Liverpool, NY — The woman who was injured after being hit by a falling POD storage unit has been identified as Alicia Henderson. The accident happened at a POD storage facility on Stelway Blvd. in Liverpool, New York, on Thursday, December 11, 2014.
Reports say the woman was unloading one of the units that was sitting on top of a truck when the accident occurred. The straps securing the unit became tangled, and the entire thing fell on her when she tried to untangle them and they came loose.
An employee at the facility was able to free the woman using a forklift. She was taken to Upstate University Hospital and is in critical condition.
Reports say that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been made aware of the accident.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
The straps on a storage unit like this, especially when it’s secured to a truck, coming undone doesn’t sound right. Was the woman undoing the straps that secured the unit, or was there something wrong with them? News reports are a little sparse on details, so it’s possible there are pieces of this story we’re missing. But this sort of thing seems like something the company should have been aware could happen, and should have taken protective measures against. I’m not familiar with this company myself. Often, similar storage units will have some sort of waiver customers sign freeing the company from liability in the case of injury, but if there was something wrong with the equipment itself, it may still be responsible for the accident.
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