A Dallas Walmart Worker Suffers an Amputation Injury-Pt.4
A Kroger employee was in a powered industrial vehicle when he was seriously injured on November 5, 2021, in a Houston Kroger store. The use of forklifts, just one of many types of powered industrial trucks, is common in warehouse settings. In fact, employees at big box stores such as Kroger, Walmart, Lowe’s, Amazon, and Home Depot are often at risk for serious work injuries. None of these stores named here are likely subscribers to workers’ compensation in Texas, but they have the same responsibility as all employers to provide safe work environments for their workers.
Standard Cited:19100178 O01 Powered industrial trucks.
Another of the safety standards established by the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that the Kroger store was cited for violating is shown above. The initial proposed penalty for this alleged violation was $14,502.00, though it has since been reduced to $0.00 in an informal settlement.
The section cited refers to guidelines specifically about loads. The first one mentioned in the coming installment of this series is the one referenced in the OSHA inspection report, and additional information will also follow. The issue of loads is often involved in Texas workplace accidents and serves to demonstrate the importance of proper training about and execution of handling loads on forklifts and other powered industrial vehicles.
Learn more in Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of this series.
This website seeks to help seriously injured employees and relatives of employees who died in fatal work injuries in Texas when the employer involved is not a participant in the Texas workers’ compensation insurance program. There is never an intention on this site of implying that anyone or any entity is now or has previously been engaged in wrongdoing.
–Guest Contributor
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