Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-11 | Brandon | Sd | Midwest Railcar Repair, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
At about 10:00 p.m. on October 11, 2021, an employee was cleaning a pressurized paint gun. The gun activated while his left ring ringer was in front of the paint nozzle, which injected paint and solvent into the finger. | |||||
2021-01-20 | Brandon | Fl | SRS DISTRIBUTION, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was transitioning from a roof to a ladder. The ladder fell out from under him and he fell to the ground about 16 feet below, suffering a broken left tibia and fibula. | |||||
2020-10-19 | Brandon | Wi | GrowMark Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was checking the gap between the feed rollers when his right hand was caught in the rollers. Multiple fingers on the right hand were amputated. | |||||
2020-10-09 | Brandon | Sd | Atlas Hydraulics Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating a tube bender and noticed that one of the pressure dies was misaligned. The employee initiated a manual pause on the bender and then started adjusting the pressure die. A separate pressure die actuated, catching the employee's finger between the pressure die and a tube die causing injury to the distal phalanx of the right middle finger which required medical amputation. | |||||
2020-01-23 | Brandon | Wisconsin | Fairwater Garage, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to his car after parking a bus in the parking lot when the employee slipped on ice and fell, suffering a broken hip that required hospitalization. | |||||
2020-01-07 | Brandon | South Dakota | Morton Buildings, Inc. | Head and trunk | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was unloading rolls of insulation from the back of a flatbed trailer when a roll struck the employee, causing him to fall off the truck to the ground. He suffered broken ribs, a broken back, and a potential brain bleed. | |||||
2019-09-10 | Brandon | Mississippi | WASTE MANAGEMENT OF MISSISSIPPI, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was working outdoors performing waste collection activities on a residential route and suffered heat exhaustion. | |||||
2019-07-24 | Brandon | Mississippi | THRASH COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS, INC. | Foot (feet) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was standing next to a tractor when it rolled backwards and the right front tire rolled onto the employee's right foot. The employee sustained torn tendons and a fractured right foot. | |||||
2019-04-11 | Brandon | Mississippi | Waste Management of Jackson, MS. | Thigh(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway |
An employee was crossing the street when a passing car struck him, breaking his femur. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-01-22 | Brandon | Florida | Sears, Roebuck and Co. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was working in the mattress department when she tripped on the wheel of a mattress frame and fractured her right hip. | |||||
2019-01-17 | Brandon | South Dakota | MIDWEST RAILCAR REPAIR, INC. | Pelvis | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was on an ATV retrieving material from an outdoor storage area when the employee hit an ice patch on gravel and the ATV flipped. The employee suffered pelvic fractures. | |||||
2018-07-29 | Brandon | Florida | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working from an order picker at about four feet high. She fell off the order picker and broke several ribs. | |||||
2018-02-01 | Brandon | Florida | Rollins, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
A technician was treating insulation in an attic when he fell through the ceiling and onto the floor of a residential home resulting in a fractured hand and L-3 vertebra. | |||||
2017-04-15 | Brandon | South Dakota | Marmen Energy, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a portable angle grinder and a sanding disc to remove weld spatter from a 3-11 shell weighing approximately 11,900 pounds. The employee was checking the alignment of the shell with its flange when their gloved, left hand was caught between the shell and the poly wheel of the roller upon which the shell was sitting/rotating. The employee's left thumb, ring and pinky fingers suffered lacerations that required sutures. His index and middle fingertips were fractured requiring p | |||||
2017-03-30 | Brandon | Florida | Waste Management of Tampa, Inc | Brain | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway |
An employee was riding on the rear load yard waste truck and fell off resulting in a head injury. | |||||
2017-02-16 | Brandon | South Dakota | Spartan ERV | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was inspecting a pump house frame when he discovered the back board box was installed upside down. He enlisted a coworker to help remove and reinstall the box. His left hand was inside the box and his right hand was underneath it as it moved a few inches. When it cleared the framework, the box fell and pinched the employee's finger between it and a piece of angle iron below. His right middle fingertip was partially amputated. | |||||
2015-12-05 | Brandon | Florida | Air Rescue Air Conditioning, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was pulling a wire using needle nose pliers. The pliers slipped, and the wire struck and severely injured the employee's right eye. | |||||
2015-10-01 | Brandon | Florida | Southern Equipment Corp. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was cutting sheet metal when the sheet metal curled up and bounced back, striking and lacerating his left eye. | |||||
2015-09-14 | Brandon | Florida | Tap One, Inc. | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee slipped on oil and fell. The employee received minor burns on hands and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-06-19 | Brandon | Florida | Sentinel Real Estate Corporation | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell down a flight of stairs while showing an apartment. She sustained ankle injuries that required surgery. | |||||
2015-06-04 | Brandon | Florida | RoyalAire Mechanical Services, Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee welding on the hospital roof suffered heat-related symptoms. | |||||
2015-05-29 | Brandon | South Dakota | Marmen Energy, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee used his hand and arm to try to stop a swinging piece of equipment he was moving with an overhead crane. The equipment struck the employee's arm against a guard rail, resulting in a fracture. | |||||
2015-03-03 | Brandon | Florida | ALL AREA ROOFING & WATERPROOFING, INC. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee climbing a ladder fell 12 feet and injured his right wrist and both ankles. | |||||
2015-02-27 | Brandon | South Dakota | Marmen Energy, Inc. | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
The employee was attempting to rework the alignment on a seam in a rolled metal cylinder when the spot welds broke. The metal struck the employee, resulting in a fractured left leg and numerous fractures to both feet. | |||||
2015-01-19 | Brandon | South Dakota | Marmen Energy | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
The employee suffered a fracture to her foot when the edge of a steel plate dropped and landed on her foot. |