Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-27 | Golden Meadow | La | Superior Shipyard and Fabrication, Inc. | Head and trunk | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet |
While an employee was using a gangway to access a barge, the gangway collapsed and the employee fell 18 feet to the dry dock floor below. The employee suffered multiple injuries, including punctured lungs and severe head trauma. | |||||
2021-07-08 | Golden | Co | Plant Services Incorporated | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was climbing a ladder and fell two feet onto a metal walkway below. The employee sustained a fractured right femur and a fractured right arm. | |||||
2020-09-06 | Golden | Co | MillerCoors LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
Employees were installing a new belt and buckets in a grain elevator. Two employees were struck by the belt and bucket assembly as it was being installed by crane when the rigging gave way. The first employee was hospitalized for a broken leg. The second employee sustained nerve damage to an arm and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-05-30 | Golden | Colorado | MolsonCoors Beverage Co | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a forklift when it got stuck on low overhead ducts. As the employee tried to back up, his right hand was caught between the forklift's overhead cage and a duct. His little finger was amputated. | |||||
2020-02-20 | Golden | Colorado | Kiewit Infrastructure Co. | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was stepping out of a truck at a worksite when he slipped on ice and fell to the ground, hitting his head. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-02-04 | Golden Meadow | Louisiana | Delmar Systems, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was returning to work from lunch. While talking to another employee on the other side of a closing access gate, the employee leaned against the gate before it completely stopped. His left hand was caught in the top roll bar of the gate, crushing the left fourth digit and requiring an amputation of the tip. | |||||
2019-07-19 | Golden Meadow | Louisiana | Tetra Technologies | Leg(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was completing a fluid treatment process. The employee had just closed a 4-inch valve on a "T" manifold when he tripped and fell forward, striking the shin of his right leg against a valve handle and then landing on the ground. The employee's right leg sustained a spiral fracture requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2019-01-28 | Golden | Colorado | MillerCoors, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was jogging a machine to verify a preventative maintenance task had been completed when his fingers were pinned between the machine's belt and pulley. He suffered fractures to the topmost joints of his right index and ring fingers, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-01-15 | Golden Meadow | Louisiana | Louisiana Machinery Company, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was looking for a crescent wrench and dropped his flashlight. He reached for the falling flashlight and his hand contacted the fan blade of a running generator engine. The employee sustained an amputation to the right index fingertip and a laceration between the thumb and index finger on the right hand. | |||||
2018-09-04 | Golden | Colorado | Dakota Drilling Inc | Cheek(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee at a water line drilling site was struck by a hose when its fitting broke at the threads. The hose broke the employee's cheekbones. | |||||
2018-06-21 | Golden | Colorado | Gunslinger Custom Paint, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was setting up for a work shift and walked past a paint booth with a compromised seal. The employee then suffered an asthma attack possibly due to chemical sensitivity to the spray paint. The employee was wearing a half-face respirator. | |||||
2018-05-31 | Golden | Colorado | National Support Center for the Disabled | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was trying to repair a cable on a box trailer door when the cable snapped and the trailer door closed on his right thumb, causing an amputation. | |||||
2018-05-16 | Golden Meadow | Louisiana | Gulf Coast Tanks | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was putting nuts and washers on bolts while standing on an 8-foot A-frame ladder that was in the closed position when the ladder slipped. The employee fell and struck his head on the concrete below, suffering head trauma and a skull fracture. | |||||
2018-04-19 | Golden Beach | Florida | Solar Tint, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was standing on decorative rocks (pebbles) when he lost his balance and fell, injuring his back. | |||||
2018-03-29 | Golden | Colorado | MillerCoors LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was repairing an electrical part on a turning machine when he came into contact with the exposed, 480-volt live electrical part, resulting in an electric shock on his right hand. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
2018-03-27 | Golden | Colorado | Kuhlman Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working from a portable ladder to install an industrial refrigeration unit using a handheld grinder. He lost his footing and fell approximately 2 feet from the ladder, striking the ground and breaking a rib. | |||||
2018-03-19 | Golden | Colorado | MillerCoors LLC | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell approximately 4 feet from a loading dock while pulling a tool cart. The cart landed on his leg, breaking his right femur. | |||||
2018-02-22 | Golden | Colorado | EAP GLASS, INC. | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was helping to steady a bunker hoisted on a forklift jib attachment when the forklift drove forward over the employee's left foot. The employee's foot and toes broke, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2017-10-07 | Goldens Bridge | New York | ACME MARKETS | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was walking down an aisle when she tripped, fell, and injured her knee, suffering a contusion. | |||||
2017-08-08 | Golden | Colorado | P&S Transportation | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a flatbed trailer to the ground while securing a load, suffering five broken ribs, a broken clavicle, broken scapula, broken shoulder blade, punctured lung, and slight concussion. | |||||
2016-10-07 | Golden | Colorado | Williams Form Engineering Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was changing a die set on a metal roller form machine using a breaker bar. The breaker bar slipped off the bolt head and struck his right ring finger, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2016-09-09 | Golden | Colorado | MillerCoors, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped on a process pipe in the aging cellar and fell to the floor, sustaining a broken hip. | |||||
2016-06-23 | Golden | Colorado | Williams Form Engineering Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee's finger was amputated when it got caught in a chain vice used to clamp stock for a band saw. | |||||
2016-05-13 | Golden | Colorado | Schultz Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was adjusting a lawn mower when the belt/pulley amputated the employee's left pinky fingertip. The mower was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-04-20 | Golden | Colorado | Miller Coors | Wrist(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a telescoping ladder pulling cable. The ladder did not lock properly and collapsed, causing the employee to fall 5 to 6 feet. The employee was hospitalized with a broken wrist requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-03-23 | Golden | Colorado | Allied Waste Transportation, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was putting snow chains on his tires. While he was tightening the chain cam, his right middle finger became stuck under the tire chain and his fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2016-02-22 | Golden Meadow | Louisiana | EXPERT RISER SOLUTIONS | Ankle(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee attached a tagline on some pipe casing. When the pipe was picked up, his foot was tangled in the tagline, ultimately breaking his ankle. | |||||
2016-02-22 | Golden Meadow | Louisiana | Cameron Solutions | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was loading a filter into a casing while a coworker pushed the other end. The employee's fingers were pinched and his right-hand index and middle fingertips were amputated. | |||||
2015-12-16 | Golden | Colorado | Rocky Mountain Metal Container | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was hospitalized after getting his hand caught in a printer. | |||||
2015-10-29 | Golden | Colorado | Sodexo | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was preparing chicken for frying when a flash fire occurred. The employee sustained second degree burns to the hands, right arm, and face. | |||||
2015-08-25 | Golden | Colorado | Altus Traffic Management | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was setting up signage at a traffic control zone. A private vehicle swerved onto the closed lane, missed the attenuator truck barrier, and struck the employee. The employee sustained broken ribs and a head laceration. | |||||
2015-08-18 | Golden | Colorado | Coors Tek Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Am employee was adjusting the grinding plate of a machine when the plate fell on the employee's hand, amputating a finger. | |||||
2015-07-30 | Golden | Colorado | Aerotek | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was found on a pallet by a coworker. The employee had fallen from a man lift and was crushed by it, breaking all of his ribs and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-07-28 | Golden Meadow | Louisiana | Superior Shipyard and Fabrication, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee passed out due to heat illness. | |||||
2015-07-08 | Golden Meadow | Louisiana | WEEKS MARINE, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
An employee was handling deck lines when his left ring fingertip got caught in a bit of the rope. There was no bone loss. | |||||
2015-02-16 | Golden | Colorado | MillerCoors LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
Employee fell from an 18-inch high platform measuring approximately 18 X 20 inches while performing a corrective action on a packaging machine. Employee fractured ribs and scapula. | |||||
2015-01-13 | Golden | Colorado | HAZEN RESEARCH, INC. | Pelvis | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee fell to the floor while moving a pallet jack during material handling activities. Employee suffered a broken pelvis. | |||||
2015-01-06 | Golden | Colorado | Kimmel Mechanical, Inc. | Knee(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
Employee was using a portable hand grinder to cut a steel pipe. The grinder kicked back and lacerated the employees knee cutting an artery. |