OSHA Injury Report: L.A. Lumber Treating, Ltd

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

EE OPERATED THE FORKLIFT ON A DAILY BASIS AS HE IS THE FOIRKLIFT SUPERVISOR. HE LOADS OFFLOADS MATERIALS FROM AND ON TRACTOR TRAILERS. THIS PARTICULAR MORNING HE WAS OPERATING THE FORKLIFT IOT TO PREP FOR THE DAYS TASKS OF LOADING UNLOADING. THE PAIN HIS HIS LOWER BACK WE TOO MUCH FOR HIM AS THE FIRKLIFT WAS JOSTLING AND PUTTING PRESSURE ON HIS BACK FROM THE POOR CONDITION OF THE TIRES.

What happened

EE WAS OPERATING HIS FORKLIFT AROUND THE LUMBERYARD IN THE [REDACTED] HAD STARTED. THIS IS NOT A ISOLATED INCIDENT AS THE CAUSE OF HIS AILMENT IS DUE TO HIS BAD TIRES THAT ARE MOUNTED ON HIS FORKLIFT. THEY HAD UNEVEN WEAR NO TREAD UNEVEN TREAD OR CHUCNKS OF TIRE MISSING. THIS MADE IT FOR HARD FOR EE AS HE OPERATED THE FORKLIFT OFFLOADING LOADING MATERIAL.

Injury or illness

EE HAS PAIN IN HE LOWER BACK THAT CONSISTS OF HIS BEING STIFF HE CANNOT SLEEP AT NIGHT HE CANNOT SIT FOR VERY LONG.HIS BACK IN CONSTANTLY SORE HE IS IN PAIN AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS INFORMED THAT HE HAS SACRAL CONTUSION AND A LUMBAR STRAIN. HE IS CURRENTLY GOING TO PHYSICAL THERAPY.

Object or substance involved

FORKLIFT TIRES THAT HAD UNEVEN WEAR CHUCNKS OF TIRE MISSING FROM THE TIRES NO TREAD WHILE OPERATING FULL TIME AND UTLIZING SAID FORKLIFT ON A DAILY BASIS.

Summary line

Sacral contusion lumbar strain from driving forklift

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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