Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-27 | Brenton | Wv | Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee raised a well pump jack and placed the top and bottom rod clamps on the lifting rod. The bottom rod clamp slipped, causing the well pump jack to lower and amputate the employee's left thumb. | |||||
2021-05-03 | Brentwood | Tn | TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Bites and stings |
At 9:00 p.m. on May 3, 2021, while moving a pallet, an employee was bitten on the right middle finger by a snake. | |||||
2020-10-06 | Brentwood | Ny | U.S. Nonwovens Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was doing maintenance on a machine. A fingertip on the employee's right hand was caught and amputated. | |||||
2020-09-21 | Brentwood | Mo | ICE CREAM SPECIALTIES | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was monitoring machine operation and noticed an ice cream bar stick was not released. The employee's right ring finger was then caught in the point of operation and amputated by the drop bar on the machine. | |||||
2020-02-27 | Brentford | South Dakota | Kramp Enterprises, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was releasing the emergency release on a garage door. The door swung up, catching the employee's collar and pulling the employee off a telehandler basket. The employee fell 10-15 feet to the ground, suffering broken vertebrae. | |||||
2019-09-09 | Brent | Alabama | Burkes Mechanical, Inc. | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
A maintenance employee had just tightened a bolt. A second employee then put a wrench on it to check it. As the second employee was applying pressure to the wrench, a valve which controls the flow from the degreaser to the washer opened slightly. The injured employee was sprayed by 200-degree stock. He sustained third degree burns to both hands and second degree burns to his back. | |||||
2019-04-09 | Brent | Alabama | H. E. Motels, Inc | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was standing up from her seat when she tripped over an ottoman and impacted the floor, fracturing her hip. | |||||
2019-03-08 | Brentwood | Missouri | ICE CREAM SPECIALTIES | Forearm(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
Plant maintenance workers were disassembling some machinery in a plant. A conveyor tipped, lacerating an employee's forearm. | |||||
2019-03-01 | Brent | Alabama | Burkes Mechanical, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
A driver was stepping down from the back of a flatbed trailer, missed the step (DOT bumper) and fell to the ground fracturing his right upper leg. | |||||
2018-04-19 | Brent | Alabama | U.S. Forest Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Other exertions or bodily reactions |
An employee experienced fatigue, jaw pain and a rapid heartbeat while hiking. | |||||
2018-03-01 | Brentwood | Tennessee | U.S. Postal Service | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee had dismounted his vehicle to make a delivery and was returning to his postal vehicle to continue his route. He was walking down a paved walkway with a slight incline. The pavement was wet due to rainy weather. He slipped and fell, landing on his knee and breaking his kneecap in two places. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-01-06 | Brentwood | Missouri | Walgreens - Brentwood | Scalp | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
An employee was being handed shelving units by a coworker when the coworker lost their grip and the shelving unit made contact with the top of the employee's head. The employee was hospitalized overnight with a head laceration and contusion. | |||||
2016-07-30 | Brentwood | New Hampshir | MTI Polyexe, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was hospitalized with multiple arm fractures when his hand was caught between two rollers. | |||||
2016-02-22 | Brentwood | Pennsylvania | Advance Sign Company | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell approximately 8 feet from a ladder while installing a sign, suffering a fractured hip that required surgery. | |||||
2015-09-18 | Brentwood | Missouri | LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion involving outside sources, n.e.c. |
An employee was assisting a resident back from the bathroom. The resident was pushing a walker and began to fall. The employee went to keep the resident from falling and felt pain in her stomach. The result was a hernia that required surgery. | |||||
2015-05-19 | Brentwood | Tennessee | Tennessee Valley Authority | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On or about 05/19/2015, a utility crew was pulling two sections of a utility pole together with come-a-longs. Each section of the pole has rigging plates attached. One of the rigging plates broke loose and struck the employee on the back resulting in a ruptured spleen that required inpatient care and surgery. | |||||
2015-01-27 | Brentwood | New York | PSEG | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
Employee slipped on ice and broke the left leg. |