| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-12 | Cottage Grove | Mn | U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Inv. | Thigh(s) | Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional |
| On May 12, 2021, an employee was attending quarterly firearms training when her 9mm discharged into her right thigh and exited out of her lower right leg. | |||||
| 2019-04-01 | Cottage Grove | Oregon | Forest Service, Cottage Grove RD | Multiple body parts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was bucking a fir log when the tension released, launching the log into the air. The log landed on the employee, resulting in two fractured vertebrae in the neck, one back vertebra fracture, five broken ribs, a broken clavicle, a punctured and collapsed lung on one side, a partial collapsed lung on the other side, multiple contusions and scrapes, and a chipped tooth. | |||||
| 2016-08-04 | Cottage Grove | Minnesota | U.S. Postal Service Cottage Grove Carrier Annex | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On or about August 4, 2016, an employee was transferring a tray of mail to the mail truck when the carrier stepped off a curb, felt a snap in the left ankle, dropped the tray of mail, and fell to the ground. The employee's ankle fractured in three places. | |||||
| 2015-11-13 | Cottage Grove | Wisconsin | Stevens Construction Corp. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was spotting the loading of a skip hoist onto a semi trailer. The employee attempted to adjust one of four legs that support the motor pack for the skip hoist, which is a separate piece from the skip hoist. The motor pack weighed 1,850 pounds. The employee was loosening a clamp on one of the motor pack legs when the leg collapsed, causing the motor pack to fall on the employee, who suffered broken vertebrae. | |||||
| 2015-04-20 | Cottage Grove | Wisconsin | Frontier Communications | Leg(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee installing a satellite dish suffered a broken leg when the portable trailer stairs he was working from tipped over as he disconnected his testing equipment. | |||||
| 2015-04-07 | Cottage Grove | Oregon | Forest Service - Dorena Genetic Resource Center | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was parking an electric cart. When she stepped on the brake, the vehicle accelerated and collided with the side of the building, breaking her leg. | |||||