| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-05 | Butler | Wi | FedEx Freight | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was using a pallet jack to load and unload palletized freight from a delivery truck at an offsite location. The employee fell while inside the delivery truck and tried to grab the strap of the truck's sliding door. The door came down on the employee's hand as he fell, resulting in fractures to the fingers/hand. | |||||
| 2021-05-10 | Butler | Wi | Home Path Property Management | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was stepping down from a 4-foot stepladder. He fell and suffered a broken leg. | |||||
| 2021-01-18 | Butler | Pa | A.K. STEEL CORPORATION | Hip(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee and a coworker were in the process of de-boarding a crane onto the runway platform when the employee was pinned between the crane cab and the runway handrail. The employee sustained a right hip joint fracture. | |||||
| 2020-07-31 | Lake Butler | Florida | L&M Endeavors, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| On July 31, 2020, a groundsman was using a hammer to drive a steel pile into the groove of a driving machine when the hammer hit his left index finger causing a fracture. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-05-24 | Butler | Pennsylvania | Sheetz, Inc. | Skull | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee suffered a cut thumb while cutting chicken with a knife. While washing the cut, the employee fell, striking their head on the sink and the floor. The employee suffered a fractured skull. | |||||
| 2020-03-27 | Butler | Wisconsin | Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on a board while walking. He fell to the floor and twisted his left leg. | |||||
| 2020-03-24 | Butler | Pennsylvania | CMS West Subsidiary, LLC. | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
| An employee was burning excess cardboard boxes when a gust of wind blew the flames toward him. His shirt caught fire and he suffered second degree burns. | |||||
| 2020-03-09 | Butler | Pennsylvania | United Plate Glass Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was waiting for glass to come down the conveyor/roller system when their fingers were caught in the system. The left ring finger was de-gloved and the left middle finger was amputated at the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-01-29 | Butler | Wisconsin | Charter Communications | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was using a ladder to install cable TV/internet services when the ladder shifted, causing the employee to fall to the floor. The employee suffered a broken left heel, broken left leg, and dislocated left shoulder. | |||||
| 2019-06-26 | Butler | Ohio | Brennstuhl Ready Mix, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was exiting his truck. As he began to descend the steps, his foot missed a step and he fell to the ground, injuring his head. | |||||
| 2019-05-08 | Butler | Pennsylvania | Armstrong Utilities Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a ladder that was leaning against a pole to disconnect cable TV from a client's house. The pole the ladder was leaning on broke at the base and the employee and the ladder fell to the ground. The employee sustained four broken ribs and a bruised lung. | |||||
| 2019-02-11 | Butler | Pennsylvania | Butler Memorial Hospital | Upper arm(s) | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. |
| An employee was letting visitors out of a set of double doors when a patient bolted from an adjacent room and struck the employee knocking her against a wall. The employee suffered a fractured left humerus that required surgery to repair. | |||||
| 2019-01-31 | Butler | Pennsylvania | Evergreen Metallurgical, LLC. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was walking when a forklift pushed the employee down and drove over his left foot. He was hospitalized with fractures to his left foot. | |||||
| 2019-01-23 | Butler | Pennsylvania | Butler Healthcare Providers | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| While walking down steps, an employee slipped and fell on ice, suffering a broken right ankle. | |||||
| 2019-01-23 | Butler | Wisconsin | Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a meat grinder when it amputated the employee's fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-07-13 | East Butler | Pennsylvania | Northeast Prestressed Products LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was delivering concrete beams to a construction project along a highway. During the unloading process, the employee was on the tractor when the employee lost footing and fell approximately 4 feet to the ground. The employee suffered bruised ribs and a dislocated finger, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-07-05 | Butler | New Jersey | Butler Printing Laminating Inc | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was retrieving paperwork that was next to a printing machine. As she leaned down, her left hand contacted a roll of laminate. Her arm was wrapped around the roll and broken. | |||||
| 2018-05-11 | Butler | Pennsylvania | First Energy | Fingertip(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
| An employee was working on a vice that was not cranking down, so the employee tried to push down on the side of the vice. The vice let loose and the employee's right pinky was crushed between the anvil side and the mechanical side of the vice. The employee eventually required a medical amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-04-24 | Butler | Pennsylvania | Evergreen Metallurgical Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was installing a 215-pound toggle into a crushing machine when the toggle slipped and fell onto his left ring finger, catching it between the toggle and the machine frame. His finger suffered an avulsion that led to a surgical amputation of his fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-02-28 | Butler | Pennsylvania | Cochran Automotive | Forearm(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was sitting at a desk inside a dealership near the showroom window when a car drove through the showroom glass and pinned the employee against the wall. The employee suffered severe lacerations and glass embedded in both forearms, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-09-21 | Butler | Pennsylvania | AK Steel Corporation | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was changing a 2-inch braided hose equipped with cam locks. The cam locks disengaged, and the employee was sprayed with steam and hot water, suffering second degree burns to both hands and the left arm, as well as possible second degree burns to the forehead and neck. | |||||
| 2017-08-21 | Lake Butler | Florida | Perry Roofing Contractors, LLC. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was measuring the corner of a roof. When he adjusted his lanyard to get to the other side of the roof, he tripped and fell 21 feet to the ground. He broke his L1 vertebra and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-07-11 | East Butler | Pennsylvania | Marmon/Keystone LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to stop a rotating bundle of steel tubing when the pieces of tubing shifted and pinched the employee's left middle and ring fingers, amputating the fingertips. | |||||
| 2017-07-07 | Butler | Pennsylvania | Kmart | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| The employee was unloading a truck. He tripped and fell over packing material that was laying on the floor resulting in a right hip fracture. | |||||
| 2017-05-02 | Lake Butler | Florida | Gilman Building Products, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was helping a chip saw operator clear the chip saw when he placed his right hand on the cutting head machine. The machine then amputated his right index fingertip without bone loss. | |||||
| 2017-03-31 | Butler | Pennsylvania | Kuhns Manufacturing LLC | Jaw, chin | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was hand-felling a 4-inch diameter tree on an energy transfer gas line right-of-way when the tree trunk kicked back and struck him in the jaw, breaking it. | |||||
| 2016-10-19 | Butler | Georgia | Solar Energy Company, LLC | Hand(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity |
| An employee was removing a combiner box when his wrench crossed the D.C. cable and shorted out. His right hand was burned. | |||||
| 2016-07-14 | Lake Butler | Florida | Clay Electric Cooperative | Lower leg(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was coming down the truck's fixed ladder when his right foot slipped inside of the ladder resulting in a broken right tibia. The employee was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
| 2015-07-29 | Butler | Pennsylvania | Asplundh Tree Expert Company | Nonclassifiable | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment more than 30 feet |
| An employee trimming trees fell approximately 40 feet when the main climbing line anchor broke. | |||||
| 2015-07-17 | Butler | Wisconsin | Western States Envelope and Label | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee reached under a machine to retrieve envelopes. The employee's hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2015-04-15 | Butler | Wisconsin | PackerS Sanitation Contract Services, Inc. LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was sanitizing meat processing equipment. The employee turned the machine on and inserted a hose up the discharge chute to inject a chemical cleaning foam. The mixing head on the end of the machine caught and amputated the employee's finger. | |||||
| 2015-01-15 | Butler | Pennsylvania | Keystone Clearwater Solutions, LLC | Internal chest location | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| Frac technicians conducting monitoring operations on water levels of gauging tanks during oil and gas drilling operations are potentially overexposed to air contaminants and respiratory irritants such as chlorine, hydrogen sulfide, and benzene. Recently, an employee was admitted to the hospital for observation and treatment after suffering from an extreme coughing episode after working a monitoring shift at the worksite. A second employee was treated and released. | |||||
| 2015-01-12 | Butler | Wisconsin | Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Worker operating a Formax machine sustained a finger amputation while attempting to clean out an overflow pan under the machine. | |||||