Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-08	Broken Arrow	Ok	Trawick Construction Company, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee walked up to a mini excavator being operated by a co-worker. The employee was struck by the excavator track, resulting in fractures to their lower right leg.
2021-10-18	Broken Arrow	Ok	Rhema Bible Church	Brain	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell while descending from a scaffold, landing on the ground about 10 feet below and suffering a head injury.
2021-07-13	Broken Arrow	Ok	Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was changing the battery on a forklift using a mobile battery dolly. The employee positioned the dolly adjacent to the storage rack. The dolly began to roll backward when the employee was transferring the battery and the battery fell off the rack and onto the employee's left foot. Three toes were severely crushed resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.
2021-07-07	Broken Arrow	Ok	TruGreen	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee experienced heat-related illness at the end of their shift due to dehydration and was hospitalized.
2021-05-05	Broken Arrow	Ok	ROARK LANDSCAPING CORP./TULSA LOT SWEEPING	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was checking the blades on a lawn mower and amputated a fingertip.
2021-03-15	Broken Arrow	Ok	Walgreen Co.	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell in a hallway, sustaining injury to the right hip and elbow.
2021-03-05	Broken Arrow	Ok	Rhema Bible Church	Brain	Nonclassifiable
An employee had been on the ground trimming tree branches with a pole chainsaw. The employee was found lying on the ground unconscious and was hospitalized for a concussion.
2021-02-11	Broken Arrow	Ok	EXTERRAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking between buildings in the gravel when he slipped and fell on frozen gravel, resulting in a broken right femur.
2020-02-05	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	BLUE BELL CREAMERIES	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was filling the cup and lid dispensing mechanism of a packing machine when the lids became jammed. She was able to remove all lids that were stacked in the dispensing mechanism, but one lid was jammed between the stacking mechanism and the lidding stomper. As she attempted to remove this lid, her right index fingertip was pinched between the lid stomper and the rotating table (nest plates), resulting in the amputation of the fingertip right above the nail bed.
2019-08-28	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	Mill Creek Lumber and Supply	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was trying to remove a chain that was bound up in a door stacker machine. When the employee removed the chain, it became free and rolled over. The employee's fingers were then caught between the chain and gear, resulting in possible middle and ring fingertip amputations on the right hand.
2019-06-11	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	Davis H. Elliot Company Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using an A-frame ladder to access a backyard when the employee fell to the ground, suffering fractured vertebrae.
2019-05-30	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	XPO Logistics	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was helping a customer unload palletized merchandise from the back of a trailer using a pallet jack. The employee's foot slipped off the ICC bumper while the employee's hand was on the strap to the overhead door; the door came down as the employee's body reached ground level, slamming on top of her hand. She suffered finger injuries that required pins and bolts to be installed.
2019-04-01	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	Vanguard Environmental, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting paper with a manual cutter. The cutter cut off the top of his left thumb to the bone, requiring surgery for a skin graft.
2018-09-10	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	Alfa Laval Inc.	Face	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was securing the air seal on a motor mount when another employee, who was attempting to lower a fan assembly, loosened the come-along on the load and the fan assembly shifted, pinning the injured employee into the motor mount. The employee's head was crushed, breaking several bones in his face.
2018-08-20	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	La Petite Academy of Broken Arrow	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell to the ground in an infant classroom, suffering a broken hip. The employee's head also hit the wall.
2018-06-09	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	COOLING PRODUCTS INC.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was standing by a metal plate that was leaning against the wall. A forklift struck the metal plate causing it to fall. When the plate fell, the employee lost his footing and fell to the floor sustaining a right hip fracture.
2018-04-19	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	Alfa Laval Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a hand-held drill to ream a hole in a sheet metal bracket held in a vice. The injured employee was attempting to remove a wire loop from the hole being drilled when his glove was caught in the bit. The glove pulled the middle finger on his left hand into the bit, causing cartilage and tendon damage that resulted in a finger amputation.
2017-09-21	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	Blue Bell Creameries	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
The injured employee was drying off excess sanitation water from the bottom of the nest plates on a filling machine. Her hand was next to the mechanism that lifts the cups out of the nest plates, referred to as the "lift pad." The lift pad pushed her right ring finger up into the hole as the nest plate was rotating smashing her finger and resulting in amputation of the fingertip and nail.
2017-09-21	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	L3 Technologies Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was working in a Naval submarine simulator and was exposed to epoxy vapors and had trouble breathing.
2017-05-30	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	Exterran	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on top of a three-foot step ladder to inspect a weld in a large diameter shell. The ladder slipped on the curved shell, the employee lost balance and fell resulting in a fractured right elbow and right tibia and fibula.
2016-09-14	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
While stepping down from a 4-foot ladder, an employee missed the last rung and fell, impacting the elbow and requiring surgery.
2016-08-26	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	Solar Turbines Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was coming down from their workstation, missed the last step and fractured their leg.
2016-08-05	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	Reasor's LLC	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was leaving the cooler in the meat department and slipped on the wet floor breaking an ankle. The employee was admitted to a hospital for his broken ankle.
2016-01-20	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	Alfa Laval Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee lacerated a finger when it was caught in a press brake.
2015-05-05	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	McIntosh Mechanical, LLC	Thigh(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was cutting welding rod with a band saw when the rod ejected from the cutting surface and impaled the employee above the knee on the left leg.