Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-17 | Claymont | De | Cappelli Property Services | Foot (feet) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee climbed inside a mulch blower to kick the mulch into a mower. He slipped and his boot became stuck. The motor fractured his foot. | |||||
2021-07-14 | Clayton | De | Hanover Foods Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was getting ready to enter the facility's external chlorine shed to clean up a broken light bulb when they began to experience shortness of breath due to chlorine exposure. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-06-11 | Claysburg | Pa | Champion Home Builders, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employees were lifting a dumpster out of a compactor when the load shifted. An employee's finger was caught between the fork and the dumpster resulting in amputation of his left pinky finger at the first knuckle. | |||||
2021-03-03 | Clayton | Oh | 3n1 Professional Tree Services LLC | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was walking around the site when they stepped into a divot in the ground and broke their leg. | |||||
2020-09-17 | Clayton | Oh | Twin Rivers Construction, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway |
On September 17, 2020, at 1:00 AM, two employees were working in a lift painting a bridge on an interstate overpass when the lift malfunctioned. They were attempting to exit the lift when a semi-truck struck them. They were both hospitalized with broken bones. | |||||
2020-09-02 | Clay Center | Ne | Eriksen Construction Co., Inc. | Multiple body parts | Excavation or trenching cave-in |
An employee was working in trench when one side of the trench caved in, pinning the employee under the soil. The employee sustained a broken wrist, dislocated jaw, fractured collarbone, and broken ribs. | |||||
2020-08-25 | Claysville | Pa | National Fuel Supply Corporation | Knee(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was driving an ATV when it flipped over on him, causing broken ribs and a broken knee. | |||||
2020-04-28 | Claymont | Delaware | Honeywell | Multiple face locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
At about 1:00 p.m. on April 28, 2020, an employee was checking a sulfuric acid railcar to ensure that it was empty before it was sent offsite for cleaning and decommissioning. The employee loosened the railcar's dip tube cap with a pipe wrench, then removed it. Residual pressure in the railcar sprayed about 4 pounds of acid into the employee's face, causing chemical burns to the employee's forehead, cheeks and nose. | |||||
2020-02-23 | Clayton | New Jersey | Aleris Rolled Products, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using a spray bottle to clean a coating machine. The employee dropped the spray bottle, and when he reached for it, his hand was caught in the machine. His hand was crushed and lacerated. The machine was running at the time. | |||||
2020-01-21 | Clayton | Missouri | Rehabcare Group East, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was assisting a patient when she tripped on the patient's wheelchair and fell to the ground, landing on her right side and breaking her right hip. | |||||
2019-09-05 | Clayton | Ohio | FCA, LLC | Wrist(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee had been cutting wood on a saw machine. While removing debris, the saw blade caused a severe laceration to the employee's wrist. | |||||
2019-06-20 | Clayton | Missouri | CLAYCO CONSTRUCTION | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was dumping trash when he lost his balance, fell off the loading dock (approximately 4 feet), struck the concrete floor, and broke his left tibia. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2019-05-30 | Clayton | Delaware | Hanover Foods Corporation | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a 6-foot ladder in the waffle room cleaning the wall. The employee was on the third rung of the ladder and fell to the floor breaking his pelvis. | |||||
2019-05-25 | Claypool | Arizona | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Miami Operations | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was changing an anode mold. The employee's right hand was caught in a pinch point when a forklift raised the hot anode mold. The employee received second and third degree burns on the right hand. | |||||
2019-05-17 | Claymont | Delaware | HOME DEPOT #1602 | Brain | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
The injured employee was acting as a spotter in the parking lot for a lift operator that was loading a pallet of mulch into a customer's vehicle. The lift operator was positioning the load when the pallet of mulch shifted, toppled over, and struck the injured employee on the shoulder, knocking him to the ground. The employee struck his head on the pavement and was hospitalized for head trauma. | |||||
2019-04-24 | Claysburg | Pennsylvania | National Imprint Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was cleaning/wiping the rollers on an envelope converting machine. The employee's right ring finger was pinched between the rollers, causing an amputation to the fingertip with an avulsion of the nail plate. | |||||
2019-02-04 | Claysburg | Pennsylvania | Champion Home Builders, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting plywood/particle board on a table saw. The board jumped causing the employee's right hand to slip into the blade resulting in amputation of the thumb tip. | |||||
2018-09-05 | Clayton | Missouri | RIVERVIEW MANAGEMENT CO. LLC | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee tripped while walking and broke her kneecap on the floor, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-08-20 | Clayton | Ohio | FCA, LLC | Forearm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was building a wooden crate with another employee. His arm moved forward at the same time that the second employee lowered the nail gun. The nail gun discharged upon contact with the first employee's arm. The nail entered the employee's right forearm. | |||||
2018-07-10 | Clay City | Illinois | HOWELL PAVING INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee showed signs of heat stress while operating a paver during a heat wave. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-05-09 | Clayton | Alabama | Powergrid Services, LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was helping to unload a concrete pole from a pole trailer when it fell onto the employee's leg, breaking it. | |||||
2018-03-07 | Clay | New York | Skyline Roofing & Building | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell 15 feet from a roof when his lanyard broke and fractured his knee. | |||||
2018-02-09 | Clayton | Ohio | Dayton Origin Distribution Center | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was climbing into a truck and lost contact with the handle and fell backwards suffering a broken vertebra, bruising, and a head injury. | |||||
2018-01-16 | Clayton | Ohio | FCA, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
A piece of wood was jammed in the panel saw. The injured employee was sweeping in the area and went over to assist with the jam. The employee reached into the blade to pull the piece of jammed wood out and cut his finger on the saw blade resulting in a partial amputation of the pinky finger. The e-stop was pushed prior to the employee's hand entering the saw, but the blade was still running from residual force. | |||||
2017-08-29 | Clayton | Missouri | Con-Tech Insulation, LLC | Hand(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was installing insulation from a step ladder when the ladder tipped. The employee fell to the floor and broke the left hand. | |||||
2017-07-26 | Clayton | Alabama | Valitas Health Services, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was trying to enter a room when she collided with a coworker, fell backward, and struck her head on the concrete floor. She sustained a contusion to the back of her head and a small brain hemorrhage, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-07-19 | Claysburg | Pennsylvania | Shirley's Cookie Company Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was working on a machine and had a part of her right index finger amputated when it got caught in a cylinder of the machine. | |||||
2017-01-10 | Clayton | Ohio | Value Added Packaging, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking behind a forklift and was struck by the forklift resulting in a broken right ankle and hospitalization. | |||||
2016-09-09 | Clayton | Delaware | Good Transport Services, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was delivering feed to a client when the line became clogged. When he attempted to unclog the nozzle, his right ring finger and right middle fingertip were partially amputated. The auger was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-07-06 | Clayton | Delaware | Hanover Foods Corporation | Multiple leg locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was power washing an idling pea picker (combine) when a leading length of power wash hose was caught and began wrapping around the picking head of the combine. A length of the power wash hose dragged on the ground as the leading length uncontrollably wrapped, roping around the employee's right leg from behind and pulling the employee foot-first into the picking head. The employee's right leg was forcefully pulled into the combine up to the knee, causing multiple fractures and lacer | |||||
2016-06-30 | Claysville | Pennsylvania | Advanced Oil Field Services LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was performing maintenance on skid steer equipment. The employee was changing the bucket and putting pins on. The lock pins were stuck so the employee used a pry bar to pop it loose, but it did not come apart. The employee asked another worker to tilt the skid while the pry bar was in the front of the equipment. The employee's left ring finger got caught between the pry bar and the skid steer carriage resulting in amputation of the finger. | |||||
2016-01-29 | Claysville | Pennsylvania | Guardian OFS LLC | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice and fell, hitting his head. | |||||
2015-08-17 | Clayton | Ohio | EXEL INC. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee tripped and fell down the stairs in the dock area. The employee was found unconscious at the bottom of the stairs. | |||||
2015-06-30 | Clayton | Oklahoma | Texoma Rebar Reinforcing | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was struck by a section of rebar panel 26' wide by 40' long when the straps used to lift it came loose. The employee suffered a broken leg. | |||||
2015-05-19 | Clayton | Alabama | Fastenal Company, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Employees were loading a metal keg onto a truck when the strap slipped and struck the employee on the left big toe. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2015-02-06 | Claysburg | Pennsylvania | AP Green Refractories | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee suffered a severe injury to his right-hand ring finger while installing a belt on the number 7 dust collector. |