| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-26 | Grand Junction | Co | Anytime Labor - Colorado LLC | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level |
| A temporary employee was handing barrels to another employee off the back of a truck. A barrel fell on top of another barrel and the temporary employee lost balance and fell off the truck. The employee sustained a broken pelvis. | |||||
| 2020-02-12 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Spendrup Fan Co. | Lower leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was welding an impeller section when the impeller shifted and he tried to grab it. The impeller spun and struck his left leg, causing a fracture to the left tibial plateau that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-06-22 | Grand Junction | Colorado | SAFEWAY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting sirloin steaks on a bandsaw and lacerated a finger and a knuckle bone. | |||||
| 2019-02-25 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was guiding the first joint of casing into a conductor in a cellar area. A centralizer (secured around a pipe) was pushed through the rotary table. The centralizer slid down the pipe and caught the employee's left ring finger against the collar on the casing. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-09-20 | Grand Junction | Colorado | INNOVATIVE TEXTILES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee was wrapping fishing line onto a spinning hub when the employee's right index finger became caught in the line. The employee pulled the finger away, resulting in an amputation above the top of the nail. | |||||
| 2018-06-06 | Grand Junction | Colorado | St. Mary's Medical Center | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was loading a deposit into a safe and when she turned the mechanism to load the deposit bag, it caught her hand and amputated part of her left middle finger. | |||||
| 2018-02-07 | Grand Junction | Colorado | STA of Colorado | Upper arm(s) | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee tore a bicep muscle while attempting to lift the hood of a truck. | |||||
| 2018-01-27 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Ferguson Enterprises | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee tripped and fell to the ground while descending a ladder, fracturing the left hip. | |||||
| 2018-01-22 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Student Transportation of America | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| While walking across a snow-covered parking lot, an employee slipped on a patch of ice and impacted the frozen ground, suffering a subcutaneous bleed and head trauma. | |||||
| 2017-07-24 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Estes Express | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee had just finished unloading a truck. He was descending the truck on a ladder while pulling the trailer door of the truck down when he missed a step and fell. As he fell, he pulled the door down with him and it landed on his left ring finger, breaking it. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2017-05-09 | Grand Junction | Colorado | United States Forest Service | Multiple trunk locations | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
| An employee was breaking a horse in a training corral when the horse bucked the employee to the ground. He injured his back and ribs and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-04-20 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Specialized Roustabout Services LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a chain to winch an object when the chain snapped and a tow cable smashed through the window and broke the employee's right arm. | |||||
| 2017-04-05 | Grand Junction | Colorado | ADCOCK CONCRETE, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting lumber to make a form for a concrete slab. The saw kicked back and cut the tip of his right index finger resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-03-03 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Charter Communications LLC | Leg(s) | Fall on same level |
| While attempting to contact a potential customer, an employee was chased by a dog. While running away, he fell and broke a leg. | |||||
| 2016-09-27 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Spendrup Fan Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a lathe and sandpaper to sand a piece of metal pipe. As he was sanding the pipe, the sandpaper wrapped around the lathe and then wrapped itself around the second and third fingers of his right hand, partially amputating them. | |||||
| 2016-08-07 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Pacific Steel & Recycling | Upper arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a hand chisel and hammer to remove the blade from the lower pocket of the shear head. While he was driving the chisel with the hammer, a small piece of metal came off and punctured his arm 3 inches above the elbow. | |||||
| 2016-02-18 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Bureau of Reclamation, Western Colorado Area Office | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting laminate flooring on a table saw when his left-hand fingers were cut by the saw. | |||||
| 2016-01-01 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Sprouts Farmers Market | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee cut his fingertip while cutting meat with a knife. | |||||
| 2015-12-10 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Delta Rigging and Tools | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's hand got caught in a machine press, amputating the right index finger. | |||||
| 2015-11-24 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Holiday Retirement | Whole body | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An unknown vehicle struck and dragged an employee 60 feet in the work-site parking lot. He was hospitalized with injuries to his entire body. | |||||
| 2015-11-17 | Grand Junction | Colorado | ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level |
| The employee was walking into the building from the parking lot and fell onto the landscaping rock injuring both ankles. The right ankle was fractured and dislocated. The left ankle was sprained. | |||||
| 2015-08-30 | Grand Junction | Colorado | CoorsTek Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee attempted to retrieve a piece of ceramic material that broke off into the tape laminator machine he was using. His right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the machinery. | |||||
| 2015-08-29 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Aramark Health Care | Pelvis | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On August 29, 2015, at approximately 5:00 p.m., an employee was unloading material using a built-in hydraulic lift gate attached to the rear of the delivery truck. The material fell on and broke the employee's pelvis. | |||||
| 2015-08-06 | Grand Junction | Colorado | INNOVATIVE TEXTILES | Fingertip(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee, working as a winder, was threading a spool of high grade fishing line and got the right index finger caught up in the line amputating the tip. | |||||
| 2015-04-30 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee reached into a 12-inch pipe opening and a hydraulic valve closed on his left hand, partially amputating three fingers and causing skin loss to the back of his hand. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-02-28 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Saenz Roofing, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee performing roofing work fell approximately 12 feet. He was laying down substrate at the time of the accident in preparation for the placement of roof shingles. | |||||