Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-23 | Centennial | Co | GH Phipps Construction Companies | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee was opening a gate when they tripped on a curb and fell to the concrete ground, resulting in an open head wound and a broken rib. | |||||
2021-05-03 | Centennial | Co | Forgen, LLC | Thigh(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
At 9:45 a.m. on May 3, 2021, an employee was sitting in front of an iron plate, using a hand grinder to remove tack welds from it. The wheel jumped, slipped on his right leg, and cut him just above the knee on the side. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-23 | Centennial | Colorado | Bocanegra Construction, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was performing framing work on the first floor of a building and fell into an open stair hole, landing on the basement floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken collarbone and a skull fracture. | |||||
2020-03-03 | Centennial | Colorado | Centura Health | Multiple head locations | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
While walking to her car at the end of the day an employee's left foot slipped off the sidewalk and landed in the parking lot, causing her to lose balance and fall face first onto the sidewalk. The employee sustained a broken nose, facial fracture, concussion, and contusions. | |||||
2019-07-24 | Centennial | Colorado | Centennial Automotive, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing trash from an area surrounding a lift when the lift was lowered onto his right foot, resulting in the partial amputation of his middle toe. | |||||
2019-05-30 | Centennial | Colorado | Plastics Design & Manufacturing, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was adjusting a screw on an air puncher machine. The machine activated and pinched the tip of his left index finger, amputating it. | |||||
2019-05-24 | Centennial | Colorado | Mayo Aviation | Head and trunk | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
On May 24, 2019, an employee was filling an oxygen tank when a valve on the tank failed and a flash fire occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face and torso. | |||||
2019-04-02 | Centennial | Colorado | Varel International Energy Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was adjusting the installation of a PDC drill bit on a horizontal grinding machine. The grinding wheel started and his right glove and index finger were pulled between the wheel and the surface to be ground. He suffered a partial amputation of the finger. | |||||
2019-01-23 | Centennial | Colorado | Terracare Associates | Heart | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
An employee suffered a heart attack while shoveling road salt from the back of a truck. | |||||
2018-01-18 | Centennial | Colorado | Root Tree Services | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 26 to 30 feet |
An employee climbed 20 to 30 feet above ground on a cottonwood tree to cut off the top half as a part of the removal process. After the employee finished cutting the top half with a chain saw, the bottom half of the tree snapped. Because the employee was tied to the bottom half of the tree, both the employee and the tree fell 20 to 30 feet to the ground. The employee landed on river rocks and the bottom half of the tree, suffering aortal bleeding in the chest, several broken ribs, and a broken p | |||||
2017-08-14 | Centennial | Colorado | Brown Brothers Asphalt and Concrete | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was picking up concrete debris and throwing it into a skid steer bucket when the concrete fell out of the bucket and snagged his right ring finger, amputating it. | |||||
2017-06-01 | Centennial | Colorado | International Jet Aviation Services, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
While mowing the lawn on a slope, an employee lost their footing. The employee's right foot went under the lawn mower, which cut a toe. | |||||
2017-04-12 | Centennial | Colorado | DERR AND GRUENEWALD CONSTRUCTION CO. | Brain | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was working from a ladder approximately 11 feet above ground, lining pre-cast concrete panels and performing final welding of the panels. The employee fell from the ladder while attempting to align the panels. The employee was hospitalized for a traumatic brain injury. | |||||
2016-09-28 | Centennial | Colorado | Swift Transporation Co, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee was walking around the trailer to slide trailer tandems when he tripped and fell on his right hip, fracturing the femur. | |||||
2016-01-19 | Centennial | Colorado | Service King Collision Repair | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was removing a radiator bracket and cut his knuckle on the sharp metal. Several days later, the wound became infected and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-12-15 | Centennial | Colorado | Tac Air, Inc | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was plowing snow. As he exited the pickup truck, he slipped and fell hitting his head on the ground resulting in a concussion. | |||||
2015-12-08 | Centennial | Colorado | United Health Group | Hip(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee fell and rolled her hip on a curb outside the building. Her hip broke and required hospitalization. | |||||
2015-07-31 | Centennial | Colorado | Chad Bassett and Associates | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
While descending a ladder, an employee encountered a wasp nest. The employee was attempting to swat at the wasps when he fell 6 to 8 feet onto the concrete, causing the employee to break his left hip and fracture his right knee. | |||||
2015-07-27 | Centennial | Colorado | Nilex | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was unloading a container from the loading dock. He was pulling the metal plate that fits between the loading dock and the container when his right index finger got stuck between the plate and dock and was partially amputated. | |||||
2015-05-26 | Centennial | Colorado | HUDICK EXCAVATING, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Two employees were working in an excavation placing concrete with a bucket attached to an excavator when the bucket fell from the excavator, striking both of them. |