Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-17	Broomfield	Co	Waste Management - Denver North Hauling	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was operating a front-load garbage truck. The employee lowered the front forks on the truck and climbed them to clear debris. The employee then fell 8-9 feet and suffered fractured ribs and possible spinal injuries.
2021-03-13	Broomfield	Co	BrightView Landscape	Thigh(s)	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
An employee developed severe right thigh pain after stepping off a stand-on snow removal machine. He was hospitalized, having suffered a possible tendon injury on the thigh.
2020-09-30	Broomfield	Co	MKS Instruments Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was holding a part in place at the opening to a tube bending machine. The machine crushed three fingers on the employee's left hand. All three were medically amputated.
2020-07-02	Broomfield	Colorado	Modular Office Renovation Experts	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
As a moving cart was being lowered by a truck's lift gate, one of the four table tops it was carrying slid off. The table top struck an employee's lower left leg, breaking the fibula. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2020-06-08	Broomfield	Colorado	Brannan Sand and Gravel Company	Sole(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was laying down string line on the ground for an asphalt paving crew when an asphalt delivery truck backed into the employee, knocking him to the ground, and then running over his foot. He required stitches to the underside of his foot where the toes connect.
2020-03-11	Broomfield	Colorado	Flint Hill Resources LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was entering a building when the door closed on his left hand, crushing the fingers.
2020-03-04	Broomfield	Colorado	Century Link	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to harmful substances or environments, n.e.c.
An employee passed out while sitting in a meeting. He was hospitalized with altitude sickness and dehydration.
2019-09-03	Broomfield	Colorado	New View Construction	Skull	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder preparing to do interior framing work in the garage of a single-family home under construction. The employee fell from the ladder to the concrete floor and was hospitalized with a skull fracture.
2019-07-12	Broomfield	Colorado	RFI LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was applying stickers to boxes. He went to remove something that was stuck in the rotary valve when the valve became energized and caused the amputation of the left index finger at the second knuckle.
2019-07-11	Broomfield	Colorado	Granite Construction, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Employees were working to re-line sewer lines with a fiberglass liner. The employees had cut out a piece of fiberglass liner and were pulling it up using a forklift and rope when the piece caught on the manhole rim. The rope was severed and the piece fell and struck an employee, who was in the manhole, on the left foot amputating the middle toe.
2019-01-25	Broomfield	Colorado	Park Range Construction, Inc	Brain	Struck by object or equipment
While breaking apart drilling augers an employee was struck in the head by a pipe wrench and sustained a head injury.
2019-01-10	Broomfield	Colorado	Premier Concrete Services Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was washing out a concrete pump when their hand became stuck in the cylinder. The middle, ring, and pinky fingers were amputated above the second joint.
2018-03-05	Broomfield	Colorado	Waste Management - Denver North Hauling	Hand(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was on site collecting trash from a dumpster. The enclosure gate for the dumpster had drop pegs that normally hold, but 70 mph winds overtook the gate and slammed it against the dumpster while the employee's hand was in the way. The employee sustained broken bones, a dislocation, and vascular injuries to the right hand.
2017-05-02	Broomfield	Colorado	FCFS CO	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was building a shelf to put above a safe. He was using an electric table saw to cut wood for the shelf when the blade cut his hand, severing his left middle finger and partially severing his left index and ring fingers. His entire left middle finger and his left index and left ring fingertips were amputated.
2016-10-19	Broomfield	Colorado	Park Range Construction	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Employees were installing helical piers at a residential location when an employee was struck by the torque arm of the hydraulic power head. The employee sustained three broken ribs and a punctured lung.
2016-09-15	Broomfield	Colorado	Xtreme Xcavating	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was setting aluminum shoring for excavation using a hydraulic shoring machine when his finger was pinched inside the shoring. His right-hand middle fingertip was amputated.
2016-08-17	Broomfield	Colorado	McClure Concrete, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was taking the chain off a cage that stored concrete foundation forms. When the chain was removed, the forms fell on the employee, breaking his left hip and ankle.
2016-07-29	Broomfield	Colorado	Job Store Staffing	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
The employee was lifting a long box that weighed more than 50 lbs. onto a storage shelf. The employee felt a pop in his right abdomen. The employee was hospitalized for a possible hernia.
2016-05-03	Broomfield	Colorado	Omni Hotels Management Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee suffered an avulsion on his right index finger while performing maintenance on a grass mower.
2016-03-22	Broomfield	Colorado	Nordstrom	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
On 3/22/16, at 5:15 PM, an employee was walking down the indoor employee entrance stairs when she fell and broke her left arm and leg.
2016-01-22	Broomfield	Colorado	Sunrun Installation Services Inc	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing down an extension ladder from the second-story roof after servicing a solar panel system. He fell off the ladder and landed on the concrete driveway, breaking his leg and wrist and requiring hospitalization.
2015-08-06	Broomfield	Colorado	AlliedBarton Security Services	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was assisting a visitor while standing on a curb. When he stepped off the curb, he rolled his ankle and fell onto the asphalt driveway, breaking his left femur.
2015-04-20	Broomfield	Colorado	Care Free of Colorado	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee had his left thumb tip amputated while performing final assembly on an awning. His left thumb was caught in the winding machine which wraps the awning cloth onto the metal bars that hold the awning.
2015-04-06	Broomfield	Colorado	Hunter Douglas	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On Monday April 6, 2015, an employee sustained a right index fingertip amputation after her finger got caught between inspection racks. The employee was operating a machine that is actuated by a foot pedal.