Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-03-14 | Clyde | Ohio | Whirlpool Corporation | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
While lifting a box that weighed 34.4 pounds, an employee twisted and experienced a pain in the back. The employee was hospitalized with a strained/sprained back. | |||||
2018-09-17 | Clyde | Ohio | Whirlpool Corporation | Wrist(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking down an aisleway. A forklift struck her while backing up, breaking her left wrist. | |||||
2018-06-25 | Clyde | Ohio | Whirlpool Corporation | Hip(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
On June 25, 2018, an employee was struck by a forklift. She was hospitalized with a hip fracture. | |||||
2017-02-15 | Clyde | Texas | USPS | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was unhooking her seatbelt while exiting a mail vehicle on a rural route when the shoulder strap fell and hooked onto her shoelace, causing her to fall to the ground and fracture her left hip. | |||||
2017-01-25 | Clyde | Ohio | Whirlpool Corporation | Elbow(s) and arms(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was walking out of the plastic press, tripped and fell on corrugated steel (part of the platform) lacerating the right elbow and forearm. | |||||
2016-02-01 | Clyde | Texas | United States Postal Service | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was changing an air filter from an A-frame ladder. The employee was on her way down from the ladder when she missed the last step and fell to the ground, fracturing her right hip. | |||||
2015-06-20 | Clyde | Ohio | FDC Machine Repair, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee walking on the ground level tripped over a ladder and fell on the ground, requiring hospitalization for a broken hip. | |||||
2015-05-18 | Clyde | Texas | Hawk Portable Buildings, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a chop saw to cut a 2" x 6" wedge when two left-hand fingers were amputated. | |||||
2015-03-18 | Clyde | Ohio | Whirlpool Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee amputated the second digit on the right hand while using handheld power tools. |