Material Control Systems, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Feb 1, 2022: Employee sustains head lacerations from falling metal rack

At 8:09 a.m. on February 1, 2022, an employee stacked approximately eight green metal racks using a forklift. After stacking the racks, the forks were still inserted into the racks and were pressed down on the bottom four racks. The employee began to back up the forklift while they were completely turned around and the top few racks started to fall. The top rack hit the top of the forklift, got stuck, and swung towards the unframed side of the forklift. One of the corner posts of the rack impacted the employee's head, rendering him unconscious and ejecting him from the forklift. The employee landed on the floor and sustained a laceration on the left side of the head, requiring stitches. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on Jul 22, 2019: Employee fractures pelvis after being pinned between two piv

At 11:55 a.m. on July 22, 2019, an employee was talking to Coworker #1 who was sitting on a stationary Nissan Model MAPIF2A25LV Powered Industrial Vehicle (PIV) when Coworker #2 operating a Nissan Model MAPIF2A25LV PIV backed out of a trailer/dock door and pinned the employee between the mobile and stationary PIVs. The employee incurred multiple crushing injuries, including a fractured pelvis and leg, and was hospitalized.

Incident on Feb 8, 2019: Employee amputates fingertip in forklift incident

At 11:15 a.m. on February 8, 2019, Employee #1 was operating a sit-down UNICARRIERS forklift (Model Number MCP1F2A25LV, LP) and attempting to load a tall stack of eight John Deere RCU34 plastic containers measuring approximately 99 inches high into the back of a semi-trailer. The temporary employee could not see around the load and the top container in the load struck the top of the trailer door opening. The top container in the stack struck the top of the trailer door opening, causing the whole stack to rock back. Instead of stopping or backing up, the forklift operator continued forward and watched as the top container sheared off the top of the stack and fall onto the forklift's overhead protection. The forklift operator then reached through the overhead protection to control the container that had fallen. The forward motion of the forklift and the sliding action of the container across the overhead protection created a shear point between a welded steel strap across the overhead protection and the sliding container that sheared off Employee #1's fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.