Worker Seriously Injured in Lower Valley Forklift Accident on N. Clark Drive at Old Dominion Freight Line

Lower Valley, Texas (October 3, 2021) – A trucking company employee was seriously injured on Saturday in a forklift accident in the Lower Valley, according to officials.

The accident happened on October 2, at Old Dominion Freight Line, in the 300 block of N. Clark Drive.

Officials said a male employee in his 50s was working when pallets fell on him.

The worker was taken to a local hospital with serious facial injuries.

No other information was provided.

An investigation is underway.

“Texas has been the scene of some of the world’s most shocking industrial accidents in the past 25 years,” Joel A. Gordon, an experienced industrial accident lawyer, said. In the great majority of the cases, gross negligence on the part of the employer bears full responsibility,” he added. Numerous OSHA violations, fines, and deficiencies stand as proven evidence that employers repeatedly disregard the importance of worker safety by ignoring needs for proper equipment maintenance, employee protections around dangerous work conditions, and vigilance about employee health concerns or symptoms while working within unsafe circumstances. 

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