Sysco Los Angeles: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Aug 12, 2019: Employee fractures fingers while rolling down truck door

At 2:07 p.m. on August 12, 2019, an employee was standing on a truck trailer while pulling the roll-up door downward to close. The employee was pulling the door down with his left hand and placed his right hand on the door. As the door rolled down, his right fingers became pinched between the door slat gaps. He suffered laceration to the right hand and fractured index and middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Incident on Feb 1, 2004: Employee injures leg when struck by forklift

At approximately 8:30 p.m. on February 1, 2004, Employee #1, a battery man, was moving a double pallet jack at the battery charging station. His right foot was on the ground between the pallet jack and the steel barrier that protected the b attery chargers. His left foot was placed on the pallet jack's platform. There w ere two empty pallets on the jack. At the same time, a coworker was approaching the charging station on an electric stand-up forklift to park it next to the pow ered pallet jack. As the coworker was turning into position, the end of the fork lift straddle leg (outrigger) struck the outside pallet on the pallet jack. The pallet jack moved, striking Employee #1 in the right leg. He sustained a fractur ed tibia and fibula and was transported to Citrus Valley Medical Center in West Covina, CA where he was hospitalized.