ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS—
Kenco Logistics Services
Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from and struck by moving vehicle · Amputations involving bone loss
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a trailer using a powered industrial truck (PIT) when the PIT missed the dock plate and became unstable. The employee was thrown from the lift and the PIT ran over his left foot resulting in a foot fracture and a toe amputation.
Similar incidents · Same event type
LEHIGH ACRES, FLORIDA—
Triple J. Grassing, LLC
An employee was riding on the side of an all-terrain forklift when they fell into the space between the gas tank and the right rear tire. The employee was run over by the the right rear tire, resulting in fractures to their neck, pelvis, and right leg.
GILBERT, WEST VIRGINIA—
Triton Construction, Inc.
Employees were moving a paving machine. The machine had been pulled forward, then put in reverse to back up a hill, when it revved up and went out of control. It had moved about 40 feet when one employee jumped out of it and was dragged under it. A second employee rode about another 40 feet, then jumped out to avoid a steep embankment. The first employee suffered a broken pelvis, and the second employee suffered a broken lower leg. Both were hospitalized.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA—
Mulhall's Nursey, Inc
An employee was operating a lawn mower. He fell off while making a turn and the mower ran over his right foot. The employee sustained a laceration on his right ankle.
HOUSTON, TEXAS—
Gulf Stream Marine - Care Terminal
An employee was driving a forklift. He fell off the machine during a turn, and one of its wheels broke his left foot. He was hospitalized.
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI—
CAPITAL CITY BEVERAGES, INC.
An employee was traveling on a walker rider as it headed for the outer wall of the warehouse office. He jumped off the front of the rider which caused his legs to be caught between the base of the rider and the yellow safety rail. The employee sustained a fractured right fibula.