Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-28 | Fort Collins | Co | Anheuser-Busch, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was fabricating a metal tray using a brake press and amputated their left middle fingertip. | |||||
2021-03-17 | Fort Collins | Co | Transpro, Inc. | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee tried to jump onto a slow-moving truck, but fell under it. The wheel drove over him and broke his pelvis. | |||||
2020-09-11 | Fort Collins | Co | SaveATree, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employee fell 40 feet from a tree that he had been pruning. He suffered a broken back, broken neck, and a separated shoulder. | |||||
2020-07-30 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Rebel Entertainment | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee's right hand was burned in a pan containing hot fry oil. | |||||
2020-07-16 | Fort Collins | Colorado | AAA Roofing and Construction, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a table saw to cut through 2 inches of ISO insulation when his thumb was amputated. It was later reattached during surgery. The palm of the hand was also injured. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-04 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Interstates | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a wire feeder when its safety latch failed and its lid slammed shut, amputating the employee's left index fingertip at the first knuckle. | |||||
2020-02-19 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Panera Bread | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee's hand entered a rethermalizer machine and sustained a second degree burn. | |||||
2020-02-12 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Arms Construction | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee fell approximately 20 feet from a scaffold while installing a window. The employee’s leg was broken and he was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-31 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Tolmar Inc | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was stocking shelves with new, unopened chemicals. The employee fell over and struck their head on the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury and possible chemical exposure. | |||||
2019-08-26 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Organic Alternatives, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was grinding spent marijuana using a shredder/mulcher. As the employee tried to clear a jam, the grinder blade amputated the employee's left index finger. | |||||
2019-08-21 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Architectural Sheet Metal & Panels, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was running sheet metal panels though a panel machine when the employee's hand went under the sheers, resulting in an amputation to the left hand (only the pinky finger remains). | |||||
2019-06-20 | Fort Collins | Colorado | American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc. | Face | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was working in the yard when it began to hail. He was running for cover when he ran into the back of a truck, sustaining fractures to the face. | |||||
2019-05-06 | Fort Collins | Colorado | WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC. | Leg(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
The injured employee was standing in the back of a trailer at the loading docks. Another tractor trailer rolled into the trailer and crushed the employee's legs. | |||||
2019-05-02 | Fort Collins | Colorado | B&M Roofing of Colorado, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was reroofing a flat roof of a single story dwelling. The employee went to get a chalk line from the ground. He then climbed back up the ladder and knelt down on the edge of the roof to snap the chalk line. The roof gave way and he fell 8 feet 4 inches onto a pile of landscaping posts and sustained fractured ribs. The employee was wearing fall protection, but it was not connected at the time of the fall. | |||||
2019-03-05 | Fort Collins | Colorado | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
A city mail carrier slipped on ice and fell to the ground, breaking a leg. | |||||
2018-09-12 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Mountain Temp Services, LLC | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
A flagger was trying to instruct a passenger vehicle to stop when the vehicle's side mirror struck her. She fell to the ground and the truck ran her over, breaking her leg and hip. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-09-05 | Fort Collins | Colorado | FOOTHILLS GATEWAY, INC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking in the company driveway during a 15-minute break when the employee's left foot rolled and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken hip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-08-22 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Wisco Framing | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening |
On 8/22/2018, an employee was putting plywood down between two joists while laying floor decking when he stepped on non-secured plywood and fell through the gap between joists. He fractured his ribs, elbow, and left arm, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-08-13 | Fort Collins | Colorado | People Ready | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was helping to unload a truck when 10 sheets of drywall shifted on a dolly and fell onto the employee's right leg, breaking the tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-02 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Assurance Contractors Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell and fractured his ankle while descending an unstable ladder that moved during a roof inspection. | |||||
2018-05-01 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Transpro Inc | Cheek(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was walking through the shop when she stopped to watch a mechanic doing maintenance on a truck. The mechanic was changing the rear spring axle on the front of the vehicle. The bottle jack was keeping the spring open to pull out the pins. As the mechanic was tapping the pins out, the bottle jack shifted and shot out, hitting the employee and injuring her right cheek. | |||||
2018-03-19 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Piedmont Plastics | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was delivering a plastic sheet to a customer when the sheet tipped over and lacerated the employee's leg, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-02-02 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Anheuser Busch | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
The employee had parked his fork truck. He was stepping down from the fork truck when his left heel hit a plastic pallet and he lost his balance, twisting his leg and falling to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured femur. | |||||
2018-02-02 | Fort Collins | Colorado | FLEMING SECURITY SERVICES | Neck and back | Fall on same level due to slipping |
A security guard was making his rounds when he slipped on ice and fell injuring his back and neck. | |||||
2017-09-15 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Healthcare Services Group, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee's hand slipped while operating a meat slicer resulting in amputation of the right thumb tip. | |||||
2017-08-30 | Fort Collins | Colorado | DON'S MASONRY, INC | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee stepped on an unsecured hole cover and fell into a 12-foot-deep window well, breaking his left tibia and fibula and injuring his head. | |||||
2017-08-18 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Kinnetic Electric | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a ground rod into the ground when he missed/slipped and fell into the rod. His head struck the rod, breaking the eye socket bone and driving it into part of his brain. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-08-02 | Fort Collins | Colorado | DOHN CONSTRUCTION INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was weatherproofing a construction area by placing plastic in the area. He was tucking weatherproofing around an open door when a coworker closed the door on his right index finger, amputating the fingertip and fracturing the finger. | |||||
2017-07-19 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Tradesmen International, LLC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
A temporary employee was working on baseboard in a hotel room when he passed out. Heat stress is suspected to be the cause or a contributing factor to the employee's collapse. | |||||
2017-07-12 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Kev's Painting | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell 10 feet to the concrete ground while painting a townhouse roof, fracturing the left hand/arm and the right hip. | |||||
2017-05-01 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Complete Energy Services, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
While loading water from a pipeline into a trailer, an employee was struck by a pipeline pig that ejected out of the pipeline. The employee suffered a broken ankle and leg. | |||||
2017-04-08 | Fort Collins | Colorado | TRL LLC | Multiple upper extremities locations | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was adding hash browns to the fryer when he fainted or had a seizure and fell into the vat of hot oil. The employee suffered burns to his left arm from his fingers to above the elbow. | |||||
2017-02-16 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Sage Telecommunications | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was carrying two 1-gallon bottles when his foot was caught on the leg of a power press and he fell, striking and breaking his lower leg on the foot of the machine. | |||||
2017-02-01 | Fort Collins | Colorado | REI, Recreational Equipment, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall from pedal cycle |
An employee was testing out a bicycle after repairing/assembling it, hit a patch of ice on the north side of the store, and fell off the bicycle fracturing the left hip. | |||||
2016-10-10 | Fort Collins | Colorado | U.S. Forest Service | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On 10/10/16, employees started a prescribed fire in a national forest to help the vegetation in the area. One employee was refueling a chainsaw to cut trees. When he uncapped the fuel tank, the hot oil boiled out of the tank and onto his right wrist, right arm, and belly, causing second and third degree burns. | |||||
2016-08-31 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Martin Marrieta | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was hooking up a trailer with a port-a-potty on it to a truck hitch. As the employee manually lifted the trailer bed to hook it to the truck hitch, the employee dropped the bed and pinched his middle finger on the block resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2016-07-07 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Foothill Energy Service Inc | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was in the bucket getting ready to go up to do work on the powerline when he contacted the energized line, suffering third degree burns to both arms and second degree burns to his hands. | |||||
2016-06-10 | Fort Collins | Colorado | M.A. Mortenson Company | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working on the side of a wall, positioning ties. As he was climbing the wall form, he fell from a height of approximately 4 to 5 feet, breaking his left ankle. | |||||
2016-05-11 | Fort Collins | Colorado | MultiFamily Building Products, Inc. | Brain | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a forklift over rough terrain when the forklift tipped forward, causing the forklift frame to strike the employee's head. A hard hat and seatbelt were not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-05-05 | Fort Collins | Colorado | NEW BELGIUM BREWING COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was working an event making a miniature golf hole using a table saw. He cut his left index finger on the table saw. | |||||
2015-12-21 | Fort Collins | Colorado | M.A. Mortenson Company | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was hospitalized after being struck by a rigid steel tremie pipe that fell from the boom of a concrete pump truck. The employee suffered a broken foot and a broken finger. | |||||
2015-12-01 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Builders Choice Coatings, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was painting while standing on a 4.5-foot baker scaffold. He fell off the scaffold, injuring his head, ribs, and back on the concrete floor below. | |||||
2015-11-13 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Odell Brewing Company | Thigh(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
On 11-13-2015, at 6:30 p.m., an employee was riding the forks of a forklift when the forklift ran into a cement post, breaking his left femur. | |||||
2015-11-09 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Neuworks Mechanical Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
On 11-9-2015, at 11:00 a.m., an employee was using an electric plumbing coil snake to clear out a drain when the coils wrapped around his left hand and fingers. His left index finger had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
2015-08-27 | Fort Collins | Colorado | William D. Hillen A Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was hospitalized after being struck by a piece of debris (8 inch pipe) during a building demolition. The employee suffered nine broken ribs, a punctured lung, a broken finger and bruises on the face. | |||||
2015-08-27 | Fort Collins | Colorado | United States Department of Agriculture | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee lost his balance and fell in the parking lot, breaking his hip. | |||||
2015-07-13 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Sage Telecommunications Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee received a finger amputation while attempting to trouble shoot a boring machine that would not start. | |||||
2015-07-03 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Sprouts Farmer's Market, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Choking on object or substance |
An employee was taste testing salami to provide advice to customers about various products sold within the deli. She suffered an esophageal tear from choking on a piece of the salami and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-05-01 | Fort Collins | Colorado | Fort Collins Heating and Air Conditions Inc | Hand(s) | Bites and stings |
An employee was bitten by a spider on the left hand which resulted in an infection. | |||||
2015-04-16 | Fort Collins | Colorado | The Kitchen Cafe | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was grinding meat without a plunger and his hand was pulled into the grinder resulting in the loss of the pointer, middle and ring fingers on the right hand. |