Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-17	Commerce	Ga	Wiz Tech, Inc.	Cheek(s)	Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
Two employees were handling a metal piping tool. The tool shifted and struck one of them on the right side of his face. He suffered an injury to the cheekbone and was hospitalized.
2021-10-15	Commerce	Ga	Jang Ho USA LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were adjusting the forks on a material handler. The injured employee was trying to narrow the fork pinch point while the second employee lifted the fork, resulting in amputation of the injured employee's left little finger.
2021-09-29	Commerce City	Co	Rocky Mountain Recycling, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was exiting a mobile shear. The employee slipped and fell to a lower level, suffering two broken ribs and a possible punctured lung.
2021-08-31	Commerce City	Co	Bison Ridge Construction LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was hanging a ladder on a ladder rack in a trench box when the ladder slipped from their grip and pinched their finger between the ladder and ladder rack. Their left middle fingertip was amputated without bone loss.
2021-05-07	Commerce	Ga	Charles W. Pruitt Enterprises, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
Two employees were holding a drain grate, preparing to lower it into the frame. The grate was dropped and it caught the two middle fingers on an employee's right hand against the frame. The fingertips were amputated to the first knuckles.
2021-04-26	Commerce	Tx	SSC Services for Education	Leg(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was cutting grass with a zero-turn lawn mower and collided with a parked vehicle in the parking lot, resulting in a broken leg and lacerations.
2021-04-13	Commerce	Ga	Ollie's Bargain Outlet, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was using a forklift to load empty pallets onto a trailer. His forklift struck another lift, parked nearby. He suffered a laceration to the right lower leg that required hospitalization and stitches.
2021-02-09	Commerce	Ga	Lazer Spot, Inc.	Hip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee opened the back door of a trailer and a boxed hot water heater fell from the top of a double stacked row and struck him on the shoulder, knocking him to the ground and resulting in a right hip fracture.
2021-01-28	Commerce	Ga	SFA Engineering Corp.	Ankle(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was inspecting the upper level of a conveyor system. The upper section was not properly assembled and fell onto the employee from a 4-foot height, resulting in a fracture to their right ankle.
2020-09-24	Commerce City	Co	United Parcel Service	Ankle(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a package jam on the conveyor line. Her foot got caught underneath and she sustained a broken ankle.
2020-08-10	Commerce City	Co	Bimbo Bakeries USA	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was loading his truck when he fainted and was hospitalized for dehydration.
2020-07-26	Commerce	Georgia	Leyva Construction Services LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a circular saw to cut plywood for a scaffold. A board kicked back and the saw contacted the employee's hand, amputating the pinky finger.
2020-06-22	Commerce	Georgia	Nissi Development Group, LLC	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was working on site when a powered industrial truck driver ran over and fractured the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-06-09	Commerce	Georgia	Midong Engineering and Construction	Neck and back	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Two employees were pulling wires on the scissor lift. While maneuvering between a door, the scissor lift caught the face of one of the employees against the door of the electric building. The employee sustained neck and back injuries.
2020-05-08	Commerce City	Colorado	United Parcel Service	Pelvis	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was adjusting a trailer dolly between two trailers. As the employee began to move the dolly from under the rear trailer, the weight of the trailer shot the dolly forward. The dolly hit and pushed the employee, who became pinned between the two trailers and injured his pelvis.
2020-05-04	Commerce City	Colorado	Faris Machinery	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was securing a front-end loader that was loaded on a trailer. He fell from the loader onto the concrete below, suffering injuries to the shoulder blade, ribs, a collarbone, as well as blood in the lungs.
2020-03-30	Commerce City	Colorado	CPC Services, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee fell from the second-floor level to ground level while installing a staircase. The employee suffered two fractured ribs and a punctured lung and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2020-03-24	Commerce City	Colorado	LAND O'LAKES PURINA FEED LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a bin drill to clear material hung up inside an ingredient bin. The employee's arm was caught in the drill and broken.
2020-02-03	Commerce City	Colorado	Shamrock Foods Company	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was struck by a 50-pound bag of onions while trying to free a stuck pallet on rolling racks. He suffered a spinal cord injury that caused paralysis.
2020-01-22	Commerce	Texas	Bunker Industries, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was locking a fan motor after making an adjustment when his hand slipped and his finger hit the fan motor blades, resulting in a right index finger amputation.
2020-01-18	Commerce City	Colorado	VICKO CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was in a basket on a forklift, wrapping a new home. The basket fell off the forklift to the ground, and the employee suffered a broken femur, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung.
2019-08-08	Commerce City	Colorado	Century Link	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was ascending a ladder to remove a drop (phone line) when the employee fell off the ladder to the ground, fracturing a wrist and ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-07-22	Commerce	Texas	Farmers Electric Cooperative, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee taking meter readings at a customer's home was attacked by a pack of fifteen dogs. She sustained bite injuries to the head, arms, and legs.
2019-06-13	Commerce City	Colorado	AZZ GALVANIZING SERVICES	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was moving a steel box to remove excess molten zinc after it came out of a kettle when the wire holding the box broke and the box fell into the kettle. Molten zinc splashed on the employee, causing second and third degree burns to his neck, chest, and arms.
2019-06-01	Commerce City	Colorado	J.B. Hunt Transport Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was replacing a light on a trailer using an extension ladder. The employee fell off the ladder to the ground about 4 feet below, breaking his right tibia and fibula.
2019-05-28	Commerce City	Colorado	SOUTHWEST MOBILE STORAGE, INC.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing down a ladder after installing a sign. The ladder's leg slipped on muddy ground and the employee fell about 6 feet to the ground, suffering a broken wrist and lacerated liver.
2019-03-25	Commerce City	Colorado	Oribi Manufacturing, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
A temporary employee was operating a forming station. A robot carrying hot thermoplastic composite struck the employee.
2019-03-06	Commerce City	Colorado	Rush Enterprises, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice in a parking lot and fell to the pavement, suffering a broken hip. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-01-24	Commerce	Georgia	Martin Concrete Construction, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
A carpenter was cutting a 2 x 6 using a circular saw when it amputated his right little and ring fingers.
2018-07-27	Commerce	Georgia	H & W Electrical Corp.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working on a roof above the ceiling pulling cables when his hands were burned on a hot pipe. He then fell and broke some bones and was in serious condition.
2018-07-26	Commerce City	Colorado	Arrow Civil, LLC	Trunk	Fall to lower level
An employee was performing concrete work when he fell in a hole that had a piece of rebar in it and was impaled. He suffered internal injuries.
2018-07-21	Commerce City	Colorado	Suntec Concrete	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a circular saw to cut two-by-fours. The saw kicked back, causing the amputation of the employee's left thumb.
2018-07-07	Commerce	Texas	Hydroaluminum	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
While replacing a valve on a furnace (which was not on), an employee became overheated.
2018-06-22	Commerce City	Colorado	LaborMax Staffing	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was opening a door when a strong wind pushed it shut. The tip of the employee's left index finger was trapped between the door and the frame, and was amputated to the first bone.
2018-03-07	Commerce	Texas	Legacy Housing Corporation	Lower leg(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was dismounting from the front fender of a powered industrial truck when the truck ran over and fractured the employee's lower leg.
2018-02-27	Commerce City	Colorado	Tire Centers LLC	Eye(s)	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
While inflating a tire, an employee was struck by the tire or a piece of the rim, suffering a forehead laceration and orbital eye fracture.
2018-02-08	Commerce City	Colorado	R & S Steel	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell, fracturing her right hip.
2018-01-13	Commerce City	Colorado	Alphas Roofing	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a roof to the ground, suffering a head injury and a broken arm.
2017-10-04	Commerce City	Colorado	Roofline Supply and Delivery	Hand(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a forklift when his right hand was caught and pinched between the forklift and a stationary skid of asphalt shingles.
2017-08-08	Commerce City	Colorado	Elkhorn Construction, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee had been prepping concrete forms for removal and was on top of one of the forms. While moving from one anchor point to another, the employee fell off the form. His self-retracting lanyard failed and he fell to the concrete, 16 to 18 feet below, sustaining injuries to his head, hip and wrist.
2017-06-13	Commerce City	Colorado	UPS Ground Freight	Leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
An employee was unloading a trailer. He did not lower the dock plate because there was a drum too close to the end of the trailer. While stepping from the dock to the trailer to move the drum, the employee fell between the trailer and dock. The drum then rolled onto his leg and crushed it between the dock and trailer. His leg broke and required surgery.
2017-04-27	Commerce City	Colorado	UNITED PARCEL SERVICE	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was working in the irregular package section when a coworker extended a package slide so packages could migrate to a lower conveyor. The employee then walked and hit the slide, falling to the floor and breaking his femur.
2017-03-20	Commerce City	Colorado	Flynn Southwest GP, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was adjusting the jib lock at the side of the main boom on a 55-ton boom truck. He loosened the lower securement bolts. While loosening the upper bolts one of the lower bolts came out and the jib slipped off of the locking plate. It dropped a couple feet until resting on the cab and struck the employee on the face and left shoulder.
2016-09-18	Commerce City	Colorado	Cheaper Rooter	Pelvis	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was digging an excavation when the excavation collapsed on the employee. The employee suffered a broken pelvis.
2016-09-16	Commerce City	Colorado	Walmart	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder cleaning out a compactor chute when he fell from the ladder and broke his leg.
2016-05-02	Commerce City	Colorado	Packaging Corporation of America	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee received a partial amputation of the left middle finger when it was pinched between two wood blocks used as braces while attempting to use a pallet jack to lift a paper roll out of the corrugator.
2016-01-16	Commerce	Texas	Hydro Aluminum Metals USA	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
The operator was in the process of cutting down wooden runners for partial bundles. At the work station there is a pallet of wooden runners located on the floor by the cutting station. Plastic banding used to hold the wooden runners together during transportation was not cut or removed when the pallet of wooden runners was placed in its designated area. This caused the loop of plastic banding to protrude out from the wooden runners area. When the operator was leaving the work station his foot
2015-11-18	Commerce City	Colorado	Waste Connections of Colorado, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee climbed on top of a front load garbage truck to remove debris from the canopy area. The employee then fell approximately 10 feet off the truck fracturing the left hip and arm.
2015-09-24	Commerce City	Colorado	Sunstate Equipment, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee's powered buggy spun out of control after being accelerated, and the employee fell and injured his left hip. He required hospitalization and surgery.
2015-08-18	Commerce City	Colorado	Sutrak	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While performing maintenance on a punch press machine, an employee's right-hand middle finger got caught in a rotating wheel and was amputated.
2015-08-12	Commerce City	Colorado	CST Brands	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was picking up trash in the parking lot when her knee gave out and she fell fracturing the left leg in two places and dislocating the ankle.
2015-07-24	Commerce City	Colorado	Faris Machinery Company	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
The employee was working on a sewer truck and trying to pull a ladder down. The ladder was stuck and when he forced the ladder to move, his left ring and middle fingers were pinched between the ladder and a utility door. The left ring fingertip was amputated (no bone loss).
2015-06-22	Commerce City	Colorado	United Parcel Service, Inc.	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was working alone on 6/22/15 setting up TOFC rollers that carry cargo into tractor trailers. The TOFC rollers became loose and struck the employee in the head. The employee suffered head trauma and lacerations to his ear.
2015-01-30	Commerce City	Colorado	DOUGLASS COLONY GROUP, INC.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
Worker was pulling a strap-on tarp on a flatbed truck when the bungee cord snapped. The momentum caused the worker to fall from the truck. The worker was injured and hospitalized.