OSHA Injury Report: GREENSBORO NDC_1438171

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

The employee was working on and under a dock plate being held up by a forklift.

What happened

STRUCK BY MATERIAL EQUIPMENT - Employee (Building Equipment Mechanic) was repairing a dock plate. The dock plate was being held up with the forks of a forklift. A co-worker (Maintenance Mechanic) was operating the forklift. The BEM asked the MM to lower the forks of the forklift. While the MM was lowering the forks of the forklift the dock plate slipped off of the forks of the forklift and the dock plate fell and hit the BEM on the top of the head knocking him to the ground. EMS was called and transported the BEM to Moses Cone Hospital in [REDACTED] for evaluation and treatment.

Injury or illness

Head (skull) brain cranial nerves and cerebral blood vessels-Center- Wounding |Neck including spine and cervical vertebrae-Center- Fracture

Object or substance involved

Dock plate fell off fork lift and struck employee on the head wounding head and fracturing T4 vertebrae

Summary line

Struck on head head wounded requiring staples when dock plate slipped off the forks of a forklift. Employee also suffered T4 vertebrae fracture.

Employee and industry

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.