Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-21 | Fountain | Co | Rice & Rice Inc | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Sudden start or stop, nonroadway |
An employee was using a construction vehicle to push a scraper in front of him to align it. He engaged his push block, and it went over the push bumper. When the scraper came off, the force thrashed him around inside his cab. The control arm/joystick punctured his abdomen. | |||||
2021-09-07 | Fountain | Co | WALMART Store #3018 | Arm(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An employee was starting her shift at the fuel station. She walked past a person that had a dog carrier attached to their bicycle. The dog was on a leash, but it jumped out of the carrier and bit the employee's left arm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2020-05-10 | Fountain | Colorado | Windigo Logistics Fountain | Hip(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was driving a forklift when it struck pallets loaded on another forklift. The pallets hit the employee, who suffered a broken pelvis. | |||||
2019-01-07 | Fountain | Colorado | Advantage Logistics Fountain | Heel(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a forklift while another employee drove a second forklift behind him. The first employee slowed down and made a U-turn. The second employee did not see the first employee and the two forklifts collided. One of the employees suffered a laceration on the left foot and a fractured heel bone, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-06-26 | Fountain | Colorado | JBI Construction, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was loading a truck with plywood when his ring became caught on a rack and ripped his left ring finger. His finger was later surgically amputated. | |||||
2016-10-20 | Fountain | Colorado | Excel Energy, Inc. | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
A employee working on and near a 230 Kv transmission line was shocked resulting in third degree burns to both hands. | |||||
2015-06-14 | Fountain | Colorado | Intrawest, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was servicing a tire when the equipment hub shattered and the mounted tire struck the employee on the left arm. |