3 Texas Walmart Employees were Seriously Injured in August 2021 – Work Injury Plan
According to the August 2021 update on serious injuries in U.S. workplaces, pallet or forklift-involved employee injuries in Texas occurred at three different Walmart locations. Walmart and other big-box stores such as Home Depot, Amazon, and Lowe’s have a duty to keep employees safe. None of these major employers likely have Texas workers’ compensation, but that doesn’t change the fact that protections must be provided in consideration of hazards related to forklifts. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) prepares the serious injury reports, and details on the August 2021 injury that occurred in a Walmart in Orange, Texas, follow.
A Walmart Employee in Orange, Texas, Suffers Amputation of a Finger
On August 30, 2021, at Walmart Store #0777, located at 3115 Edgar Brown Drive in Orange, TX 77630, an employee was seriously injured and required hospitalization. The summary of the serious Texas work injury is brief and indicates that the Texas injured worker was loading pallets onto a pallet truck when he was seriously hurt. The pallets fell and landed on the workers’ right hand. His index finger was amputated as a result of the work accident.
OSHA has established rules for safety in using pallets. For electric pallet jacks, for example, employees must be provided with initial formal and practical training before using a powered pallet jack.
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