| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-10 | Fruit Cove | Fl | Beaver Tree Service | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was cutting down a tree when a dead branch fell and dragged him approximately 12 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a broken femur and wrist. | |||||
| 2021-05-13 | Fort Recovery | Oh | Fort Recovery Industries | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was operating the shop blaster. The employee was working at the rear of the machine. As he moved toward the front of the machine, he tripped over a pallet and fell on the pallet. The employee sustained a broken right femur, broken ribs, a punctured lung and a fractured shoulder. | |||||
| 2021-04-08 | Green Cove Springs | Fl | Garden Highway Foods | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was backing a stand-up electric pallet jack out of a trailer freezer. The employee's right leg was caught between the pallet jack and a pallet, causing a hairline fracture to the leg. | |||||
| 2021-04-01 | Green Cove Springs | Fl | Advanced Disposal Services Solid Waste Southeast, LLC | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| On April 1, 2021, a temporary employee stepped out of the truck to pick up a residential recycling bin while the truck was moving and he slipped and fell. His left leg was run over by the truck's tire, resulting in hospitalization and the amputation of his left leg. | |||||
| 2021-03-11 | Green Cove Springs | Fl | Advanced Disposal | Face | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| On March 11, 2021, a temporary employee was on a route picking up garbage. While he was cycling the hopper, a metal pole sprung out and struck him in the face, resulting in facial fractures that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-03-09 | Green Cove Springs | Fl | U.S. Lumber Group, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a forklift when the front tire hit a drain. This caused the lumber that the forklift was carrying to fall off, tilting the forklift forward enough to lift the back tires off the ground. The back tires then slammed back onto the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured back. | |||||
| 2021-02-03 | Coventry | Ri | VERIZON | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| A technician was exiting a customer's premises after knocking on the door when he slipped on ice and fell, striking the back of his head on the granite steps. The employee suffered a fractured skull and concussion, including internal bleeding. | |||||
| 2021-01-06 | Green Cove Springs | Fl | Custom Ecology, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| On January 6, 2021, an employee was installing a tarp on a semi-trailer while standing on the tarp rack platform next to the trailer. As he was descending the platform, he slipped and fell between the trailer and the tarp about 12 feet to the ground. He suffered a broken left ankle and was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
| 2020-10-09 | Fort Recovery | Oh | Fort Recovery Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was checking a recompression evaporator when a moving fan blade inside the machine lacerated his left ring and little fingers. The employee underwent surgery, and the little finger was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2020-02-27 | Green Cove Springs | Florida | Artemis Holdings, LLC | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| A machine operator and his co-worker were removing the gear boxes (weighing between 300 and 400 pounds) from the roll mill machine. His co-worker was using the forklift with a lifting strap attachment to lift a gear box off of the roll mill machine to be serviced when another, unbolted gear box got caught on one of the forks of the forklift causing it to break free and moved towards the machine operator. The machine operator moved away from the flying gear box, fell to the ground, and hit his he | |||||
| 2019-08-10 | King Cove | Alaska | Peter Pan Seafoods | Hand(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was offloading fish from a fishing tender vessel using a 12-inch suction hose. The hose had an air pocket that caused it to whip, striking the employee's hand against the coaming on a hatch. The employee sustained right-hand lacerations and a fracture. | |||||
| 2019-07-26 | Glen Cove | New York | Glen Cove Hospital | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was holding the door open for a co-worker when a fire extinguisher fell off the wall and landed on the employee's left leg. The employee sustained a broken femur. | |||||
| 2019-02-07 | Fort Recovery | Ohio | CW Egg Products LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On February 7, 2019, an employee was operating an egg flat washing machine. The employee was attempting to unload the washed egg flats when the employee's left middle finger was caught in a chain driven by a sprocket that moved the egg flats along the conveyor through the machine. The employee suffered a left middle finger amputation. | |||||
| 2019-01-25 | Green Cove Springs | Florida | Deshazo, LLC. | Brain | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was on a scissor lift approximately 20 feet high when a forklift made contact with the aerial work platform causing it to tip over. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury. | |||||
| 2018-07-06 | Green Cove Springs | Florida | VAC-CON, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee's right index fingertip was caught and amputated in a hose reel assembly on a new construction truck. | |||||
| 2018-07-05 | Coventry | Connecticut | Sadlak Manufacturing, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| On July 5, 2018, three employees were using a fork truck while rigging a machine. The bay doors were closed to keep the air-conditioned air in the shop. Exhaust from the fork truck built up in the work area; an employee suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-04-05 | Fort Recovery | Ohio | Fort Recovery Industries | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| While moving a box with parts, an employee tripped over the corner of a pallet, fell, and hit the corner of the table. The employee suffered hematoma to the left breast area and a knee, as well as a blood clot. | |||||
| 2018-01-18 | Fort Recovery | Ohio | Fort Recovery Industries | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on ice while walking to the building from the truck lot, breaking the right leg and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-09-01 | Glen Cove | New York | Slant Fin | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was making a bracket on a power press when his left hand contacted the moving components in the press, partially amputating his index fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-07-27 | Copperas Cove | Texas | Johnson Insulation | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee had been installing insulation and leaned against the safety rail of a second story interior balcony and fell approximately 12 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a back injury and fractured vertebrae. | |||||
| 2017-05-15 | Cove | Texas | First Call Field Services Corp | Arm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was helping to sandblast an underground pipe with a hose and sandblasting wand when the wand pointed at his arm and released sandblasting material under high pressure. He suffered a serious arm abrasion. | |||||
| 2017-04-13 | Fort Recovery | Ohio | Cheeseman LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| On April 13, 2017, an employee was operating a skid steer when the attachment came up and struck him above the right eye. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-03-15 | Coventry | Rhode Island | AutoZone Store #3231 | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot, fell backwards and struck the back of his head on the ground resulting in a subdural hematoma. | |||||
| 2017-02-09 | Fort Recovery | Ohio | Cooper Farms, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On February 9, 2017, an employee slipped and fell on ice while walking from the maintenance shop to a delivery truck, fracturing the left hip. | |||||
| 2016-09-30 | Green Cove Springs | Florida | National Gypsum Company | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was emptying trash from a trash hopper into a dumpster. As he was trying to clear cement debris inside the trash hopper (which was lifted up by a forklift), he lost his footing and fell about 6 feet from the dumpster to the concrete floor, injuring his head, clavicle, and ribs. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-08-23 | Coventry | Rhode Island | Thomas Engineering, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee had just finished changing the oil in a compressor. He descended a small step ladder to the ground. When he reached the ground, he turned and tripped over the step ladder. He lost his footing and fell, striking his abdomen on a stock support roller and suffering a spleen injury. | |||||
| 2016-08-11 | Green Cove Springs | Florida | Advanced Disposal Services Jacksonville, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| After loading yard waste onto a waste disposal collection truck for 2 hours, an employee became dizzy and lightheaded. The employee was hospitalized with severe dehydration and acute kidney failure due to the heat. | |||||
| 2016-05-13 | Green Cove Springs | Florida | Tape Technologies, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was running the vinyl machine, which rewinds and cuts big rolls of vinyl into smaller rolls, when his right hand was caught between two rolls. The skin was peeled off his right hand, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-01-28 | Glen Cove | New York | LR Glen Cove LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| Employee was moving cars in a back parking lot when he slipped on ice and fell, fracturing a hip. | |||||
| 2016-01-21 | Green Cove Springs | Florida | Vac-Con, Inc. | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking through the entrance of the main office when he slipped and fell on a placement mat that had sand built up underneath it and was loosely gripped to the floor. He was hospitalized with a broken upper right arm. | |||||
| 2015-12-05 | Tomkins Cove | New York | Foamco | Head and trunk | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| On 12/5/15, an employee was switching out 55-gallon drums of wall waterproofing material in a waterproofing truck when an explosion occurred. The employee suffered second and third degree burns to the abdomen, back, and face and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-09-03 | Green Cove Springs | Florida | Building Component Supply, Inc. | Brain | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee loaded some roof trusses onto a flatbed truck. He started to band the load when one of the roof jacks fell and hit his head, resulting in internal bleeding and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-09-02 | Green Cove Springs | Florida | Labor Ready | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was standing on the back of a truck waiting to collect trash when he fell off, hitting his head on the pavement. | |||||
| 2015-03-19 | Fort Recovery | Ohio | JR Manufacturing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was removing a die from a machine when it fell and fractured his right thumb. | |||||