Inwood, WV ·
OSHA Injury Report: Schenker Inc. Tabler Station
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Schenker Inc. Tabler Station in 396 Development Drive, Inwood, WV 25428 resulted in days away from work. Employee was forklift Operator in general warehousing and storage.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Schenker Inc. Tabler Station
- Parent company
- DB Schenker Inc.
- Street
- 396 Development Drive
- City
- Inwood
- State
- WV
- ZIP
- 25428
- On-site location
- HDW B300 pallet straightener
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 25
Before the incident
The employee had just set down a full stack of CHEP pallets and then started to drive around the stack and quickly turning to the left to enter the other side of the pallet stack. The driver was then going to put them into the pallet straightener.
What happened
As the employee began to drive around the stack of pallets the driver quickly turned to the left. The rear counterweight of the forklift then swung out quickly to the right striking a guard rail post. This resulted in a vehicle impact shut down event. Upon impact with the guard rail the employee 's momentum continued to the right striking his right eyebrow against a 2-pronged metal bracket. The bracket was positioned eye-level and was mounted to the right upright overhead cage bar.
Injury or illness
The employee sustained a 3 4 inch long horizontal laceration along the right eyebrow which resulted in three sutures.
Object or substance involved
A metal 2-pronged bracket. The bracket was positioned at eye-level and was mounted to the right upright overhead cage bar.
Summary line
3 4 laceration to right eyebrow
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Forklift Operator
- SOC code
- 53-7051: Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- NAICS code
- 493110: General warehousing and storage
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 375
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 779,174
- EIN
- 135619239
- Establishment ID
- 428263
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 07:39
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-25
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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