There Are Worse Things Than Getting Your Toes Stepped On

True Stories
Trucking industry injuries and prevention tips
There are worse things than getting your toes stepped on
Industry:
General Freight
Injury Prevention Tips
Occupation: Truck Driver
To P r o t e c t Yo u r F e e t
Task:
Unloading Truck
 Inspect boxes before moving.
A 31-year-old truck driver for a general freight
 Look for broken banding or insufﬁ cient or
trucking company was unloading a box that
old tape.
weighed about 200 lbs. The box was not strong
 Push box lightly to gauge its weight.
enough to hold the contents and it came apart,

dropping the heavy contents on his left foot.
Use the correct equipment for loading/
unloading. Avoid manual lifting whenever
Many of the bones in his foot were fractured.
possible. If you have a lift gate - use it!
He was oﬀ work for 178 days and his injury cost
 Wear proper footwear such as steel-toed or
over $19,000.
sturdy leather boots.
www.KeepTruckingSafe.org
SHARP Program
Dept. of Labor & Industries
Produced by the Trucking Injury Reduction Emphasis (TIRES)
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Project with funding in part from CDC/NIOSH grant U60
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Publication No. 90-26-2008
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