Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-09	Garden City	Ga	MARINE TERMINALS CORPORATION - EAST	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing twist locks from a shipping container as it was landed on a bomb cart. When the container came to rest, her finger was pinched between a twist lock and the corner casting of the container. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
2021-08-16	Garden City	Ga	CALIFORNIA CARTAGE Management Services, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
The injured employee and three co-workers were lifting a dock plate when it slipped and pinched the injured employee's fingertip, resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-07-20	Garden City	Tx	Laredo Petroleum, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing maintenance on a load cell. Their right hand was on an RPM sensor of rotating weights when the pump jack cycled on, resulting in amputation of three fingertips on the employee's right hand.
2021-06-07	Garden City	Ga	Coastal Logistics, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a popup saw to cut 2-by-4s. When it popped up to cut the board, the saw amputated the pinky, ring, and middle fingers from one of the employee's hands.
2021-02-26	Garden City	Ks	International Paper	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee fell while stepping up on a conveyor crossover, landing with his hands on the conveyor crossover. The employee sustained a broken femur.
2020-10-17	Garden City	Ga	Harco Construction, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
A skid steer was grading rock along a curb for a parking lot. An employee was shoveling the rock along the curb to uncover the curb. The employee lost his balance while shoveling the rock and stepped behind the skid steer while it was backing up. The skid steer ran over the employee's right leg causing a compound fracture to the shin.
2020-09-28	Garden City	Ks	Irsik & Doll Feed Services Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using a rope to move a sick cow out of a pen. The cow suddenly moved and the employee's fingers were caught between the rope and a saddle horn. His right index, middle, ring, and little fingers were amputated.
2020-09-08	Garden City	Ks	American Warrior Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was working rods up and down. His left hand was between the bottom clamp and the rod rotator when the rod rotator fell down, smashing and fracturing his left thumb and index finger.
2020-09-06	Garden City	Ks	Sams Club	Knee(s)	Walking, without other incident-single episode
An employee had just finished repurposing chickens on a white tray that was sitting on the right side of a scale. He was moving the tray and stepping from the right to the left side of the scale when he twisted his left foot, heard a pop, and fell to the floor. He was hospitalized with a broken bone under his kneecap.
2020-08-08	Garden City	Ga	Marine Terminals Corporation - East	BODY SYSTEMS	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was operating a yard hostler and moving a container to be loaded onto a ship. He became disoriented and drove the yard hostler into a parked forklift and then into a privately owned vehicle that was also parked. The employee was hospitalized with dehydration.
2020-08-06	Garden City	Ga	Portside Cargo Services II, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
While unloading boxes that contained hunting stands from a shipping container, an employee collapsed and lost consciousness. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat exhaustion.
2020-07-27	Garden City	New York	Severino Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's right index finger was amputated in a screw conveyor.
2020-05-01	Garden City	New York	Old World Quality Corp.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee lost his balance and fell from a 3-foot A-frame ladder, breaking his leg.
2020-02-19	Garden City	Georgia	RYERSON JOSEPH T & SON INC.	Arm(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was observing a forklift unload his 44-foot trailer when he was struck by a steel round bar (1 ft. 11/16 in. diameter; 24 ft. long and weighs 186 lbs.) as it was forklifted from his trailer. He sustained a fractured right arm and lacerations to the back of his head.
2019-08-14	Garden City	Kansas	Andrew Larson Farm	Brain	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee had ascended approximately 21 feet up a grain elevator to close a hatch located at the eave of the bin. While descending, the employee fell to the ground and sustained multiple fractures and a concussion.
2019-08-01	Garden City	Georgia	Qualawash Holdings, LLC.	Multiple leg locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was trying to flush a liquid bulk tank trailer with hot water. Hot water splashed from a valve in an adjacent bay onto the employee's left leg, burning the calf and the back of the thigh.
2019-07-02	Garden City	Kansas	American Warrior Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
An employee was sitting power tongs down on a base. The employee's right hand was resting on the rig where the tongs come down and the tongs smashed and deeply cut the employee's right thumb.
2019-06-07	Garden City	Kansas	Palmer Manufacturing & Tank Inc	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On June 7, 2019, an employee's fingertip was pinched while he was operating a manual clamp. He suffered an amputation and was hospitalized.
2019-05-07	Garden City	Georgia	Ports America, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
A jockey truck driver was attempting to make a U-turn and collided with another truck in another lane. The employee suffered blunt-force trauma to the neck, head and shoulder and a laceration on the head from initial impact inside the cab and subsequently striking the ground after being discharged through the driver-side window.
2019-04-30	Garden City	Texas	Felderhoff Brothers Drilling	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was removing a pressure relief valve from a mud pump with a 36-inch pipe wrench. The pipe wrench slipped and caught the employee's finger between the wrench and the mud pump resulting in amputation of the left middle finger and a fracture to the ring finger.
2019-04-15	Garden City	Texas	Basic Energy Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was conducting well-servicing operations. He was attempting to guide a rotating rod away from a winch line when the spinning rod, which was covered in paraffin, caught his gloved left hand, amputating the pinky finger near the knuckle.
2019-03-06	Garden City	New York	FEDEX EXPRESS	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on ice while picking up a package. He suffered a hip injury and was hospitalized.
2019-02-25	Garden City	Kansas	Black Hills Energy	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was clearing snow in the parking lot with a snow blower. The employee slipped and fell breaking his tibia.
2019-02-18	Garden City	Georgia	Continental Heavy Civil Corp	Pelvis	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
A load (concrete pile) struck an employee as it was being moved by a crawler crane, breaking the employee's pelvis.
2019-01-25	Garden City	Georgia	Creative Packaging, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee's right ring, middle, and little fingers were partially amputated while removing a box jam from a rotary die cutter.
2019-01-24	Garden City	Kansas	Berry Companies, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
While coming down the ladder of a machine, an employee missed the last step, fell onto the concrete, and broke a hip.
2019-01-02	Garden City	Kansas	Lockhart Geophysical	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was adjusting the hydraulic fluid pressure valve on a thumper truck when hydraulic fluid spewed from the pressure valve onto the walking surface of the thumper truck. The employee then slipped and fell approximately 6 feet from the truck to the ground, sustaining four broken ribs on the left side and a left lung contusion.
2018-09-19	Garden City	Texas	Schlumberger Technology Corporation	Lower leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was walking through a containment, verifying chemical levels, when a chemical splashed onto his left calf. He suffered chemical burns and was hospitalized.
2018-09-15	Garden City	Texas	Schlumberger Technology Corporation	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was on a blowout preventer (stationed on a pressure control trailer), using a wrench to align the tool trap. The wrench slipped and the employee lost his balance, falling about 7.5 feet and injuring his wrist, hip, and shoulder.
2018-08-24	Garden City	Texas	EOWS Midland Company	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was aligning/guiding a workover rig onto a well-head using a spacing cable when his left ring finger was caught between the spacing cable and the rod blowout preventer, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2018-08-01	Garden City	Texas	Cudd Pumping Services	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
A discharge hose failed, striking an employee and causing a laceration and fracture of the right tibia. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-07-12	Garden City	Kansas	Brookover Feed Yards, Inc	Head and trunk	Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
An employee was mounting a horse when it bucked him off. He struck his head on the ground, suffering a head laceration and injuries to two vertebrae in his upper back.
2018-04-10	Garden City	Idaho	Dixon Contaner Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning up wood scraps from a table saw when his glove was caught in the blade, resulting in a left index finger amputation.
2018-03-18	Garden City	Kansas	Brookover Feed Yards Inc	Arm(s)	Animal and insect related incidents, n.e.c.
An employee was riding a horse when the horse went down and the employee landed on his shoulder, breaking his left arm.
2017-10-09	Garden City	Kansas	Reeve Cattle Company, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was standing on hay approximately 7 feet high to load bales one by one onto a flatbed pickup truck. The employee slipped on a wet bale and fell off the haystack, suffering a head injury, a broken collarbone, and broken ribs.
2017-09-26	Garden City	Texas	Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
An employee was bitten on the shin by a rattlesnake while performing an environmental survey.
2017-08-31	Garden City	Kansas	Regal Monument Company	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was using a forklift to dump trash. The employee exited the forklift, which then pinned him, breaking his ribs and shoulder blade and puncturing his lung.
2017-08-29	Garden City	Texas	Oilfield Fishing and Tool	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee's right index and middle fingers were caught and amputated between model-C slips and annulars.
2017-08-28	Garden City	Georgia	Delta Metals, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing up an extension ladder when the ladder's locking mechanism became disengaged and one of the ladder sections slid down and caught his left foot between the rungs. As the employee tried to remove his left foot from the rungs, the ladder began to fall and his left leg became caught between the rungs. He fell approximately 8 to 10 feet with the ladder to the gravel ground below, breaking his left leg.
2017-07-18	Garden City	Kansas	Brookover Feed Yards Inc	Brain	Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
An employee was riding a horse in a cattle pen when the horse bucked. He was thrown off the horse and hit the back of his head. He was hospitalized.
2017-07-01	Garden City	Texas	Charger Service, LLC	Multiple leg locations	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was breaking out of a substructure when a driller went in the wrong direction with equipment and struck the employee's left thigh and calf, causing a laceration and severe contusion.
2017-06-17	Garden City	Georgia	Ceres Marine Terminals Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking to a container berth dock when he was struck from behind by a jockey truck. He suffered a separated right leg calf muscle, requiring hospitalization.
2017-05-15	Garden City	Georgia	MACALJON/ALLOY CRANE & HOIST, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was removing the tie-down straps from a slab lift clamp that was on a trailer when a forklift hit the top of the clamp on the opposite side, causing the clamp to roll off the trailer and strike the employee's left leg. His left leg broke above the ankle.
2016-10-20	Garden City	New York	CBRE Group Inc	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing a ladder and fell fracturing a hip.
2016-07-28	Garden City	Texas	Basic Energy Services	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment
While conducting well-servicing operations, an employee was setting up the work floor of a workover rig. The employee slipped on loose dirt, causing him to lose his grip on the wing portion of the rig floor. The wing portion fell, landing on his left ring finger and amputating the fingertip.
2016-06-16	Garden City	Texas	Halliburton Energy Services	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee and a coworker were pulling packing from a pump using a plunger. The coworker used the plunger while the employee had his hand in to pull the packing. The employee's hand was caught between the tool and the packing, amputating the right middle finger.
2016-05-20	Garden City	Georgia	CERES MARINE TERMINALS INC.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was working on a ship and dropped a lashing jack (lasher/header) on his foot and suffered an amputation to his first toe (big toe).
2016-02-28	Garden City	Texas	Transcend Drilling	Thigh(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was using a drilling machine when a 6-inch collar fell and struck the machine, causing it to rotate and strike the employee's left leg. The employee's left femur fractured.
2016-01-13	Garden City	Texas	Basic Energy Services LP Rig# 40	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was offloading iron from a trailer when the employee's right index finger got caught between a 4-inch iron, which fell from above, and the edge of the trailer.
2016-01-02	Garden City	Kansas	Irsik and Doll Feed Services	Hand(s) and elbow(s)	Trampled by or stepped on by animal
When an employee arrived at the feed yard, the cattle rushed on the gate and ran over the employee, fracturing the employee's right elbow and left thumb.
2015-12-22	Garden City	New York	MACY'S	Nonclassifiable	Shooting by other person-intentional
An employee was shot during an attempted robbery inside Roosevelt Field Mall.
2015-11-12	Garden City	Georgia	Ports America Shared Services, Inc.	Lumbar region	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was picking up a lasher turnbuckle while a container was being loaded onto the ship by an overhead crane. When the crane operator was lowering the container onto the ship, the crane operator placed the container in the wrong position and struck one of the twist locks. That twist lock came off and struck the employee in the lower back, causing spasms and finger numbness
2015-09-15	Garden City	Texas	Laredo Petroleum Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
At approximately 11:30 on 15 September 2015, an employee was hospitalized when he was struck in the chest by a cap on a pressure vessel that he and another employee were removing. Remaining pressure in the pipe leading to the pressure vessel caused the cap to violently dislodge during the procedure and strike the employee in the chest, breaking one rib and causing the employee to suffer a broken left elbow, a laceration that required sutures on his right elbow and a hemorrhage on the artery lead
2015-09-08	Garden City	Kansas	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was driving a forklift when the load contacted the overhead lighting, dislodging it from the overhead trusses. The employee then attempted to secure the lighting fixture to prevent it from falling. He used a scissor lift to access the light and was in the process of securing it when he touched the fixture, receiving an electric shock and burns to the left ring finger, as well as left arm numbness.
2015-08-27	Garden City	Kansas	Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was working on a machine when the coupler fell off the jack stand striking the employee in the left leg causing a severe laceration.
2015-08-11	Garden City	Georgia	Newell Recycling of Savannah, LLC	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was hospitalized for a foot injury after a wheel loader ran over his foot.
2015-07-11	Garden City	Kansas	Wal-mart	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was pulling a manual cart with merchandise and caught the back of his foot on the cart. He fell backwards causing a broken hip and abrasions to his head and left forearm. The employee was hospitalized.
2015-06-19	Garden City	New York	Metropolitan Construction Systems, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
An employee fell approximately 40 feet through the roof of a building.
2015-06-05	Garden City	Georgia	Marine Terminals Corporation East	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee exited a vehicle in the Tyco maintenance area and was struck by a Tyco mechanic driving a second vehicle in the area.
2015-06-04	Garden City	Kansas	Securitas Security USA, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee performing security walks around trucks stepped on uneven ground and fell, fracturing the left femur.
2015-04-12	Garden City	Texas	Bison Drilling And Field Service	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
On or about 12 April 2015, at approximately 1410 hours, an employee amputated the distal portion of his left-hand, index phalanges (no bone involved). He was installing a hydraulic cylinder on a drilling rig when the cylinder he was holding swung laterally, pinching his distal phalanges between the cylinder and the drilling rig structure.
2015-04-12	Garden City	New York	Public Storage	Knee(s)	Overexertion and bodily reaction
An employee was cleaning and pushing a cart down an aisle when she sprained her knee. She was hospitalized.
2015-04-01	Garden City	Kansas	Griffith Steel Erection Inc	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee fell from a single story when the employee's work belt was caught on the edge of a man basket. The employee sustained a broken leg and arm.
2015-03-08	Garden City	Texas	ProPetro Services, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell approximately 6 feet off of a rig structure while nippling up the BOP and broke a tibia.
2015-01-23	Garden City	Kansas	Saxon Drilling LP	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Employee was working on a can wrench without the lock out/tag out system in place. The jaws of the machine opened and retracted smashing and amputating the tip of the middle finger on his left hand.