Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-03-22	Gordon	Ne	Open Range Beef, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting strips of beef with a bandsaw. The saw amputated the employee's left thumb.
2019-07-02	Cerro Gordo	Illinois	OTTO BAUM CO., INC.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was moving masonry blocks when he dropped a block on his hand, pinching his fingertip. As a result, his fingertip was amputated.
2018-07-13	Gordon	Nebraska	Open Range Beef	Arm(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
An employee was cleaning a floor when a dropped knife fell from above, point down, and struck him on the left arm. He suffered a laceration and a severed artery.
2018-06-27	Gordon	Georgia	Choice Transporation of Middle Georgia, LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off the top of a liquid tanker/trailer while washing it and sustained a head injury. Fall protection was not worn at the time.
2017-07-31	Gordon	Nebraska	Open Range Beef	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using the chain saw to remove the chime bone from rib-eye meat and amputated the right thumb tip.
2017-02-17	Fort Gordon	Georgia	U.S. Department of Army	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was operating a construction roller machine when it tipped over. The employee fell off the equipment and received internal injuries, requiring hospitalization.
2017-02-13	Gordonville	Pennsylvania	Hoober Feeds	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping a coworker hoist a motor to change out an auger when his right pinky became caught between the motor and the railing, amputating his fingertip.
2016-09-20	Alamogordo	New Mexico	Concrete Coring Company	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On September 20, 2016, at approximately 2:30 PM, an employee was coring concrete using a drill. His hair somehow became caught in the drill and he suffered damage to his scalp and broke his neck. He was hospitalized and required surgery.
2016-05-26	Fort Gordon	Georgia	Penhall Company	Lumbar region	Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
An employee was drilling a hole in the foundation when a cinder block fell from the third floor and struck him, causing contusions to his lower back and kidney. He was hospitalized.
2016-03-07	Fort Gordon	Georgia	Geo-Energy Solutions	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee's right-hand pinky fingertip was amputated when an equipment facer fell.
2016-02-29	Gordo	Alabama	Noland Lumber Co., Inc.	Arm(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was removing dust around the area of the blade on a band saw. The employee lost his balance and stumbled into the band saw breaking his left arm and lacerating his left hand and ring fingers.
2015-09-14	Gordon	Nebraska	Open Range Beef	Head	Other fall to lower level
An employee was knocked off of a ladder when a Genie aerial lift lifted a waste bin. The employee suffered a head contusion and chest injury.
2015-07-15	Gordon	Georgia	Rescar Companies, Inc.	Hand(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was admitted to the hospital after a punch wound to the left palm became infected.
2015-04-17	Gordo	Alabama	PECO Foods Gordo Div	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee closed the elevator door on his left index finger which amputated the tip.
2015-01-30	Fort Gordon	Georgia	G- FORCE HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING, INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
The employee was performing repair and maintenance on the damper unit. The unit door was held by another employee. When the door was released due to the strong negative air pressure the door slammed onto the second employee's hand causing the amputation of his right ring and middle fingertips.