Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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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. | |||||
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. | |||||
2020-05-08 | 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. | |||||
2020-01-18 | 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. | |||||
2019-06-13 | 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. | |||||
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. | |||||
2018-06-22 | 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. | |||||
2018-02-27 | 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. | |||||
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. |