| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-11 | Caldwell | Id | Tradesmen International, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| A temporary employee fell from a ladder, suffered a broken bone, and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-09-29 | Caldwell | Id | CenturyLink | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was working at mid-span between two telephone poles (that is, on a ladder set between the poles and designed to fit between them). The ladder slipped and the employee fell to the ground about 12 feet below, landing on his feet and shattering both heels. | |||||
| 2021-09-26 | Caldwell | Id | JR Simplot | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Two employees were unclogging a plugged fryer oil line. Hot oil sprayed onto one employee, who suffered burns to the torso and legs. | |||||
| 2021-07-14 | Caldwell | Tx | Non-Ferrous Extrusion | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was hanging overhead water lines while inside a forklift box attachment approximately 14 feet off the ground. The box attachment fell to the ground and the employee suffered broken ribs. | |||||
| 2021-05-28 | Caldwell | Tx | Bassler Energy Services | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| A crew of three Bassler Energy Services employees were about to clean out a heater treater vessel bottom. The vessel had been depressurized and its contents had been evacuated below the manway. When the crew opened the vessel to begin pressure-washing the manway face, fumes ignited and the resulting flash fire burned two of them. One suffered burns to the face, cheeks, and neck; the other suffered burns to the hands. One employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-03-17 | Caldwell | Id | Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was standing on a trailer lift gate, trying to lock it. The hook broke and the employee fell onto a metal welding bin. The employee suffered three broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2021-01-18 | Caldwell | Id | Simplot Western Stockmen's | Shoulder(s) and back | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was helping to load empty 500-gallon water troughs from a forklift onto a customer's flatbed trailer. The water troughs slid from the forklift, fell onto the employee, and knocked him to the ground, resulting in shoulder and back injuries and a spinal cord contusion. | |||||
| 2020-10-09 | Caldwell | Id | Montana Timber Products, LLC | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking along a rack being towed. The employee tripped over a tow chain and fell to the concrete floor, suffering a fracture to the right arm that required surgery. | |||||
| 2020-05-26 | Caldwell | Idaho | Clyde Companies, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee tripped over an air hose, fell to the ground, and suffered a neck injury. | |||||
| 2020-02-03 | Caldwell | Idaho | Kit West Home Builder, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell off a 4-foot scaffold to the floor, suffering a broken leg. | |||||
| 2019-09-12 | Caldwell | Idaho | ZoRoCo Packaging Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was working on a poly-bag cutting machine when the machine amputated the employee's left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-07-11 | Caldwell | Texas | Lusa Austin, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
| An employee was bitten by a copperhead snake while pruning a tree. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-05-07 | Caldwell | Idaho | IntegriNet Global Solutions LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
| An employee was on a roof inspecting network hardware and cabling. As the employee transitioned from the roof edge onto a ladder, he slipped and fell 25-30 feet to the ground below and suffered a broken left leg and ankle. | |||||
| 2019-02-11 | Caldwell | Idaho | Omnipure Filter Company, Inc | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was reaching between oven lines when the robotic arm was tripped and the molds closed. The employee's arm and face were caught in the molds causing severe burns. | |||||
| 2018-08-28 | Caldwell | Texas | Energy Drilling Company | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was lowering a pipe stabilizing tool called a "slip" into a drill hole/floor hole. As the drill was being lowered into the slip and drill hole, the employee's right foot lost traction and moved underneath the slip. The drill then entered the slip, which caused the slip to move and crush his right foot. His right big toe was severed at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-08-18 | Caldwell | Idaho | Rule Steel Tanks, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using an overhead crane to attach a hydraulic rock clevis to a pad eye on a grinder tub when his fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-06-19 | Caldwell | Idaho | Rule Steel Tanks, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was handling steel sheets when a metal sheet fell and injured his finger, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-06-05 | Caldwell | Texas | Patterson UTI Drilling | Fingertip(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was rolling a piece of drilling pipe when his left pinky was caught under the pipe resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-05-07 | Caldwell | Idaho | Southwark Metal Manufacturing Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a press machine and amputated the right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-03-24 | Caldwell | Idaho | Southwark Metal Mfg Co | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking behind a banding machine when the employee tripped over excess banding material and fell to the floor, fracturing a patella. | |||||
| 2017-10-05 | Caldwell | Texas | Energy Drilling Company | Thigh(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was helping to unstring a drill line when the drill line became hung up in the fast line. The drill line then came free, striking and lacerating the employee's right thigh. | |||||
| 2017-09-25 | Caldwell | Idaho | Kit Homebuilders West, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was walking near a mobile home that had loose plastic and a large piece of 1x2 wood when the wind blew the plastic and the wood. The wood then struck the employee's abdomen, injuring his spleen and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-06-15 | Caldwell | Idaho | Darigold Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a butter machine when it cycled and amputated the employee's left thumb. | |||||
| 2017-05-22 | Caldwell | Idaho | Zoroco Packing Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a melt stick former that cuts butter into sticks. She was attempting to remove a piece of paper that was stuck to the filler (blade) when the blade partially amputated her right middle finger below the nail and cut her right index finger. | |||||
| 2017-03-12 | Caldwell | Texas | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was helping a coworker adjust the placement of a cellar cover when he slipped and his right middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the cellar cover handle and the matting board. | |||||
| 2016-10-01 | Caldwell | Idaho | ZoRoCo Packaging Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was fixing a freezer door from a ladder when the door opened and struck the ladder, causing the employee to fall 12 feet onto the concrete floor. The employee suffered a concussion and fractured legs, ribs, shoulders, and nose. | |||||
| 2016-08-21 | Caldwell | Idaho | M & M Potato, Inc | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| While removing rubbish from an operating potato conveyor, an employee's hand was caught between the belt and roller. The employee suffered a broken wrist. | |||||
| 2016-07-16 | Caldwell | Idaho | OMEGA Manufacturing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting material for RV trailer manufacturing using a foot controlled chop saw. When he hit the control with his foot the upcut saw amputated three fingers on the right hand. | |||||
| 2016-07-12 | Caldwell | Texas | T & D Solutions, Ltd. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| After working on the ground and gathering materials for the lineman, an employee became ill and started vomiting due to dehydration and heat cramps. The employee was hospitalized with heat-related illness. | |||||
| 2016-07-03 | Caldwell | Idaho | JR Simplot | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was cleaning equipment when two of the employee's fingers were amputated. | |||||
| 2016-03-31 | Caldwell | Idaho | Kit Homebuilders West, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing an extension ladder when he lost his balance and fell to the ground hitting his head. The employee required in patient hospitalization for treatment. | |||||
| 2016-02-08 | Caldwell | New Jersey | United States Postal Sevice (USPS) | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell while delivering mail. | |||||
| 2016-02-05 | Caldwell | Idaho | Kit Homebuilders West, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee working with a table saw attempted to move material away from the blade and contacted the saw blade resulting in the amputation of one finger and laceration of three fingers. | |||||
| 2015-08-10 | Caldwell | Texas | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | Arm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was performing a fluid end replacement on a pump using an impact gun to remove pump suction manifold bolts. While loosening the bolts, the suction manifold fell ~6 inches catching employee's arms between the suction manifold and trail fender resulting in a contusion injury. The header weighs approximately 250-300 pounds. | |||||
| 2015-05-15 | Caldwell | Idaho | LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTERS OF WA INC | Knee(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a hand-grinder to remove a burr on a receiver hitch when the grinder wheel broke apart and sent a piece of the wheel into the left side of the employee's knee. | |||||
| 2015-04-17 | Caldwell | Idaho | Rapid Wood Mfg. LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee feeding a molder reached in to clear a jam and cut the right hand little finger. | |||||
| 2015-01-06 | West Caldwell | New Jersey | Burt Process Equipment Company Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| Employee's left thumb and finger were injured while using a router. | |||||