Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-03-26 | Alamosa | Colorado | Bureau of Land Management | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee had been pumping gas and was hospitalized for an allergic reaction to a wasp sting. | |||||
2019-08-04 | Alamo | Texas | H-E-B Alamo #421 | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was pulling a manual pallet jack when the pallet jack became stuck by pitting on the floor. When the pallet jack became free, the wheel ran over the employee's foot causing lacerations to the second and third toes on the right foot. | |||||
2018-09-18 | Alamosa | Colorado | Sodexo | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee lost consciousness while preparing food and fell to the floor, suffering a broken left hip. | |||||
2018-07-27 | Alamosa | Colorado | A Greer Roofing | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a roof to the ground and sustained a head injury, broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
2016-09-20 | Alamogordo | New Mexico | Concrete Coring Company | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On September 20, 2016, at approximately 2:30 PM, an employee was coring concrete using a drill. His hair somehow became caught in the drill and he suffered damage to his scalp and broke his neck. He was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2016-06-09 | Alamosa | Colorado | Alta Fuels | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using pipe wrench to install a pump in a liquid storage tank when the wrench broke free and caught the employee's right pinky finger, partially amputating it. | |||||
2016-01-11 | Alamo | Georgia | Carey Locke Logging Co., Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Small-scale (limited) fire |
An employee was hospitalized for burns to his hand and leg after attempting to start a "warming fire" at a work site using diesel fuel. | |||||
2015-10-09 | Alamosa | Colorado | Expo LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was counting bags on a conveyor and caught the left ring finger in the conveyor system resulting in the removal of the fingertip including the nail with no bone damage. | |||||
2015-06-16 | Alamosa | Colorado | Monte Vista Co-op | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee broke a leg while operating a tire changer. |