Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-28 | Hailey | Id | Wilson Construction, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was nailing sheer wall while approximately 8 feet above the ground in the bucket lift of a forklift. The employee fell from the lift to the ground, resulting in a back injury and a gash on their head. | |||||
2021-03-24 | Ailey | Ga | Pike Electric LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was changing out porcelain bells to polymer bells on a single phase conductor and received an electrical shock, resulting in first degree burns under his right arm and second degree burns in his left armpit. | |||||
2021-02-02 | Hailey | Id | Natural Grocers | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was replacing a hand basket near a row of carts when they tripped over a cart wheel and fell to the floor, resulting in a broken femur. | |||||
2020-05-08 | Bailey | Colorado | Vapco Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was working on a scaffold 8 feet high and scooting from one area to another when one side of the scaffold fell into a drainage hole. The scaffold then began to tip over, and the employee jumped out of the scaffold. Upon landing on the ground, the employee fractured his left ankle, right tibia, and right fibula. | |||||
2019-09-09 | Baileys Harbor | Wisconsin | M.J. Electric, LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
While pulling electrical line using a tugger and tensioner, an employee came in contact with a live electric current and sustained burns to the left hand. | |||||
2019-05-08 | Baileyton | Alabama | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
A truck driver was climbing into the cab of his semi-truck when he lost his footing and fell backwards to the ground and struck his head. | |||||
2019-02-21 | Baileyville | Maine | Woodland Pulp, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
An employee slipped while getting off a flatbed truck. His left ring finger was caught on the truck and amputated. | |||||
2018-03-08 | Baileyville | Illinois | Pearl City Elevator | Skull | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was inserting a power spreader beneath a feed truck while replacing the crossbar of the vehicle. As he attempted to place the tool in the proper position, the coupler on the tool failed and discharged the adapter, striking him in the face. He sustained a laceration on his face and a skull fracture, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-06-29 | Ailey | Georgia | BMC East, LLC | Arm(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
An employee was using a pallet jack to move a pallet of doors when he bumped into a stack of mirrors on a pallet. As he attempted to stop the mirrors from falling, his right arm was lacerated by the sharp edges of a mirror. | |||||
2017-05-31 | Baileyville | Maine | Woodland Pulp, LLC | Scalp | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
Employees were restarting a digester after an acid cleaning. Hot liquor (300 degrees) was being introduced into the digester, but the valve to the acid tank was not closed, so hot liquor entered the acid tank and caused the lid on the fiberglass tank to blow. The hot liquid from the tank showered the injured employee, who suffered burns to the top of his head and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-01-17 | Baileyville | Maine | Woodland Pulp, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was servicing a heater when his right hand was caught in an inclined conveyor adjacent to the heater. The employee suffered a finger amputation on the right hand. | |||||
2016-02-16 | Baileyville | Maine | Woodland Pulp LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was adjusting the valve of a condensate line and attempting to "sewer" the hot water through a hose. The hose failed and hot water (200 degrees) caused second and third degree burns to the employee's arms, abdomen and legs (35% of the body). | |||||
2016-02-01 | Baileyville | Maine | Cianbro Corporation | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
A worker cut a 4-foot x 6-foot x 5-inch piece of concrete slab from the operating floor, which fell toward the barricaded area in the basement. As the concrete slab fell, it struck a piece of equipment and was deflected to an area outside of the barricade. The slab then struck an employee standing nearby, lacerating the employee's leg. |