Columbia South Carolina has a population of approximately 135,000 people, making it one of the least populous cities in the southeastern United States. Although the population is smaller there are still a number of factories and manufacturing plants in the area. These factories often use heavy machinery that can cause accidents if it’s not operated properly. One way to avoid these accidents is to have qualified professionals do the work. If you have been injured contact a Columbia SC machinery accident attorney that can help you get the compensation you need to cover your losses.
Manufacturing Companies
Columbia is a hub for manufacturing companies. Some of the major manufacturers located in Columbia include
| Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. Bonitz, Inc. Prince Group, LLC Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation Allied Air Enterprises LLC Shakespeare Company, LLC Devro, Inc. |
The Ritedose Corporation US Patriot LLC Owen Steel Company, Inc. Pure Power Technologies, Inc. Armstrong Air Conditioning Inc. Engineered Metals and Composites, LLC Colite International, Ltd. |
These companies are just a few of the many that operate in Columbia. There are also many smaller manufacturers that rely on the city’s infrastructure to support their businesses.
Machinery Accidents
Machinery accidents happen all the time, and it’s important to be aware of the dangers that come with working with machinery. In Columbia South Carolina, there have been a few serious machinery accidents. Here are the reported incidents:
| AccidentDate | Employer | City | State | Description | Injury | Body Part | Event | Injury Source | Other Injury Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/10/2021 | Pike Electric, LLC | Columbia | Sc | An employee was changing out an underground transformer. The employee contacted the live transformer and sustained burns to their right hand, right forearm, and left thigh. | Electrical burns | Upper and lower limb(s) | Direct exposure to electricity | Power lines, transformers, convertors | |
| 24/09/2021 | TravelCenters of America LLC | Columbia | Nj | An employee tripped and fell while walking down stairs. The employee suffered broken ribs. | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level | Stairs, steps | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 21/09/2021 | Novel Aire Technologies | Columbia | Mo | An employee slipped and fell from a fixed ladder, struck another employee, and suffered a broken leg. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level | Ladders-fixed | Nonclassifiable |
| 01/06/2021 | Envelope 1, Inc. | Columbiana | Oh | An employee had been operating the envelope production line. As the employee was troubleshooting the line, the employee was caught in and struck by a rotating drive shaft resulting in a severe leg laceration requiring surgical repair. | Cuts, lacerations | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Paper production machinery | |
| 28/05/2021 | Columbia Country Club | Columbia | Mo | An employee was sawing a downed tree when the tree rolled and his left calf was cut by the chainsaw. The cut required surgery. | Cuts, lacerations | Lower leg(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Chainsaws-powered | Trees |
| 18/05/2021 | PIONEER AEROSPACE CORPORATION | Columbia | Ms | An employee was removing a misplaced grommet from the grommet press when their left middle finger was caught in the press and the press activated causing a fingertip amputation. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Textile, apparel, leather production machinery | |
| 01/04/2021 | Pitt-Ohio Express, Inc. | Columbiana | Oh | An employee was unloading a trailer when a pallet of freight shifted, causing the freight to fall and strike the employee. The employee sustained injuries to the head, shoulder, and hand. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Boxes, crates, cartons | Skids, pallets |
| 23/02/2021 | Bluff Creek Terrace Senior Living | Columbia | Mo | An employee was stepping off a ladder after removing a branch from a light when they missed a step and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken back and right leg. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Movable ladders | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 18/02/2021 | Help at Home | Columbia | Mo | An employee was taking out the garbage for a client and slipped and fell on a snow-covered sidewalk, resulting in a broken hip. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Sidewalks, paths, outdoor walkways | Ice, sleet, snow |
| 30/01/2021 | Colony Pointe Senior Living, Columbia MO | Columbia | Mo | While making a client's bed, an employee tripped over a bed sheet and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floor | Sheets, towels, linens, bedding |
| 31/08/2020 | Tree Wizard Incorporated | Columbia | Mo | A Tree Wizard, Inc., employee was helping remove a tree that had struck a power line. When he made the final cut on the tree, the line rolled under the log and struck him in the face. He suffered a fractured eye socket, a fractured skull, and multiple facial lacerations. | Fractures | Multiple head locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Power lines, transformers, convertors | Trees |
| 03/08/2020 | Harbor Freight Tools Store 242 | Columbia | Mo | An employee was transferring products from a pallet to a non-motorized conveyor belt. While walking around the pallet, she tripped on one of its corners and fell to the ground, breaking her lower left leg. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floor | Skids, pallets |
| 17/06/2020 | Anvil International | Columbia | Pennsylvania | An employee was using a grinder to clean a part when the grinding wheel contacted the employee's hand. The employee sustained an open fracture to his left pinky finger. | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Grinders, abraders | |
| 08/06/2020 | St. Anne's Retirement Community | Columbia | Pennsylvania | An employee slipped and fell on a wet kitchen floor, suffering an injury to the right hip. The employee was hospitalized. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Floor | Liquids |
| 05/06/2020 | PHD MANUFACTURING | Columbiana | Ohio | An employee was trying to unjam a pulley on a forming machine when the wire rope on the pulley let go and pulled her thumb under it, causing a partial amputation. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery | |
| 18/05/2020 | Crown Health Care Laundry Services, LLC | Columbia | Mississippi | A maintenance employee was installing a lift cylinder on an iron. While he was aligning the lift cylinder bolt hole and a roller, the roller moved and his right thumb was caught between the roller and lift cylinder bolt hole. As a result, he sustained a fractured right thumb. | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fabric pressers and ironing appliances | |
| 19/02/2020 | Southwest Landscape Management, Inc. | Columbia Station | Ohio | On February 19, 2020, an employee was working to clean a salt spreader on a landscaping truck when the employee's right arm was caught in an auger, crushing and breaking bones in the arm. | Fractures | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c | |
| 14/02/2020 | Satellites Unlimited | Columbia | Louisiana | An employee was conducting a walk-around, inspecting a house to see where to install a satellite dish, when a neighbor from 120 yards away saw him, thought he was trying to break in, and started shooting at him. He was shot in the left bicep, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | Gunshot wounds | Upper arm(s) | Shooting by other person-intentional | Assailant, suspect | Firearm |
| 04/02/2020 | Midway Arms Incorporated | Columbia | Missouri | An employee tripped over a plastic tote while pulling a customer's order. The employee fell and fractured the left hip. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | Boxes, crates, cartons |
| 23/01/2020 | Dillards | Columbia | Missouri | An employee was leaving the store when she slipped and fell on ice, breaking her ankle. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | Ice, sleet, snow |
| 09/01/2020 | ForTech Medical | Columbia | Missouri | An employee was unloading a laser machine onto a cart when wind blew fibers off the machine/cart. The employee pressed the brake on the cart, retrieved the fibers, and took them inside the building. When the employee returned for the cart, it was rolling toward cars in the parking lot. The employee chased the cart and ran into a concrete barrier and fell, suffering a fractured right hip and right elbow injury. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | Concrete parking blocks and barriers |
| 05/01/2020 | Crown Linen Service, Inc. | Columbia | Illinois | An employee was helping to move a piece of equipment out of the plant with a team of people. While moving the object that was controlled by other employees, the employee was positioned between the edge of the dock and the machine. He dismounted from the dock to reposition himself. When his feet struck the ground, he broke both heel bones. | Fractures | Heel(s) | Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet | Ramps, loading docks, dock plates | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 03/01/2020 | U.S. Dept of Army | Columbia | South Caroli | An employee was removing a temporary water line when hot water spewed out, causing second degree burns to the employee that required hospitalization. | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances | Water | |
| 09/08/2019 | Con-Agg | Columbia | Missouri | An employee fell 5 feet while climbing down from an excavator he had been working on. He suffered a broken left hip. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Excavating machinery | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 11/06/2019 | Stoltze Lumber Company | Columbia Falls | Montana | An employee was operating a chop saw to cut dunnage when the employee's right pinky finger contacted the saw blade, resulting in a partial finger amputation. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Sawing machinery-stationary | |
| 07/06/2019 | US Dept of Army | Columbia | South Caroli | An employee was trying to direct a crane load from the back of a Palletized Load System (PLS) vehicle. The employee was struck by the crane load while getting out of the way of the swinging load and suffered a fractured left wrist and elbow, a bruised hip, and a torn left rotator cuff. | Fractures | Wrist(s) and elbow(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle | Cranes | |
| 01/06/2019 | Heitkamp Masonry | Columbia | Missouri | Two employees were in a scissor lift removing a brick wall using a cutoff saw. The saw bucked and lacerated the left forearm of the second employee. | Cuts, lacerations | Forearm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person | Saws-powered, except chainsaws | |
| 10/05/2019 | Zarbana Aluminum Extrusion, LLC | Columbiana | Ohio | An employee was operating an aluminum extrusion press. He was attempting to cross over a table roll section with two automatic puller machines overhead and was struck by the returning puller and caught between the puller rollers. Four fingers on the employee's left hand were crushed and severely lacerated. The thumb was partially amputated. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Extruding machinery | |
| 03/05/2019 | AAF INTERNATIONAL | Columbia | Missouri | An employee was testing jig operations at the beginning of his shift. After a cycle did not complete properly, he reached to adjust the jig. The jig cycled another 1/2 inch causing the partial amputation of his left middle finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Machinery | |
| 21/02/2019 | BOONE HOSPITAL CENTER | Columbia | Missouri | An employee slipped on ice in a parking lot, falling to the ground and breaking her right ankle. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Parking lot | Ice, sleet, snow |
| 05/02/2019 | Triad Capital Group, LLC | Columbia Station | Ohio | On February 5, 2019, an employee's middle and ring finger tips were amputated while retrieving a part from a stamping press. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Presses, except printing | |
| 02/02/2019 | HEITKAMP MASONRY INC. | Columbia | Missouri | An employee was walking behind a telehandler all-terrain forklift when the forklift ran over the employee and crushed both legs. | Crushing injuries | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c | |
| 02/02/2019 | HEITKAMP MASONRY INC | Columbia | Missouri | Sometime between 8:00 and 9:00 AM, on 02/02/2019, an employee was walking behind a telehandler when it struck him and his legs were crushed. | Crushing injuries | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c | |
| 24/01/2019 | Anvil International | Columbia | Pennsylvania | An employee was trying to align a bushing when the machine suddenly energized. The tap head lacerated the employee's right hand and broke a finger. The machine was not locked out at the time. | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery | Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery | |
| 21/01/2019 | Septagon Construction Company | Columbia | Missouri | An employee was walking across the driveway when he slipped on ice and fell to the ground, breaking his right lower leg and ankle. | Fractures | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Street, road, driveway | Ice, sleet, snow |
| 16/01/2019 | XPO Logistics | New Columbia | Pennsylvania | An employee was using a forklift to unload trailers. His hand was under the protected forklift cage as he leaned onto the controls that lowered the boom. His left hand was then caught between the boom and the mast, causing a laceration and three broken bones in his hand. He was hospitalized. | Fractures | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered | |
| 15/01/2019 | SCANTRON | Columbia | Pennsylvania | An employee was removing paper stuck in a vacuum roller when the employee's left thumb was caught in a pinch point, resulting in an amputation at the mid-nail area (no bone loss). | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Printing machinery and equipment | |
| 05/09/2018 | U.S. Postal Service | Columbia | Pennsylvania | An employee was descending a customer's steps when the bottom step broke, kicking up and hitting her; the employee fell and suffered three broken ribs and a partially collapsed lung. | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet | Stairs, steps-outdoors | |
| 22/08/2018 | PHOENIX HOME CARE | Columbia | Missouri | On August 22, 2018, an employee slipped on a wet floor and fell, suffering a broken hip. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Floor | Liquids |
| 20/08/2018 | REINHARDT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY | Columbia | Missouri | An employee was attempting to flip over a concrete column form using a tower crane to access and tighten the pipe braces on the bottom side of the form. His hand was on a partially suspended form when his left thumb was pinched between the form and the pipe brace, resulting in a partial thumb amputation (just below the first knuckle). | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Cranes-tower, self-erecting, portal, pillar, hammerhead | Structural elements, n.e.c. |
| 03/07/2018 | U.S. Postal Service | Columbia | Pennsylvania | An employee suffered severe dehydration while delivering mail in the heat. | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat-environmental | |
| 29/06/2018 | JM Eagle | Columbia | Missouri | An employee was moving a piece of 12-inch PVC pipe with a crane hoist. The hoist's slide rail broke, dropping the pipe. The pipe fell onto the employee's left hand, pinching his left ring and middle fingers against a steel rail. Both fingers were broken and severed; the middle fingertip was removed at the first knuckle. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing | Cranes |
| 28/06/2018 | Beacon Roofing Supply | Columbia | Missouri | An employee finished unloading building supplies on the roof and was descending the ladder. The employee fell from the ladder and broke bones in the left leg. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level | Ladders | Nonclassifiable |
| 20/04/2018 | Access Solution, LLC | Columbiana | Alabama | An employee fell while transitioning from a vertical temporary ladder to a scaffold platform. | Traumatic injuries and disorders | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level | Movable ladders | |
| 09/04/2018 | Crown Linen Service | Columbia | Illinois | An employee was in his truck at a loading dock to make a delivery when he stepped into the gap between his truck and the loading dock and fell. He suffered an infection and possible fracture. | Cellulitis and abscess | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet | Existing floor opening | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 02/04/2018 | Weis Market, Inc. | Columbia | Pennsylvania | An employee was attempting to tie his shoe when he lost his balance and fell onto the corner of a three-bay sink, fracturing multiple ribs on his left side and suffering a collapsed lung. He was hospitalized. | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Floor | |
| 21/03/2018 | Weyerhaeuser Company | Columbia Falls | Montana | An employee smashed a finger between bearing housing of rolls and a sander framework. | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Rollers | Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c. |
| 21/03/2018 | Crown Linen Service, Inc. | Columbia | Illinois | While unloading a pallet of boxes, an employee stepped onto a pallet. The employee's foot went between pallet boards and became stuck, resulting in spiral fractures to the tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment | Skids, pallets | |
| 28/01/2018 | L.L. Klink & Sons, Inc. | Columbia Station | Ohio | An employee exited a lift and was walking on pipes when he fell from the pipes to the ground, injuring his wrist and head. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level | Pipes, ducts, tubing | |
| 23/01/2018 | Nelson's Tree Service LLC | Columbia | Missouri | While cutting a cedar tree, an employee fell from a height of about 12 feet and struck the ground, suffering a broken collarbone. | Fractures | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Trees | |
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If you have been injured by a Columbia South Carolina machinery accident, contact an experienced injury lawyer as soon as possible. You may be entitled to compensation for your injuries, and a lawyer can help you make sure that you get the money that you deserve.