets on the right stack caused the top three pallets on the left stack to tip over. The employee suffered a half-inch soft tissue amputation to the right middle finger.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.