Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-07 | Fairview Heights | Il | DNO Dba Dillard's | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking when they fell to the marble floor, resulting in a right elbow compound fracture. | |||||
2021-08-06 | Fairview Park | Oh | Contract Network Services LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder when a mid-span clamp attachment broke, causing the tension of the fiber optic cable to waver. This caused the employee to bounce around, then fall from the ladder to the ground. The employee suffered a broken leg. | |||||
2021-07-02 | Fairview Heights | Il | Insync Staffing | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was getting a grave ready for a funeral service. The employee fell into the grave and suffered a broken femur. | |||||
2021-04-21 | Fairview | Pa | FedEx Ground | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped on the leg of a rack while walking by it. He fell to the concrete floor, landing on his right knee and suffering a knee injury that required hospitalization for surgery. | |||||
2020-08-31 | Fairview | Mt | Noble Casing, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
On 8/31/2020, a Noble Casing, Inc., employee was on location performing rathole operations. A nearby skid steer operator was unloading a joint of pipe from a trailer and had the pipe elevated while backing to clear the bunks. The pipe then slid off the skid steer forks and trapped the employee between the pipe and trailer. The employee suffered a dislocated left elbow, broken left femur, single vertebra fracture, and bleeding in the brain, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2020-01-20 | Fairview Heights | Illinois | Big Lots | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was pulling a pallet jack backwards in the stock room when the employee tripped on the handle. The employee's head struck the concrete floor, causing severe head trauma that required hospitalization. | |||||
2019-07-27 | Fairview | Pennsylvania | Carter Lumber | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was putting together an order by stacking materials on wood pallets. The employee went to step over a pallet, caught his foot, and fell to the concrete ground. He landed on his shoulder and was hospitalized for shoulder surgery. | |||||
2019-01-12 | Fairview | Ohio | Cathedral Energy Services | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking in packed snow when the employee slipped and fell to the ground, suffering a fractured right femur. | |||||
2018-09-24 | Fairview | Montana | Warren Well Service | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was watching the hydrotesting of tubing to find a leak. A release of water from the tubing sent the employee back into the tubing board; the employee suffered broken ribs and injury to their spleen. | |||||
2018-06-20 | Fairview | Oklahoma | BridgePoint Electric, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was finishing the installation of LED lamps on a scissor lift when he suffered an electric shock resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
2018-04-28 | Fairview | Pennsylvania | The John V. Schultz Company | Skull | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
A temporary employee was operating an order picker and was 20 to 30 feet high when the employee fell from the order picker onto the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with severe head trauma due to a skull fracture. | |||||
2018-01-05 | Fairview | Oklahoma | Waldon Equipment | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
While loading a loader onto a flatbed trailer, an employee lost control of the equipment, which then fell off the trailer to the ground. The employee was caught between the loader and the ground, suffering a fractured arm, bruised ribs, punctured lung, and neck injury. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-07-20 | Fairview Heights | Illinois | Tradesmen International | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a ladder to cap a live wire when he bumped the wire and received an electric shock. He then fell from the ladder to the ground, breaking his leg and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-04-15 | Fairview | Pennsylvania | Birkmire Trucking LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was unhooking a crane hook from a conveyor that was loaded on the flatbed of a truck. The hook or chain from the crane caught on the conveyor, causing it to tip and knock the employee off the trailer. The employee suffered severe right leg injuries. | |||||
2015-11-25 | Fairview | Oregon | Glacier Northwest dba CalPortland | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was handling line on a barge when he stepped into an open hatch and fell onto the steel deck, cracking his rib and bruising his liver. The hatch was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2015-10-12 | Fairview | Pennsylvania | Grimm Industries, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a crimper machine. While the employee was putting a metal holder piece in place, the machine somehow activated, causing the ram to engage. The employee's right hand was caught between the ram and the machine deck. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of broken bones in the right hand. | |||||
2015-08-13 | Fairview | Pennsylvania | Bonnell's Rod Shop | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
On August 13, 2015, at 2:30 p.m., an employee was cutting tree branches from a ladder while using a chain saw. The employee fell from the ladder and suffered multiple injuries to the hands, as well as broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized for treatment. |