Charleston South Carolina – Machine Injury & Accidents

Charleston, South Carolina has an increasing rate of machinery accidents. This may be due to the fact that many businesses in Charleston are involved with construction, which is often associated with heavy machinery use. Another reason for the high rate of accidents may be the lax safety standards in Charleston. Many businesses do not enforce safety policies or procedures for machinery use, which can lead to accidents. In order to reduce the number of machinery accidents in Charleston, businesses should make sure to have a higher safety policy standard and implement it into their daily operations.

Manufacturing Companies

Charleston is a city in and the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The city is located in the Lowcountry region of the state and lies on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Ashley River. With a population of 173,554 as of 2010 census, Charleston had an estimated population of 217,096 in 2015.

The city is known for its historic architecture and for various plantations such as Beaufort, Blenheim, and Magnolia. The downtown area has undergone extensive renovation and revitalization in recent years and has become a major tourist destination. Manufacturing companies located in Charleston include

Ingevity Corporation
Westrock Charleston Kraft, LLC
The Intertech Group Inc
Gildan USA Inc.
Astenjohnson, Inc.
JW Aluminum Company
Ingevity South Carolina, LLC

Belmond USA Inc.
Zb Holdings, LLC
Mahle Behr Charleston Inc.
Salisbury Electrical Safety, Llc.
Cordillera Communications, LLC
Wabco Compressor Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Energy One America, LLC

Machinery Accidents

Machinery accidents happen all the time, and they can be deadly. If you have been injured as a result of a machinery accident in Charleston South Carolina, you need to contact an experienced lawyer as soon as possible. A lawyer can help you navigate the complicated legal system and get the compensation you deserve.

In Charleston South Carolina alone, there have been at least five machinery accidents in the past few years, each one resulting in serious injuries

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
13/11/2021	Michaels Stores Inc	South Charleston	Wv	An employee was standing on a manual roller conveyor to unload stock when the conveyor shifted and the employee fell 3 feet onto their right side, resulting in a fractured right femur and hip that required hospitalization.	Fractures	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Conveyors-roller	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
28/09/2021	Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.	Charleston	Wv	An employee has a known allergy to chemically made cinnamon. The employee smelled cinnamon on a coworker and had a severe reaction. The employee was hospitalized.	Other or unspecified allergic reactions	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode	Chemicals and chemical products
03/08/2021	SCHNEIDER NATIONAL CARRIERS, INC.	Charleston	Wv	An employee slipped while leaving the cab of a tractor-trailer, falling backward to the ground and suffering a broken elbow.	Fractures	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
22/07/2021	Sunrise Cooperative, Inc. (South Charleston Grain)	South Charleston	Oh	An employee was using a metal rod to dislodge a grain blockage from the outside of a grain bin withdraw chute. When the blockage cleared, the rod twisted down and contacted the drag conveyor below. The rod was then pushed against the chute and pinched the employee's hand resulting in amputation of the ring finger and a contusion on the middle finger.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Chutes	Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
14/04/2021	AM Communications LTD	Charleston	Wv	An employee fell off a ladder while repairing a drop line. The employee landed on blacktop and suffered hip and skull fractures, a sprained left arm, and a gash over an eye.	Fractures	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level	Ladders	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
16/03/2021	American Bureau of Shipping	North Charleston	Sc	Two employees were inspecting separate sides of a void tank in a ship. When one of them stood up from a squat, his glasses slid down his face and his eye and right brow struck a protruding piece of a metal bracket. He suffered a cut to the brow and an eye injury from the bracket piece.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Eye(s)	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.	Water vehicle
07/08/2020	U.S. Department of Homeland Security	North Charleston	Sc	An employee fell while stepping off a bus, suffering a broken hip. The employee was hospitalized.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Bus	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
22/07/2020	Buckeye Diamond Logistics Supply dba Easy Heat Wood Pellets of PA, Inc.	South Charleston	Ohio	An employee was cleaning out debris from a wood pellet mill. The employee's hand was pulled between the mill's die and roller; the employee suffered compression injuries to the left hand, with partial amputations to the left index and middle fingers.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized
20/07/2020	CAMC Memorial Hospital	Charleston	West Virgini	An employee was cleaning an empty hospital room using a cleaner with bleach. He developed breathing problems after inhaling the bleach fumes and was hospitalized.	Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode	Chlorine, chlorine bleach
10/04/2020	United Dairy	Charleston	West Virgini	A valve on a tanker truck actuated while an employee was putting in a part. It amputated about 1/8 inch of the employee's fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery	Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
04/04/2020	Todd Judy Ford	Charleston	West Virgini	An employee was mowing grass. The employee slipped and his left foot went under the mower deck, where the mower blade amputated his big toe and second toe.	Amputations	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Mowing machinery
11/03/2020	Charleston Labcorp	Charleston	West Virgini	Earlier in the day the injured employee was visiting a client and had tripped on the curb, injuring his shoulder. A few hours later while at the office, he began to feel ill. The employee passed out and landed on the floor in an awkward position resulting in a fractured left foot and a dislocated left ankle. The employee was hospitalized.	Fractures and dislocations	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.	Floor
29/02/2020	EVERGREEN NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES	South Charleston	West Virgini	While hooking up a pump trailer to the hitch on a truck, an employee's finger was caught between the hitch ball on the truck and the coupler on the trailer. The employee sustained a crushing injury/fracture to the left middle finger that required surgical amputation.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Trailers	Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility
14/01/2020	U.S. Dept. of the Air Force	Charleston Afb	South Caroli	While participating in a unit-level training exercise, an employee was acting as a gate guard. During the exercise, a role player approached the entry control point driving a black vehicle. The employee was attempting to take the role player into custody when a small struggle occurred and the employee fell to the ground. The employee's lower body contacted the role player's knee, causing blunt force trauma and a blood clot to the lower body that required hospitalization.	Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.	Pelvic region	Injured by physical contact with other person in sporting event or physical training	Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker
10/01/2020	Hi Trak Staffing, Inc.	North Charleston	South Caroli	An employee was stung by an insect while working aboard a ship in the shipyard constructing platforms, requiring hospitalization.	Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect	BODY SYSTEMS	Bites and stings	Insects, arachnids, mites
19/09/2019	Amedisys West Virginia, LLC	Charleston	West Virgini	An employee walking towards a patient's home stepped onto a curb, tripped and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left arm, and pain in the left shoulder, elbow and knee.	Fractures	Arm(s)	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs	Curbs
09/09/2019	Belflex Staffing Network LLC	South Charleston	West Virgini	A temporary employee was removing a tablet that did not properly eject from a press. The press cycled as the employee's left hand was in the point of operation causing the amputation of the left middle finger.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Presses, except printing
12/07/2019	SSA-Marine	Charleston	South Caroli	An employee was sitting on the rear tire of a lift truck when it pulled forward and turned to the left. The employee sustained a broken leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
02/07/2019	Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha & Putnam	Charleston	West Virgini	An employee leaned out a doorway and fell 15 feet to the ground after the temporary safety railing failed. The employee was hospitalized for fractures to the hip, pelvis, ribs, and sternum as well as head lacerations.	Fractures	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Doors, except garage and vehicle	Guardrails, road dividers
02/07/2019	Buckeye Diamond Logistics	South Charleston	Ohio	An employee was operating a vertical panel saw when it cut the employee's left little finger.	Cuts, lacerations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Sawing machinery-stationary
02/06/2019	SSA-Marine	North Charleston	South Caroli	An employee was involved in a motor vehicle accident at an intersection at the port. The employee was knocked unconscious and suffered broken bones.	Fractures and other injuries	Multiple body parts	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle	Vehicle	Vehicle
06/05/2019	Detyens Shipyards, Inc.	North Charleston	South Caroli	An employee was using a bucket lift to work on the hull of a ship. The employee's hand was on the top of the bucket when the lift made contact with the hull of the ship and the employee's hand was caught between the bucket and the ship's hull. Two fingers were damaged and a third finger was medically amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted	Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
16/04/2019	Page Clearing, Inc.	Charleston	Mississippi	An employee had been trimming logs with a chain saw when he started to move to a new location. His left foot became caught under a log as he stepped over it, causing him to fall forward and fracture his left leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	Logs
05/03/2019	CAMC WOMENS & CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	Charleston	West Virgini	On March 5, 2019, an employee slipped on grass and fell fracture an ankle.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Ground
04/01/2019	UPS	South Charleston	West Virgini	An employee's finger was caught in a door hinge as he held the door open for other employees to enter. The left middle fingertip pad was amputated.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate	Doors, except garage and vehicle
04/01/2019	Container Maintenance Corporation	Charleston	South Caroli	An employee was adjusting the pin lock on a chassis that had a container that was not sitting flush to it. The employee struck the pin multiple times with a hammer in the left hand and chisel in the right hand. On the last swing of the hammer, the chisel hit the pin and then slipped, sending the employee's right ring finger under the container as it fell flush to the chassis. The employee's right ring finger was crushed between the chassis and container, resulting in a fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Vehicle and mobile equipment parts	Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
17/08/2018	Walmart Stores Inc.	Charleston	Illinois	On August 17, 2018, at approximately 12:15 PM, an employee was unloading a dairy truck. The employee had one foot on the truck trailer gate and one foot on the loading dock plate. The truck moved forward without notice and the employee fell through the area, breaking a leg and requiring hospitalization.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway	Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck	Nonclassifiable
05/08/2018	Container Maintenance	North Charleston	South Caroli	An employee tripped while attempting to jump back into a moving van, injuring his knee.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
22/05/2018	Mountain State Pipeline & Excavating LLC	Charleston	West Virgini	On May 22, 2018, at approximately 8:40 a.m., an employee was in the enclosed cab of an excavator preparing the ground for the installation of a silt fence. While the employee was digging around the base of a dead oak tree, a limb broke off of the top of the tree and fell onto the cab of the excavator. The limb shattered the glass sunroof, and the employee was struck by glass and broken limbs. The employee was hospitalized for a skin graph to the right index finger, cut on the head and cheek, an	Cuts and abrasions or bruises	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Limbs, branches-unattached
03/10/2017	Kanawha Valley Construction and Erection	Charleston	West Virgini	On October 3, 2017, at approximately 10:00 a.m., an employee was descending a ladder when his lanyard became tangled around his feet. He turned and jumped approximately 13 feet, fracturing both of his heels and requiring hospitalization.	Fractures	Heel(s)	Other jump to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Ladders	Jewelry, ID badge lanyards
21/09/2017	New River Electrical Corp	Charleston	West Virgini	An employee was moving a sheet of 4x8 shoring board to the edge of a trench when he fell 8 feet into the trench, fracturing his right tibia and fibula.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet	Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
01/09/2017	U.S. Coatings, Inc.	North Charleston	South Caroli	An employee was descending into a tank using a permanent fixed ladder when he received an electrical shock, which caused him to lose his grip on the ladder and fall. He fell approximately 20 feet and struck a platform. He then bounced off the platform handrail and fell another 8 feet to the bottom of the tank, suffering shoulder, rib, and back injuries.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet	Ladders-fixed
16/08/2017	Roadsafe Traffic System, Inc.	Charleston	West Virgini	A flagger was struck in the head by the chute of a concrete truck, suffering a contusion.	Bruises, contusions	Head	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle	Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
16/08/2017	Container Maintenance Corporation	Charleston	South Caroli	An employee was not feeling well while servicing a truck. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.	Heat exhaustion, prostration	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
08/08/2017	Estes Express Lines	Charleston	West Virgini	On August 8, 2017, at approximately 2:50 p.m., an employee tripped on a pallet inside the trailer of a delivery truck. As he fell, he reached for the rope that pulls the door down and his left hand became entangled in the rope. The injury resulted in a left ring fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floor	Skids, pallets
28/03/2017	SSA Cooper	Charleston	South Caroli	An employee was unloading a hold when his leg was pinned and injured between an I-beam and wire coils.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Leg(s)	Contact with objects and equipment	Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
26/01/2017	United Dairy	Charleston	West Virgini	On January 26, 2017, at approximately 12:45 PM, an employee was injured while pulling crates of milk from the energized floor track. A stack of product cases became hung up on the floor track. Using a metal hook, the employee attempted to unjam the cases. The track popped up and caught the employee's left ankle between the track and the metal side barrier on the track resulting in a broken ankle. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Conveyors-powered
23/01/2017	Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Systems	Charleston	Illinois	On January 23, 2017, an employee was stuck on the palm of his hand by a dental hook while collecting instruments to be sanitized. The employee was hospitalized.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Medical sharps instruments
18/01/2017	rue21	Charleston	West Virgini	An employee fell off a ladder and shattered an elbow.	Fractures	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level	Movable ladders
08/10/2016	United Dairy	Charleston	West Virgini	An employee's hand was caught in a machine while working on it.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Hand(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Special process machinery
01/06/2016	Bluewater Manufacturing Services, Inc.	South Charleston	West Virgini	An employee was working at a tablet machine when the discharge chute amputated the employee's fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Special process machinery
23/05/2016	U.S. Postal Service	North Charleston	South Caroli	On or about May 23, 2016, an employee was moving a mail rack when her hand was smashed between the rack and a concrete column. Her right pinky fingertip had to be surgically amputated.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Racks-garment and other	Structural elements, n.e.c.
30/03/2016	Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.	Charleston	West Virgini	On March 30, 2016, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee was working from a 12-foot fiberglass step ladder, preparing to relocate a 2-inch vent line from a receiver tank. Steam and hot water came out of the vent, causing the employee to lean back, lose balance, and fall to the concrete floor below. The employee suffered a right hip fracture, multiple right rib fractures, and a right forearm laceration, requiring hospitalization. An energy control procedure was not used at the time of the inci	Fractures	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Step ladders	Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.
18/03/2016	Reliable Electrical Mech Services	South Charleston	Ohio	An employee was working on a roof and fell on the same level striking his back on the standing seam roof deck resulting in a back fracture.	Fractures	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level	Roof surfaces other than roof edge
10/11/2015	Buckeye Diamond Logistics, Inc.	South Charleston	Ohio	On or about November 10, 2015, an employee was greasing the drive shaft on the end of a conveyor. The employee's sleeve got caught in the conveyor, and the employee's hand was pulled into the drive shaft. The employee's fourth and fifth left-hand digits were lacerated and fractured.	Fractures	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Conveyors-powered	Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
27/10/2015	Tallahatchie Lumber, LLC	Charleston	Mississippi	Four employees were preparing to change a head saw blade. One employee shut the head saw down and while the blade was still rotating another employee opened a door on the backside of the head saw. That employee reached inside the door with his right hand and his arm was struck by the saw blade amputating the lower arm.	Amputations	Forearm(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized
22/10/2015	KMX Painting, Inc.	Charleston	West Virgini	An employee stepped off a platform approximately 12 inches off the ground and broke his right ankle.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Scaffolds-staging
28/09/2015	Suddenlink Communications	Charleston	West Virgini	On September 28, 2015, at approximately 2:45 p.m., an employee was climbing a 28-foot extension ladder that had been leaned against a mid-span, which is the line between two poles. The ladder began twisting and moving, and the employee fell 15 feet to the rocky ground below. He fractured his left wrist and required surgery.	Fractures	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Extension ladders
02/09/2015	Tri-State Roofing & Sheet Metal Company	Charleston	West Virgini	On September 2, 2015, an employee was removing clay tile and installing a membrane on the roof of a building on the Capitol grounds. The employee began to experience cramping and was eventually hospitalized for possible dehydration.	Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
16/05/2015	SSA Cooper	Charleston	South Caroli	An employee was injured when struck by and pinned between the counterweight of a forklift and the ship's hatch/deck pontoons that were resting on the dock.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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