Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-10 | Amarillo | Tx | AM Communications | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a 28-foot ladder, preparing to change an aerial cable line. The ladder fell backward with the employee on it. The employee suffered a broken sternum and a head injury. | |||||
2021-11-03 | Mamaroneck | Ny | American Waste Transfer Systems, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was attempting to climb down from a ladder attached to a trailer. He slipped and fell approximately 3 feet to the tarping basket below, causing internal bleeding in his kidney. | |||||
2021-10-16 | Jamaica | Ny | U.S. Postal Service | Arm(s) | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was lifting a mail bag when they suffered a strained or sprained right arm. | |||||
2021-10-12 | Tamarac | Fl | Comcast | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a drill when it injured his left little finger. He suffered an amputation to the finger. | |||||
2021-10-03 | Amarillo | Tx | GRI Towers Texas, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was changing the butterfly end on a pneumatic, handheld paint gun containing a hazardous chemical when the trigger went off, resulting in a puncture wound on the employee's left index finger. | |||||
2021-09-13 | Jamaica | Ny | AGD Contracting, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
While an employee was waiting for a tool, a metal panel came off an adjacent building and stuck the employee causing a partial amputation to his right index finger. | |||||
2021-08-31 | Amarillo | Tx | Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was installing a roll of tape on a strip roller machine. Their right middle finger was caught and amputated in the machine when it cycled. | |||||
2021-08-24 | Panama City Beach | Fl | Greg's Roofing of Bay County, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee slipped on damp underlayment and fell off a second-story roof, landing on the ground and suffering fractures to the hip and face. | |||||
2021-08-21 | Amarillo | Tx | Tyson Fresh Meats | Upper arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting a carcass using a knife. The knife lacerated the employee's bicep. | |||||
2021-08-18 | Tamarac | Fl | DURHAM ELECTRIC, INC. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
At 2:12 p.m. on August 18, 2021, an employee was demolishing electrical switches when the gear fell on him as it was being lowered. The employee's left leg was broken. | |||||
2021-07-24 | Amarillo | Tx | United States Postal Service | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was delivering a package to a residence when he tripped over a large boulder in the yard, resulting in a fractured left knee. | |||||
2021-06-21 | Miramar Beach | Fl | Gulf Coast Health Care, LLC | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
Two employees collided and one fell, suffering two broken arms. | |||||
2021-06-08 | Panama City Beach | Fl | Outback Scooters, LLC | Brain | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was supervising a go-kart track when he was struck by an oncoming go-kart, resulting in a head injury and bruises on his legs. | |||||
2021-06-05 | Jamaica | Ny | LSG Sky Chefs | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a box, fell to the floor, and suffered a pelvic fracture. | |||||
2021-05-25 | Tamaqua | Pa | Environment Awareness Corporation | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was using a hand crank to crank a tarp and fell 10-15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained an pelvis fracture, multiple fractured ribs, severe head trauma, and a severe lung injury. | |||||
2021-05-23 | Panama City | Fl | Kraton Chemical, LLC. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was venting a 275-gallon intermediate bulk container to facilitate gravity feeding. He stepped up onto the platform of the secondary containment to gain access to the center cap. While doing so, he lost his footing and fell from the platform (25.5 inches above grade) to the concrete floor and suffered a fractured left tibia and fibula. | |||||
2021-04-18 | Jamaica | Ny | American Airlines | Nonclassifiable | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was driving a wide loader when it was struck by a baggage tractor. The employee lost consciousness. | |||||
2021-04-08 | Lamar | Co | RailWorks Signals & Communications, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
Employees were putting in the helical foundation to install a PTC tower when they hit rock and stopped work. An employee took the boom truck remote control and climbed onto the boom truck bed and proceeded to disconnect the foundation adapter plate from the helical foundation. The employee then lifted the boom to remove the helical foundation from compression and pushed the foundation over toward the ground at the back of the boom truck. At that time, the injured employee came around the back of | |||||
2021-04-01 | Jamaica | Ny | American Airlines, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was running to catch a bus and fell to the ground, fracturing their right leg. | |||||
2021-03-26 | Panama City | Fl | Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee had been removing wooden blocking from a hull in preparation for the hull's departure from the dock. While using a wooden wedge to remove sand from under the blocking, the blocking shifted and the employee's right middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-02-26 | Amarillo | Tx | International Paper Company | Pelvis | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
An employee was struck by a stack of corrugated boxes while operating a transfer car. The employee suffered a broken pelvis and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-22 | Panama City | Fl | Medxcel Facilities Management, LLC dba Medxcel | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee stepped down from the second step of a ladder to the floor, landed forcefully, and suffered fractures to the left tibia and left radius. | |||||
2021-02-02 | Amarillo | Tx | Northstar Energy Solutions LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was working on the ground approximately 15 feet from a transmission structure when a knee joint fell from the transmission structure, hit an adjacent apartment building, and bounced onto the employee, striking him in the hard-hat. The employee was knocked to the ground, striking his face and resulting in an eye socket fracture. | |||||
2021-01-26 | Miramar | Fl | CSC Service Works | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Shooting by other person-intentional |
An employee had been doing office work when the doorbell rang. The employee answered the door and an assailant gained entry, stole cash, and shot the employee in his right shoulder. | |||||
2021-01-25 | Jamaica | Ny | Cream O Land Dairy LLC | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a wooden pallet while delivering milk, falling and suffering a broken left wrist. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Jamaica Plain | Ma | MSPCA Angel | Hand(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An employee was shaving a dog in preparation for a medical procedure when the dog bit the employee's right hand. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Jamaica | Ny | Sunrun | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a ladder in order to install a solar panel. Rungs from the ladder broke, causing the employee to fall to the ground and sustain arm and shoulder injuries. | |||||
2021-01-20 | Panama City | Fl | Berg Pipe Panama City Corp | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was polishing an aluminum pipe in a lathe with an emery cloth when his glove got caught in the lathe chuck, pulling him into the lathe. The employee suffered fractures to his left arm above the wrist, a laceration on his left ear, and an amputation of his left thumb. | |||||
2020-10-15 | Jamaica | Ny | Worldwide Flight Services Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee had been stretching out a cargo net. He tripped on a pallet tie-down and fell resulting in a head injury. | |||||
2020-09-30 | Jamaica | Ny | ElSol Contracting & Construction | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was spotting for a construction vehicle as it backed up. The vehicle struck the employee. | |||||
2020-09-12 | Amarillo | Tx | Tecta America Amarillo CS LLC | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was laying down new insulation board on a roof and fell approximately 14 feet off the roof to the ground below. He suffered a broken tibia and injured his back and ankle. | |||||
2020-09-09 | Amarillo | Tx | Amarillo Gear Company LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was using a magnet to flip a gear when the magnet disengaged from the part and fell on the employee's hand causing three broken fingers. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-09-04 | Amarillo | Tx | Texas Home Health of America, LP | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee went to change the laundry in a client's home and slipped in 3 inches of water that had leaked from the client's washer. The employee sustained a broken ankle and foot. | |||||
2020-09-02 | Panama City | Fl | J. Michaels Dockside Bar & Grill | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was carrying a large stock pot of hot water from the stove to the sink when he lost his balance, slipped, and fell. The hot water spilled on and burned his body. | |||||
2020-08-26 | Tamaqua | Pa | Silberline Manufacturing Company Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fire |
On August 26, 2020, an employee was cleaning an industrial mixer when a flash fire erupted within the mixer and burned the employee's face, neck, and hands. The cleaning process involves manually scraping a mixture of aluminum paste with petroleum distillate carrier. Isopropyl alcohol is then used to wash the mixer. | |||||
2020-08-17 | Panama City | Fl | Tri County Roofing and Repair, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
A roofer was climbing a ladder to go onto the roof when he fell off the ladder onto the ground and broke his right ankle. | |||||
2020-08-04 | Amarillo | Tx | Amarillo Veteran Hospital | Upper and lower limb(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle on side of road |
A vehicle struck an employee while she was walking across a parking lot, breaking her right shoulder and her tibia. | |||||
2020-07-31 | Miramar | Florida | CB Structures | Lumbar region | Fall through surface or existing opening |
During hurricane clean up, an employee fell through a trash chute on the third floor. The employee landed on the ground and sustained a fracture to the second lumbar vertebra. | |||||
2020-07-26 | Panama City Beach | Florida | Holiday Beach Rentals, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet |
On July 26, 2020, an employee received a call from a tenant that the elevator was not working at their rental house. The employee drove to the three-story rental house to fix the issue. While trying to reset the elevator, the employee lost her balance and fell about 30 feet through the sheet rock to the first floor of the elevator shaft. The employee was hospitalized with a back injury. | |||||
2020-07-15 | Amarillo | Texas | Tri State Baking Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing maintenance on a depanner conveyor when their finger was caught between a chain and sprocket. The right index finger was amputated. | |||||
2020-07-14 | Panama City | Florida | Gulf Equipment Corp. dba Gulf Services | Pelvis | Struck by falling object or equipment |
On July 14, 2020, an employee was felling a tree from the ground using a chainsaw when a tree trunk hit his pelvis area. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2020-07-12 | Jamaica | New York | AccentCare Inc. | Foot (feet) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was mopping a floor with bleach. The bleach came into contact with the bottoms of the employee's feet, burning them. | |||||
2020-07-11 | Jamaica | New York | Dnata Ground Handler | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was pushing a flight out of the gate. While disconnecting the tow bar, the bar dropped onto the employee's left foot. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the second toe and a fractured big toe on the left foot. | |||||
2020-07-09 | Jamaica | New York | Dnata Ground Handler | Leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was driving a tug with a load into a warehouse. While the employee was trying to disconnect the dolly from the tow tractor hitch, the dolly brake tongue swung and struck his left knee. He suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-05 | Panama City | Florida | Sodexo Operations, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell while walking behind a café serving line. She caught a wall-mounted fire extinguisher as she fell; it fell onto her hand when she landed on the floor, amputating her left index finger at the first knuckle. | |||||
2020-06-29 | Jamaica | New York | MDR Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a roof while cleaning gutters and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-18 | Tamarac | Florida | Captial Air Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell approximately 12 feet off a ladder to the floor, suffering broken ribs and a broken hip. | |||||
2020-06-15 | Tamaqua | Pennsylvania | Lewistown Valley Enterprises, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On June 15, 2020, at approximately 8:00 AM, an employee (temporary employee contracted to site) was reaching over a turkey gizzard processing machine when her gloved hand became trapped in the machine. The employee sustained a fractured thumb and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-01 | Lamar | Colorado | FieldCore Service Solutions, LLC | Forearm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was tucking cables into an electrical cabinet up the tower on a wind turbine when he was electrically shocked, suffering burns to the left forearm that required hospitalization. | |||||
2020-05-20 | Amarillo | Texas | Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was adjusting a malfunctioning lift gate. The gate moved downward, crushing the employee's left little finger. The fingertip was amputated without bone loss. | |||||
2020-05-18 | Jamaica | New York | ASAK Solutions LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was directing a tug operator to connect the tug to a dolly with mail. The tug operator mistakenly reversed instead of pulling forward, causing the employee's left leg to be pinned between the tug and the dolly. He suffered a puncture wound to his lower left leg. | |||||
2020-05-16 | Amarillo | Texas | Western Builders of Amarillo, Inc | Multiple body parts | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was giving hand signals to a forklift operator who was lowering a wacker packer into an elevator pit. The forklift operator had boomed out toward the elevator pit when the back wheels of the forklift lifted off the ground. The injured employee was standing on ground level on the other side of the pit. The forklift bucket then hit him at about shoulder level and traveled down his side, pushing him to the ground and coming to a rest on his leg. He suffered a broken ankle, torn ligament | |||||
2020-05-09 | Lamar | Colorado | FieldCore Service Solutions, LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was troubleshooting an electrical circuit in an electrical cabinet at the base of a wind turbine when an arc flash occurred, causing second degree burns to the employee's right hand. | |||||
2020-05-07 | Miramar Beach | Florida | GCF Concrete Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
On May 7, 2020, an employee was helping to set up a scaffold tower on ground level when the jacking system fell over and struck his right foot, resulting in the amputation of one toe. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-04-28 | Lamar | Colorado | Dragon Products, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was bolting a support leg onto the bottom of a trailer. The front of the trailer was lifted slightly in order to insert the leg mounting bracket into position under the trailer mounting bracket. Once in position and after being lowered, the two brackets can be bolted together. The employee's left hand was on the back side of the support leg and his thumb tip was amputated in a pinch point between the two brackets while the trailer was being lowered. | |||||
2020-04-22 | Amarillo | Texas | INTERNATIONAL PAPER | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was attempting to climb into a railcar when he slipped and fell, hitting his face on a roll of paper and injuring his neck. | |||||
2020-04-10 | Jamaica | New York | Worldwide Flight Services, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was hitching two cargo dollies together. A tug struck one of the dollies creating a nip point with the trailer hitch and tongue that amputated the employee's fingertip. | |||||
2020-03-22 | Amarillo | Texas | Tyson Fresh Meats | Face | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
While servicing a conveyor belt, a box fell from an overhead conveyor belt and struck an employee in the head. The employee then fell and hit his jaw on a floor-level conveyor. The employee sustained a facial laceration and jaw injury. | |||||
2020-03-21 | Amarillo | Texas | Affiliated Foods Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While attempting to free a potato that was stuck in a conveyor, an employee's fingertips were nipped by moving parts of the conveyor. The middle fingertip on the employee's left hand was amputated. | |||||
2020-03-06 | Panama City | Florida | System Service and Engineering | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
On March 6, 2020, an electrician in a mechanical room was disconnecting wires that feed to the fire alarm pump, to replace it. The power company arrived to perform the power shutdown and told the electrician that he could flip the breaker. Afterwards, he disconnected the wiring and the breaker arc flashed, causing second and third degree burns to his face and hands. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-02-29 | Jamaica | New York | American Airlines Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was replacing a baggage conveyor system clutch and checking the drive belt when the employee's glove was caught and their left hand was pulled into the machine's pulley resulting in a partial amputation of the index finger. | |||||
2020-02-20 | Braman | Oklahoma | Kelle Oil Company | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was rolling a 550-pound truck tire rim across a shop floor. The rim tipped over and struck his hip and leg, breaking the leg and damaging the hip. | |||||
2020-02-06 | Panama City Beach | Florida | Construction Materials, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On February 06, 2020, an employee was cutting rebar using a rebar machine when the machine was inadvertently activated via the foot pedal, resulting in the amputation of his left middle finger. | |||||
2020-01-27 | Tamarac | Florida | Arrigo Auto Group | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was using a step stool while performing automotive work when he slipped and fell, injuring his knee and requiring surgery. | |||||
2020-01-26 | Jamaica | New York | Worldwide Flight Services Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was shutting the lid of a cargo bin when the lid fell onto his right index finger, causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-01-07 | Miramar | Florida | Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was assembling a wood crate using a pneumatic staple gun when the staple gun's safety mechanism pressed against the employee's thumb while he simultaneously depressed the trigger. The staple released into his thumb and he required hospitalization. | |||||
2020-01-02 | Vardaman | Mississippi | Furniture Wood, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting wood on a bandsaw. The blade severely lacerated the employee's left thumb at the second joint. | |||||
2019-09-23 | Jamaica Plain | Massachusett | MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
At about 8:00 a.m. on September 23, 2019, a doctor was bitten by a cat on the right wrist and hand while treating it. The wound became infected, and the employee was hospitalized later that evening. | |||||
2019-09-12 | Tamaqua | Pennsylvania | Wenger Feeds, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell from the second rung of a fixed ladder on a feed bin. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a back injury. | |||||
2019-09-10 | Jamaica | New York | Kawasaki Rail Cart, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to electricity |
While checking the meter voltage on a rail, an employee experienced an electric shock to the right hand. | |||||
2019-09-06 | Amarillo | Texas | Affiliated Foods, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was traveling down an aisle while operating a stand-up forklift when his lower left leg was caught between the forklift and racking. He sustained a laceration. | |||||
2019-09-04 | Amarillo | Texas | Dustin Allen, Inc, | Multiple trunk locations | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
A piece of heavy equipment backed up over an employee, who suffered a broken pelvic bone, broken ribs (in the back), and a ruptured bladder. | |||||
2019-08-28 | Jamaica | New York | Social Security Admininstration | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level |
An employee was filing paperwork when she fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip and wrist and a forehead laceration. | |||||
2019-08-05 | Amarillo | Texas | Texas Dodge | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
While being moved, a modified handicap vehicle with the pedals reversed, drove forward and an employee was pinned between the van and a workbench. The employee suffered crushing injuries. | |||||
2019-07-22 | Miramar | Florida | REYNOLDS CONSTRUCTION OF FLORIDA, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was pinned between the spreader bar of a trench box and an excavator bucket during a sewer main installation. The employee sustained lower lumbar and thoracic compression fractures, a bruised liver, and dislocated ribs. | |||||
2019-07-17 | Panama City | Florida | Cross Environmental Services, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
On July 17, 2019, a temporary employee was hand picking discarded construction materials while using cloth gloves when a piece of ceramic tile flipped and lacerated his left forearm near the wrist. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-16 | Amarillo | Texas | Tyson Fresh Meats | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working on the harvesting floor as a steamback operator. The trolley came into the room and the employee removed it from the track. The employee's fingers were pinched by the trolley wheel and rail and a fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-06-26 | Panama City | Florida | Trane U.S. Inc. dba The Trane Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a vertical belt sander to smooth the edges of a 3-inch by approximately 14-inch piece of steel. The employee used his hands to tilt the back end of the piece of steel upwards in order to sand it at one end when the belt grabbed the piece of steel, causing his left index finger to be caught between the belt and the piece of steel. His left index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-06-25 | Panama City | Florida | Berg Steel Pipe Corp | Foot (feet) | Fall, slip, trip |
On June 25, 2019, an employee was repairing a machine that moves pipes (36 inches in diameter, 1/2-inch thick, and 40 feet long) from a set position to a skid position. He was welding on a hydraulic cylinder clevis that holds the cylinder to the machine. When he moved the machine arm, it triggered the automated car to deliver a pipe to the machine. Seeing that a pipe was coming toward him, he jumped out of the way and landed near a skid pipe. He fractured his left foot and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-23 | Charlotte Amalie | Virgin Islan | CROWLEY CARIBBEAN SERVICES, INC | Forehead | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c. |
On June 22, 2019, an employee was descending the ladder of a 20-foot container when a 20-pound metal top plug swung and struck his head. The top plug was connected via rigging wire to a cargo vessel's aft crane. He sustained a contusion with a 2-inch cut above his left eyebrow, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-06-17 | Panama City | Florida | Nate's Sanitation Service, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On June 17, 2019, an employee was picking up residential garbage containers when he began to suffer heat-related illness; after being put in the air-conditioned cab of the garbage truck he became unresponsive. He was hospitalized, suffering from kidney failure. | |||||
2019-06-14 | Amarillo | Texas | Tyson Fresh Meats | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was reaching for a hook caught on the side of a carcass with his left hand when his right hand came in contact with the piston of the bone clipper, amputating his right middle fingertip. | |||||
2019-06-11 | Saint Amant | Louisiana | Premiere South Roofing and Sheet Metal | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was moving an extension ladder from a house in order to load it back onto a truck. The ladder either made contact with an electric line or the electricity arced to the ladder and electrocuted the employee. | |||||
2019-05-14 | Jamaica | New York | Aramex New York LTD. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was pulling a pallet with a pallet jack when a forklift backed up over the employee's foot, crushing it. | |||||
2019-04-24 | Amarillo | Texas | Plains Dairy, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee delivered nitric acid to a chlorine tank that was mislabeled, causing a reaction with a cloud that affected seven employees and required evacuation. An employee was hospitalized for respiratory irritation due to chemical exposure. | |||||
2019-04-17 | Amarillo | Texas | AT&T | Face | Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle on side of roadway |
An employee was going up in a bucket truck. Nearby, police were pursuing a vehicle that then struck the bucket truck. The employee was ejected from the bucket that was about 10 feet high and struck the alleyway. He suffered scrapes and contusions to the face. | |||||
2019-04-08 | Jamaica | New York | Jet Blue Airways Corporation | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a baggage tug and struck a baggage chute. The employee suffered a laceration to the liver and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-04-03 | Lamar | Colorado | XPO Logistics | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was folding a lift gate after delivering a package to a customer. The gate pinched the employee's right middle finger; the tip had to be medically amputated. | |||||
2019-04-01 | Amarillo | Texas | Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking through the cafeteria when she walked into a door on the bulletin board, fell backwards to the floor, and injured her left hip, femur and pelvis. | |||||
2019-03-22 | Jamaica | New York | Dnata (Dubai National Air Transport Association) | Wrist(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee lost balance and fell, suffering broken wrists. | |||||
2019-03-12 | Jamaica | New York | National Amusements Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was walking into the lobby of the building, tripped and fell. | |||||
2019-03-11 | Amarillo | Texas | Tyson Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a chuck saw when it lacerated two of the employee's fingers, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-02-27 | Panama City | Florida | Pacheco Interior Design, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was carrying a sheet of plywood while walking on 2x6 rafters. He lost balance and fell approximately 10 feet to the concrete ground fracturing a hip. | |||||
2019-02-18 | Jamaica | New York | Delt Air Lines, Inc | Knee(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
A technician was inspecting an aircraft's wing. A vortex generator on the top of the wing struck and lacerated his left knee. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-11 | Amanda | Ohio | Mid West Fabricating Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On February 11, 2019, an employee was working on a machine pinched their left index finger between the top of the machine and the punch resulting in amputation. | |||||
2019-01-25 | Panama City Beach | Florida | J Hernandez Remodeling, LLC. | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was climbing up a ladder to replace a metal roof. As he was getting ready to connect to a life line, he slipped and fell approximately 20 feet onto metal roof panels. The employee sustained a broken arm, pelvic fracture and facial bruises. | |||||
2019-01-09 | Panama City | Florida | Engen, LLC. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was using a 10-foot water lance to clean the ash off of a wet sifting conveyor located underneath an incinerator when the lance made contact with hot ash, causing the hot ash to make contact with his face. He sustained first and second degree burns to his face, neck, arms, and hands, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-01-02 | Tamarac | Florida | MTX Group One, Inc. | Knee(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was working in a ditch installing drainage pipes when a backhoe slid into the ditch, breaking both of the employee's knees. | |||||
2018-09-20 | Vardaman | Mississippi | Furniture Wood, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While operating a clip rail machine, an employee attempted to relocate 3 x 24 inch boards along the conveyor when the employee's left index finger was caught between two boards, resulting in an amputation of the finger at the nail end. | |||||
2018-09-06 | Amarillo | Texas | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
After cleaning a conveyor belt, an employee noticed something in the belt and was attempting to pull it out when her hand was caught in the sprocket. The skin was removed from the top of her hand. The belt was re-energized at the time of the incident. |