Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-15 | Fredericksburg | Pa | Farmer's Pride | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was exiting his jockey truck cab when he misstepped and fell to the ground, landing on his right hip. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery. | |||||
2021-10-04 | Frederica | De | Allied Universal | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was working a security detail when they passed out and hit their head on the floor, resulting in an injury. | |||||
2021-09-27 | Fredericksburg | Pa | Farmer's Pride | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was bending over to pick up chicken parts from the floor in a leg deboning department. When he reached up and under the machine to get a chicken part, his hand was caught in the machine, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-09-01 | Fredericksburg | Pa | Farmers Pride Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a liver harvest machine. While removing liver/gizzard parts from a plastic auger, the rotating auger amputated his right index fingertip. | |||||
2021-08-11 | Fredericksburg | Pa | Farmers Pride Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing sanitation duties on a conveyor line when his right arm was pulled into the chain and sprocket of the conveyor, resulting in a compound fracture to his right forearm. | |||||
2021-07-07 | Frederick | Md | U.S. Department of Army | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was participating in the running portion of a physical examination when they collapsed due to heat exhaustion. | |||||
2021-06-27 | Fredericksburg | Pa | Ace Hardware Distribution Center | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was talking to a forklift driver. When the driver left the location, the forklift ran over the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized with three broken toes and a lacerated heel. | |||||
2021-02-11 | Frederick | Co | Axelson Machine Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was cutting metal banding from a bundle of aluminum bars when a bar fell, smashing the employee's finger against a rack and resulting in amputation. | |||||
2020-08-28 | Frederick | Co | TSN West, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was stepping over a guardrail when it caught his shoe, causing him to fall to the cement floor. He suffered a contusion to the left kidney, a muscle strain in his shoulder/left upper arm, and a lower back strain. | |||||
2020-06-23 | Fredericksburg | Ohio | XPO Logistics | Ankle(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
A driver had just gotten a skid off the truck while delivering cargo to a customer when he came into contact with a mower blade that was sticking out of the cardboard container that it was in. The driver sustained a cut to the Achilles tendon on his right ankle that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2020-06-01 | Fredericksburg | Pennsylvania | Waggoner Construction, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An ironworker was checking a bolt hole on a steel column to see why a bolt would not go into the hole. A steel beam (still attached to a crane) was being connected to the column. The beam shifted and pinched the employee's finger, amputating the left middle fingertip. | |||||
2019-08-07 | Fredericksburg | Pennsylvania | Sherwin Williams | Hip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee had stepped off a forklift to scan product when pallets behind him fell and struck him, causing a right hip dislocation. | |||||
2019-07-19 | Fredericksburg | Pennsylvania | Farmers Pride Incorporated | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking backwards and pulling a chain when he tripped over an existing chain that was on the floor and fell fracturing the left hip. | |||||
2019-07-18 | Fredericksburg | Pennsylvania | Ace Hardware Corporation | Hand(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a reach truck. The employee's hand was pinned between the truck and a warehouse rack. | |||||
2019-06-24 | Fredericktown | Ohio | Integrity Kokosing Pipeline Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
On June 24, 2019, an employee was guiding a steel pipe into a pipe clamp to marry it to another piece of pipe when the pipe moved unexpectedly, pinching his right pinky finger and causing an amputation. | |||||
2019-03-27 | Frederick | Colorado | Transwest | Multiple body parts | Contact with cold objects or substances |
While working on a propane gauge, an employee suffered severe burns to the chest, abdomen, and legs. | |||||
2019-03-23 | Fredericksburg | Pennsylvania | Farmers Pride Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a mixer from the outside. The auger caught the employee's glove, amputating the tip of the thumb. | |||||
2019-03-21 | Frederick | Colorado | Insulation Technology Corporation | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet |
As an employee jumped approximately 5 feet from a rack to the ground, a broom leaning against the rack punctured the employee's midsection. | |||||
2019-02-04 | Fredericksburg | Texas | Kingwood Fine Cabinetry | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a table saw when his left hand contacted the blade, cutting his hand and fingers. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-01-08 | Fredericksburg | Pennsylvania | Farmers Pride Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A leg skinner machine amputated an employee's left ring finger above the knuckle. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-08-21 | Frederick | Colorado | Nobo Construction LLC | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee fell 19 feet off a two-story residential roof to the concrete below during roofing activities. The employee suffered a broken arm and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-06-26 | Fredericksburg | Pennsylvania | Ace Hardware Corporation | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell while getting into his truck and injured his head. | |||||
2018-06-13 | Frederick | Colorado | Sierra Chemicals L.C. | Multiple head locations | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was attempting to refill the fuel tank on a compressor in a trailer when the fuel tank cap pressurized and ignited gas vapors. The employee suffered first and second degree burns to the face, ears and nose. | |||||
2018-04-10 | Fredericksburg | Pennsylvania | Hain Pure Protein Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's right index finger was caught in a link of a conveyor belt, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
2018-04-04 | Fredericksburg | Pennsylvania | Hain Pure Protein Corp. | Multiple face locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was transferring sanitizing chemical between storage totes and splashed chemical in their face resulting in chemical burns to the face and eyes. | |||||
2018-03-06 | Frederick | Oklahoma | Tillman Producers COOP | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was working near the end of a gin/conveyor in the press/bagging area and caught an arm in the conveyor roller resulting in injury to the upper arm. | |||||
2018-02-06 | Fredericksburg | Texas | Team Mechanical of Texas, LLC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was exiting a job trailer when he tripped and fell, breaking ribs and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-06-01 | Fredericksburg | Pennsylvania | Hain Pure Protein Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was resting his right hand on the boiler room doorframe when the wind blew the door shut on his hand, amputating the padding of his middle finger. | |||||
2017-05-31 | Fredericktown | Ohio | Schafer Driveline | Nonclassifiable | Bites and stings |
On May 31, 2017, an employee's arm became red and swollen due to an insect bite. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-04-27 | Fredericksburg | Texas | Hager Construction Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting a beam with a circular saw when the saw slipped and contacted his right hand. He sustained amputation of four fingers on his right hand. | |||||
2017-02-02 | Fredericksburg | Pennsylvania | Farmers Pride Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving a stand-up rider powered industrial truck (PIT) beside food storage racks when his left thumb was pinched between an upright post for the PIT's overhead guard and a storage rack, de-gloving/amputating his thumb tip. | |||||
2017-01-29 | Fredericksburg | Texas | WalMart | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working on the second step of a six-foot ladder in the backroom sorting through hardware bins. The employee began to come down the ladder and missed the last rung. The employee fell and broke the left hip. | |||||
2016-06-15 | Fredericktown | Missouri | Madison County Sheltered Workshop | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee had been doing landscaping outside and was walking when his right foot slipped forward, causing his left leg to buckle under him. He fell to the ground and landed on his left leg, breaking the fibula and tibia and requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-05-11 | Fredericksburg | Texas | Payton Construction, Inc. | Hip(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was preparing a trailer to load a roller that was on a slope. A coworker was in control of the roller and left it unattended. The coworker set the emergency brake, but the emergency brake was not working properly. The roller then began to roll slowly and struck the employee, who suffered a leg/hip dislocation. | |||||
2016-05-06 | Frederick | Oklahoma | HENNIGES AUTOMOTIVE | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
The employee was troubleshooting a piece of equipment. The cylinder closed and amputated his fingertip. | |||||
2015-11-12 | Fredericksburg | Pennsylvania | TNT Construction of Central Florida | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was helping to lift concrete panels when the metal brace slipped out of his hand and cut his right pinky finger. He was wearing gloves at the time. He was hospitalized for surgery, and his right pinky had to eventually be surgically amputated. | |||||
2015-05-20 | Frederick | Colorado | B&M Roofing of Colorado Inc. | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee burned his right foot while transferring hot roof tar from one container to another. The receptacle into which he was pouring broke, causing some tar to spill onto his foot and burning him. | |||||
2015-03-27 | Fredericksburg | Pennsylvania | Farmers Pride Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A maintenance employee reached into the back of an evisceration machine and was injured when his fingers contacted the blade. His right ring finger was partially amputated. The machine was still on at the time. |