Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-09	Boise	Id	American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., inc.	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell while climbing down a ladder, landing on the ground and suffering a broken pelvis.
2021-11-05	Boise	Id	BID Group Technologies US Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a drill press when their glove caught in the drill bit, resulting in an injury to their finger.
2021-10-26	Boise	Id	Nashua Builders	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle
An employee was assisting with a wall set when a metal support wheel crushed their toes and foot.
2021-10-05	Boise	Id	Cripe Cabinets, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating an edge bander. As he tried to remove some material, the blade caught his left thumb just below the nail. He suffered an amputation to the thumb.
2021-09-22	Boise	Id	BME Fire Trucks LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was lifting a large piece of metal. The metal slipped and caught the employee's finger, causing a degloving injury. The employee underwent a surgical amputation to the finger.
2021-08-09	Boise	Id	Brooks Excavation, LLC	Leg(s)	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was operating an excavator when it fell over the edge of a seepage bed excavation, landing 12 feet below. The employee suffered fractures to the left leg, as well as a forehead injury (from the excavator's cracked windshield) that required stitches.
2021-08-02	Boise	Id	Intermountain Gas Company, Inc.	Heart	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was repairing a natural gas line leak on an extreme heat day (which entailed using a hand shovel to dig two 19- to 20-inch holes in packed soil: one hole to expose the gas line to stop the flow of gas and one to make the repair). The employee had a heart attack and was hospitalized.
2021-06-22	Boise	Id	Boise Crane, Equipment & Trucking, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee tripped on a river rock and fell into a shallow excavation, suffering a broken leg.
2021-06-02	Boise	Id	Hayden Beverage Company	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a standing forklift with loaded pallets. The forklift hit a bump and the employee's leg was pinned between the load and a concrete bollard, resulting in a broken leg.
2021-03-29	Boise	Id	MCALVAIN CONCRETE, INC.	Nonclassifiable	Indirect exposure to electricity
A forklift operator and two concrete workers were placing concrete forms when the forklift contacted an electrical line. One of the concrete workers was hospitalized with electrical burns.
2021-03-24	Boise	Id	D6 Construction, LLC	Thoracic region	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A crew was lifting a wooden framed wall when the wall slipped and fell on an employee resulting in fractures to his thoracic spine.
2021-03-08	Boise	Id	Albertsons	Skull	Fall on same level due to slipping
A butcher slipped and fell in the meat cutting room, resulting in a skull fracture.
2021-02-25	Boise	Id	Railworks Track Systems	Lower leg(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was installing a railroad bumping post. As he loosened a nut on a bolt so the bolt could be re-seated, the bumping post collapsed and his right leg was pinned between two pieces of it. He suffered fractures to the tibia and fibula.
2020-10-13	Boise	Id	Multiquip Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was on a buggy in a driveway, moving trailers to storage and was struck by a semi-truck. The employee sustained contusions to the right side of the body requiring hospitalization.
2020-09-25	Boise	Id	Gravity Contractors, LLC	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was making improvements to a railing on an upper floor of a steel structure. The employee fell 14 feet through a roof opening to a lower level and sustained seven broken ribs, and fractures to the wrist, elbow, and pelvis.
2020-09-23	Boise	Id	Boise Steel Erectors	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking down a wooden staircase and lost his footing. He fell approximately 4-5 feet and suffered a major tear(s) to his quadricep muscles.
2020-07-08	Boise	Idaho	The Masonry Center, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment
Three employees were bracing porcelain tile panels that weighed 2000 pounds. The panels fell and landed on one of the employees, trapping his legs. He suffered minor internal bleeding, a broken pelvis, and five fractures to the femur. He was hospitalized.
2020-07-06	Boise	Idaho	Bledsoe Construction, Inc.	Arm(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A construction worker was working with two other workers to remove a metal plate from a semiconductor tool base. The employee was attempting to remove inertial dampeners from the bottom of the plate while it was being suspended by a gantry. The bolt holding the plate sheared and the plate fell, fracturing the employee's arm.
2020-07-06	Boise	Idaho	Bledsoe Construction, Inc.	Arm(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was preparing to use a hoist to move a large, metal plate. The metal plate fell on the operator's right arm, resulting in a fracture.
2020-07-01	Boise	Idaho	Roe Painting, Inc.	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder painting the exterior of a house. The ladder was set on decorative rock that shifted and caused the ladder to slip. The employee fell five feet from the ladder onto the ground and rocks, sustaining a left elbow injury that required surgery.
2020-06-14	Boise	Idaho	Knife River Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a discharge auger at the bag house when his right middle and ring fingers were caught and amputated in the rotating auger.
2020-04-06	Boise	Idaho	Springhill Suites by Marriott	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
While walking around the property, an employee stepped in a hole and fell. The employee sustained a broken leg and a hip injury.
2020-02-20	Boise	Idaho	McAlvain Concrete Inc.	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was performing housekeeping and cleaning up wood used to build forms. She was dragging a heavy wooden saw horse while walking backwards when she tripped over a stack of rebar and impacted the ground, fracturing her right femoral head.
2020-01-28	Boise	Idaho	Procon Homes, Inc.	Knee(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was climbing a ladder with a nail gun hanging off a tool belt when the nail gun trigger hit the ladder, resulting in a nail penetrating the employee's knee. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-01-13	Boise	Idaho	Veterans Administration Medical Center	Multiple trunk locations	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on snow or ice on the sidewalk, impacting the concrete and suffering five fractured ribs, three fractured vertebrae, and a punctured lung.
2019-09-20	Boise	Idaho	Alpha Roofing & Construction LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a roof to the ground, suffering a broken ankle and broken vertebra. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-09-18	Boise	Idaho	Hayden Beverage Company	Foot (feet)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was changing out a 2.5-pound CO2 canister for a kombucha kegerator when the replacement canister involuntarily went off due to a gas release and flew into the employee. The canister struck the employee's right foot and split it open, requiring surgery and hospitalization.
2019-08-21	Boise	Idaho	Pacific Hide & Fur Depot, Inc	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was run over by a semi-truck while directing traffic in the recycle yard, suffering full-body, right-side injuries.
2019-08-16	Boise	Idaho	WINCO FOODS, BOISE DISTRIBUTION CENTER	Hand(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a powered industrial truck. His hand was crushed between the truck and a rack, and he was hospitalized.
2019-08-15	Boise	Idaho	Norco, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was blowing down acetylene bottles. The acetylene ignited and the employee's arms and legs were burned.
2019-06-29	Boise	Idaho	Capstone Logistics, LLC	Pelvis	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was operating a standup forklift and backed into a clamp truck. The employee was caught between the two forklifts and hospitalized for a fractured pelvis.
2019-06-20	Boise	Idaho	Pro Con Homes, Inc	Mouth	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a nail gun when a nail ricocheted off another nail and impaled the employee through the tongue and into the roof of the mouth. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-05-14	Boise	Idaho	J B Laser	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was carrying a large piece of sheet metal when it was dropped on his foot, causing an injury that resulted in a little toe amputation.
2019-05-05	Boise	Idaho	Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was performing maintenance on a refrigerator unit while working from a ladder. He went to step down from the ladder, missed a step and fell 3 feet onto the concrete floor. He sustained right rib fractures.
2019-03-15	Boise	Idaho	BMC Holdings, Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was feeding an assembled truss into a finish roller to press truss plates into place. The truss was not centered in the opening so it contacted the left vertical safety stop and the rollers stopped. He tried to reverse the roller, but it would not turn back on due to the safety stop being engaged and wedged against the truss tail. He attempted to pull the safety stop back into operating position. When he bent it around the truss, the rollers started moving and the tail of the truss w
2019-01-03	Boise	Idaho	Western Recycling	Lower leg(s)	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was standing next to a propane heater when his clothes caught on fire, burning his lower legs.
2018-09-21	Boise	Idaho	DeBest Plumbing INC.	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
A pipe fell onto an employee breaking his femur.
2018-08-21	Boise	Idaho	Brundage Bone Concrete Pumping	Lower leg(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee's shin was hit by a hammer.
2018-07-06	Boise City	Oklahoma	AgOasis - Lost Trail Dairy	Multiple body parts	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Two employees were exposed to chemical vapors being emitted from a chemical tote, suffering eye, mucous membrane, and lung irritation. They were hospitalized.
2018-06-27	Boise	Idaho	Upson Company	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was pouring gas into a gasoline-powered pump when the gas ignited and burned the employee's chest and legs.
2018-06-21	Boise	Idaho	McAlvain Group of Companies, Inc.	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a ladder to the ground and broke his pelvis.
2018-06-14	Boise	Idaho	Tyco Simplex Grinell	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell 8 feet through a ceiling hole to the ground while working on a modular home, fracturing his back and cutting his head. He was hospitalized and required staples.
2018-06-01	Boise	Idaho	Farwest Steel Corporation	Hand(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was using a rack loader to repair a rack when the rack fell on and injured the employee's right hand.
2018-03-23	Boise	Idaho	Whole Foods	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting meat on a band saw when the meat became caught on the saw and caused the employee's hand to contact the saw, cutting a fingertip.
2018-03-13	Boise	Idaho	Rush Truck Center	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell off the bottom rung of a ladder while retrieving a part from a shelf, landing on a tape measurer hanging from his belt and breaking his hip.
2018-02-24	Boise	Idaho	SkyWest Airlines Boise Airport	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was exiting the building when he slipped on ice and fell to the ground. He felt a snap in his right leg and was hospitalized for a leg injury requiring surgery.
2018-02-22	Boise	Idaho	G. I. Trucking Co.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking to his car, slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell to the ground resulting in a broken hip.
2018-02-18	Boise	Idaho	LJD Holdings, Inc	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
While inspecting a fryer, an employee's sleeve was caught and pulled into the fryer. The employee sustained a broken hand and forearm.
2018-01-04	Boise	Idaho	Tradesmen International, LLC	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on an icy patch on the ground at the work site, breaking the left femur.
2017-09-30	Boise	Idaho	Idaho Power Company	Forearm(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was working in an elevated bucket stringing electric wire when the wire came out of the stringer/keeper and fell on the employee's right forearm, breaking it.
2017-08-17	Boise	Idaho	SMV Management, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a beam with a saw when it kicked back and amputated four fingers.
2017-08-09	Boise	Idaho	Dixon Container CO.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing coating buildup from ink rollers when his hand was pulled into the rollers, lacerating it and crushing his fingers.
2017-08-01	Boise	Idaho	Estes Express Lines	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was connecting two trailers when the dolly rolled back and crushed his left pinky finger.
2017-07-06	Boise	Idaho	St. Luke's Boise Medical Center	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell down stairs and suffered an exposed fracture.
2017-06-08	Boise	Idaho	Idaho Timber of Boise, LLC	Hand(s)	Explosion, n.e.c.
An employee was testing a compressor motor by connecting an extension cord to it when a 480-volt power outlet exploded, burning the employee's hands and requiring hospitalization.
2017-04-28	Boise	Idaho	Fred Meyer, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level
An employee was watering flowers when they stumbled and fell, requiring hospitalization for broken vertebrae in their back.
2017-04-25	Boise	Idaho	Shopko Stores Operating Co, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was installing a conveyor motor cover, when four of the fingers on his right hand were crushed by a chain and sprocket in the running motor. One fourth of the right index finger was later amputated at the hospital. The conveyor was not locked out at the time of the incident.
2017-04-17	Boise	Idaho	Valley Wide Cooperative	Upper and lower limb(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
While draining the product from a propane gas vaporizer, the igniter for the pilot light ignited the product causing a flash fire. An employee received second and third degree burns to the legs and arms.
2017-04-06	Boise	Idaho	Patrick Industries	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a glue roller machine when the employee's finger was caught in the rollers amputating the fingertip. The machine was running at the time.
2017-03-29	Boise	Idaho	Megalith Framing LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was performing framing activities from a 6-foot step ladder and fell resulting in injury requiring hospitalization.
2017-02-27	Boise	Idaho	Franklin Building Supply	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell down the stairs and broke her hip and femur.
2017-02-07	Boise	Idaho	Idaho Timber	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking in the sawmill area when a powered industrial truck ran over her left foot, breaking it and requiring hospitalization.
2017-01-30	Boise	Idaho	Cutting Edge Logs LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a drill station while wearing gloves. The glove got caught in the drill, drawing the employee's left hand into the equipment and causing an injury to the thumb that may require amputation. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-01-23	Boise	Idaho	Sykes Enterprises, Inc Boise	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell striking their head on the pavement.
2017-01-19	Boise	Idaho	Idaho Timber	Lower extremities	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was cutting metal with a torch when slag entered the employee's boot and caused a burn. The burn became infected and required hospitalization.
2017-01-16	Boise	Idaho	Anderson & Wood Construction Company, Inc.	Skull	Other fall to lower level
An employee was installing a light fixture, contacted a live wire, and fell off a ladder. The employee sustained multiple skull fractures, facial contusions, and a burn on his hand and arm.
2017-01-03	Boise	Idaho	Manpower Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee fell on icy ground outside and broke her left hip.
2016-10-11	Boise	Idaho	Borup Construction, LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was removing cabinets from a second-story apartment, which was under construction. The employee was walking onto the plywood and 2X4 box, which was being lifted by a forklift, when the box, cabinet, and employee fell approximately 10 feet to the ground. The employee suffered two broken wrists, facial fractures, and a dislocated/broken right elbow.
2016-08-15	Boise	Idaho	MOTIVEPOWER, INC.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell 5 feet from a ladder while removing plastic from a locomotive engine.
2016-07-20	Boise	Idaho	Frontier Fence Company	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was trying to flip a metal stair stringer over when it fell onto his hand and crushed his index finger between the stair stringer and the concrete resulting in the amputation of the index fingertip.
2016-04-12	Boise	Idaho	St Luke's Health System	Multiple body parts	Fall, slip, trip, n.e.c.
An employee fell while stepping up onto a sidewalk and then fell a second time while stepping down stairs. The employee suffered right knee, hip, and bilateral hand contusions, as well as an abrasion and strain.
2016-03-21	Boise	Idaho	Western Power Sports Inc	Eye(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee injured his right eye when he made contact with a metal peg while bending down to adjust merchandise hanging on a peg-board style display rack. He required surgery and hospitalization.
2016-03-17	Boise	Idaho	CENTRAL PAVING, INC.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee slipped and fell while getting out of a vehicle, suffering a bruised spleen.
2016-01-11	Boise	Idaho	The Olive Garden	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding potatoes into the robot coupe and contacted the blades resulting in the amputation of the left index fingertip.
2015-11-13	Boise	Idaho	Primary Weapons Systems, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving metal tubes onto a forklift when a tube began to slip out of his hand. He attempted to pull his hand out of the way, and his finger got caught between two tubes. His left index fingertip was amputated.
2015-09-16	Boise	Idaho	Simplexgrinnell	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a stepladder installing a sprinkler pipe in a stairwell. He was on the fourth rung of an 8 foot step ladder tightening a fitting when the wrench slipped causing him to fall over the railing to the lower level, then roll down the stairs, ending up two levels below his starting point. He was hospitalized with a concussion, five broken ribs and a punctured lung.
2015-07-21	Boise	Idaho	Norco Inc	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
A flash fire at the acetylene filling plant burned an employee's arm and shoulder, resulting in hospitalization.
2015-07-20	Boise	Idaho	IDAHO POWER COMPANY	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
Employees were transporting a transformer with a forklift. The injured employee was struck on the foot and ankle by the front tire of the forklift. The employee's left leg was crushed below the mid-ankle, resulting in a left foot amputation.
2015-07-14	Boise	Idaho	Western States Automation LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was testing a valve with a finger when the valve closed, amputating the left index finger to the first knuckle.
2015-05-18	Boise	Idaho	WINCO FOODS	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee sliced off their fingertip while operating a meat slicer.
2015-04-15	Boise	Idaho	Bureau of Land Management, National Interagency Fire Center	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Other jump to lower level more than 30 feet
One mile south of Black Creek Reservoir, a smoke jumper was participating in his annual certification jump when he had a hard landing, breaking his right arm and dislocating his right shoulder.