| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-30 | Greenwood | Ar | Forsgren Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
| An employee was spotting a dump truck. The truck raised its bed into a high-voltage overhead powerline while the employee was touching a hopper connected to the truck. The employee was shocked. | |||||
| 2021-02-18 | Greenwood | La | Crete Carrier Corporation | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| A driver was walking across the parking lot of a truck stop and slipped on ice. The driver fell to the ground, sustaining a fractured hip. | |||||
| 2020-05-08 | Greenwood | Wisconsin | GRASSLAND DAIRY PRODUCTS, INC. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On May 8, 2020, an employee's foot became caught on the leg of a table. She tripped and fell, breaking her hip and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-03-04 | Greenwood | Louisiana | Pilot Travel Centers, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| A cashier was getting a pizza for a customer. She tripped on a rubber mat and fell, breaking her hip. She was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
| 2020-02-03 | Greenwood Village | Colorado | Productive Electric | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from a ladder to the ground, suffering a head contusion and concussion. | |||||
| 2019-05-01 | Greenwood | Mississippi | Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped while walking and fell backwards striking her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a severe concussion. | |||||
| 2018-08-09 | Greenwood | Mississippi | American Fire Sprinkler, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was walking on ceiling joists in an attic when his foot slipped off the joist and he fell through the ceiling, landing on the floor 10 feet below and fracturing his left wrist. | |||||
| 2018-01-12 | Greenwood | Arkansas | Alpha Packaging, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was straightening the strapping around a unit of boxes inside a truck when the strapping broke, causing him to lose his balance and fall backwards out of the truck. He fell on his head, injuring his neck and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2018-01-07 | Greenwood | Wisconsin | Retzlaff Milk Transport, LLC. | Whole body | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On January 7, 2018, at about 1:15 p.m., an employee was struck by a truck while walking between truck bays. The truck dragged the employee, who suffered whole-body and hand injuries. | |||||
| 2017-10-07 | Greenwood | Mississippi | Birdsong Peanuts | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was lowered into a peanut elevator to unclog the choke. Afterward, he was being pulled out of the elevator when his harness rope broke (cut on metal edge), causing him to fall approximately 10 feet. He injured his ankle. | |||||
| 2017-08-23 | Greenwood | Mississippi | Milwaukee Tool Greenwood, MS Plant | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was trimming a plastic cooling fan for a spindle motor with a pair of scissors when the scissors amputated one of the employee's fingertips. | |||||
| 2017-07-14 | Greenwood Village | Colorado | Gibbons Erectors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was manipulating a piece of concrete with a burke bar when the employee's left middle finger was caught and amputated between the bar and a piece of pre-cast concrete. | |||||
| 2017-06-12 | Greenwood | Mississippi | Aramark Health Care | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was getting ready to repair a broken PVC pipe that was dripping water on the floor. He placed blankets in the area to contain the dripping water and then began climbing a ladder to the pipe when he slipped and fell off the ladder, fracturing his hip. | |||||
| 2017-06-12 | Greenwood | Wisconsin | GRASSLAND DAIRY PRODUCTS, INC. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was sprayed with hot water while draining a tank burning his abdomen and legs. | |||||
| 2017-02-16 | Greenwood | Florida | Ford Farms | Face | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was using an open-top tractor with a front-end loader to push a fallen tree when a limb (about 8 inches in diameter) fell on his face. He sustained a facial bone fracture and contusion on the back of the head, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-02-03 | Greenwood Village | Colorado | Rumler Rebar, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee was lifting a rebar cage with several coworkers when he felt a pop in his back. He was hospitalized with a slipped disc. | |||||
| 2017-01-16 | Greenwood | Delaware | Ensinger Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was picking up stacks of scrap nylon sheets and throwing them into the hopper attached to the granulator. The sheets in a pile were bird-caging and the employee's left ring finger got caught in a hole in one of these sheets. As the sheet was pulled downward into the hopper by the action of the grinder, the employee's left ring finger was amputated and the index finger was fractured and lacerated. | |||||
| 2016-05-25 | Greenwood | Delaware | New Process Fibre Company Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding rolls of plastic material into a shear when his left index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-03-21 | Greenwood | Delaware | New Process Fibre Company Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On March 21, 2016, at approximately 2:00 p.m., an employee was feeding materials into a punch press when the back adhesive on the materials became tacky and caused them to jam. When she attempted to remove the jammed materials, the machine was activated via the foot pedal, crushing her right-hand middle and ring fingers. Her middle and ring fingertips had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2016-02-12 | Greenwood | Arkansas | ARMEDICA MANUFACTURING | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was operating a table saw to shave 1/2" off a 72" x 30" 3/4" plywood board when the middle finger on his right hand came into contact with the 10" cutting blade. His finger was amputated at the fist knuckle and required surgery. | |||||
| 2016-01-14 | Greenwood Village | Colorado | Aimco | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was exposed to excessive sheetrock and floor tile dust that entered the workplace from renovation being conducted in the work area. The employee suffered an asthma attack, which resulted in respiratory failure. | |||||
| 2015-12-08 | Greenwood | Texas | Texas Pipeline Construction | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| Two employees were fusing two sections of polyline. When the fusing device was activated, the area became engulfed in flames. Both employees were hospitalized with burns to the face and hands. | |||||
| 2015-12-04 | Greenwood Village | Colorado | Eagle Stucco LLC | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| A stucco crew set up two A-frame scaffold frames inside a 10x10 enclosed porch area and placed some planks between the frames. The ground that the scaffold was on was not level or solid. A worker climbed on the planks between the frames and began applying stucco to the walls. One of the frames slipped and fell over causing the worker to fall to the ground breaking his right arm in a manner that requires surgery. He also suffered scrapes and bruises. | |||||
| 2015-03-30 | Greenwood | Wisconsin | GRASSLAND DAIRY PRODUCTS, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was operating a winch to remove a pump for servicing. The cables broke, pinning the employee between the winch and some equipment. The employee sustained an injury to the chest area. | |||||
| 2015-01-23 | Greenwood Village | Colorado | H5 Data Centers | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee suffered an amputation to the tip of his left pinky finger while attempting to stop a V Belt on an HVAC system with his hand. | |||||