| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-08 | Henderson | Co | Cummins North America Sales and Service Henderson Packaging Center | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting a thick metal sheet with a sheer when the metal lifted off the surface and came back down on his left right finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-11-07 | Henderson | Tx | SBBQ Operation, LLC | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was pushing a rack of meat into a cooler. The employee slipped on a patch of ice, fell to the floor, and suffered a broken leg. | |||||
| 2021-11-06 | Henderson | Tx | Meridian Brick LLC | Arm(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee's arm was caught between a metal kiln door and its metal doorframe. The employee suffered a compound fracture. | |||||
| 2021-10-22 | Henderson | Tx | Sadler's Smokehouse | Arm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was trying to disconnect the air line of a vacuum machine when the machine came down on their left arm, resulting in a fracture. | |||||
| 2021-07-21 | Henderson | Co | Liberty Oilfield Services | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| A mechanic was on top of the HHP in Bay 1 drilling out broken bolts. Another operator was running the overhead crane using a handheld remote, moving it from the south side of the HHP to the north side to pick up a fluid end. As the crane moved over the top of the HHP, it struck the mechanic, knocking him off the HHP onto the cement floor of the shop 13 feet below. The injured employee was hospitalized for broken ribs, a sprained wrist and stitches to the face. | |||||
| 2021-05-04 | Henderson | Co | FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee was attempting to lift a 5-gallon bucket of paint and sustained a partially collapsed lung. Dried paint had caused the bucket to be stuck to the floor. | |||||
| 2021-04-29 | Henderson | Co | RK Steel, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was rolling a piece of steel on a steel roller. The employee's right index finger was pinched between a roller and the material. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2021-02-03 | Henderson | Tx | Rusk County Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was walking in a parking lot to get from one building to another when they fell and broke their left wrist. The fracture required surgery. | |||||
| 2020-09-08 | Henderson | Co | Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was retrieving boxes from the roof of an interior lab/office. The employee fell through the roof approximately 10 feet to the floor below. The employee suffered a fractured left femur and patella as well as head lacerations. | |||||
| 2020-08-25 | Henderson | Nv | U.S. Census Bureau | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee tripped and fell while walking away from a residence, hitting rocks and the ground itself. The employee suffered a broken humerus and a laceration over the eyebrow. | |||||
| 2020-08-19 | Henderson | Co | Mile High Flea Market | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a mobile cart. His left foot was caught and broken between the cart and a stationary post. | |||||
| 2020-06-18 | Henderson | Colorado | Merritt Trailers, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was assembling a new trailer. While cutting a Z-member channel, the material got caught forcing the band saw to work backwards. The employee sustained a right index fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-04-21 | Henderson | Colorado | Cummins Rocky Mountain LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to remove a superstructure from an engine using a crane when the down button on the crane was pressed instead of the up button. The superstructure then amputated the employee's right index finger. | |||||
| 2020-04-06 | Henderson | Colorado | SAIA MOTOR FREIGHT LINE, LLC | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was climbing out of his tractor and missed the bottom step. He fell to the ground, landing on his left knee. The employee's patellar tendon was torn, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2020-01-13 | Henderson | Texas | Case Hill Group Incorporated | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An automated saw's drive shaft caught an employee's glove and pulled him into the machine. His left arm was broken. | |||||
| 2019-09-08 | Henderson | Texas | Hunt Livestock Exchange, LLC | Eye(s) | Gored or rammed by animal |
| An employee was sorting cattle. A cow's horn got stuck in the pen gate; when she shook her head to free it, the horn punctured the employee's eye. | |||||
| 2019-09-03 | Henderson | Colorado | WILLIAMS SCOTSMAN, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving pre-finished door products into position for assembly when his right middle fingertip was caught and amputated between finished products. | |||||
| 2019-08-05 | Henderson | Nevada | US Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee had completed approximately seven hours and forty-five minutes of mail carrying duties. He returned to the post office and went to the break area. He was observed to be ill but was responsive. The employee was hospitalized for a heat-related illness. | |||||
| 2019-07-23 | Henderson | Colorado | Performance Food Service | Heel(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was moving pallet jack out of a charging station in order to put another jack in the charging station and struck metal racking. His right foot was pinned against the metal racking, causing a heel laceration. | |||||
| 2019-04-26 | Henderson | Colorado | FEDEX FREIGHT | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| The injured employee walked behind a forklift that was being operated by a second employee. The injured employee's foot was caught and crushed by the forklift. | |||||
| 2019-02-21 | Henderson | Texas | West Fraser Wood Products, Inc. | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was assisting a co-worker to straighten lumber in the saw mill stacker. His foot was caught in the chain and sprocket causing severe tissue damage, a hairline fracture to the heel and a damaged tendon. | |||||
| 2018-09-05 | Henderson | Texas | Panel Truss Texas, Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating an automated linear saw and trying to reposition a board that was being fed into the saw when her finger became caught between the board and the guard of the machine, resulting in the amputation of her left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-06-11 | Henderson | Colorado | Public Service Company of Colorado | Fingertip(s) | Struck against object or equipment while moving it |
| The employee was moving a wall partition and cut the end of his finger on the edge of the wall partition resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-05-31 | Henderson | Colorado | ALLIED INSULATION | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was installing gutters on a patio roof. He was transitioning onto the patio roof from a ladder when the structure collapsed. The employee fell 9 to 10 feet to the ground, fracturing his right knee and separating his left shoulder. | |||||
| 2018-05-21 | Henderson | Colorado | Republic Refrigeration Incorporated | Thigh(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Employees were relocating a VFD to its installation location using a rough terrain forklift. The load was not secured at the time and as the forklift changed gears from 2nd to 1st, the load swayed and fell off the forklift, striking the injured employee in the leg. The employee's leg broke above the knee. | |||||
| 2018-02-28 | Henderson | Louisiana | James Construction, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| The injured employee was assisting with material offload. His hand was above the two part block line on the crane. Two employees were disconnecting the rig. When the rigger gave the signal to raise the crane hook, the injured employee's hand became caught within the hook mechanism resulting in amputation of the right middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2018-01-22 | Henderson | Colorado | Lineage Logistics | Head | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped outside while walking to his car and hit his head, suffering a contusion. | |||||
| 2017-07-24 | Henderson | Colorado | Forterra Precast Concepts, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was performing a change-over with concrete piping and was trying to move the long section of the header closer to the corner piece when the long section tipped on its side and pinched his fingers between the header and the concrete floor. His middle and ring fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2017-07-13 | Henderson | Colorado | DeAndrea Coring and Sawing, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a core cutting machine to finish a 3-foot-diameter cut when the machine's top cover came loose and rotated into a hydraulic line. The line then whipped and struck the employee's leg, while the cover struck his back. He suffered leg and back lacerations and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-07-01 | Henderson | Colorado | JLT Transportation, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was hooking up two tandem trailers when the second trailer's dolly started free rolling. The employee's left hand was then pinched between the dolly and the hook on the lead trailer, amputating the left pinky fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-04-24 | Henderson | Colorado | 120 85, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Sudden start or stop, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving a road grater when the blade struck something in the ground causing the grater to stop suddenly. The employee was jolted resulting in cracked or slipped vertebrae. | |||||
| 2016-10-10 | Henderson | Colorado | Covey Auto Express Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| On 10/11/2016 at 7:00 p.m., an employee was standing on the top level of an auto hauler trailer when he lost his balance and fell off. There were no railings on that part of the trailer and he fell 10-11 ft. to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured skull, fractured collar bone, 2 fractured ribs, and bleeding in the brain. | |||||
| 2016-09-23 | Henderson | Colorado | Fed Ex Freight | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee bent over to lift up a handle to raise a dolly. When he came back up, he felt a pop in his back. He was hospitalized for a herniated disc in his back. | |||||
| 2016-07-30 | Henderson | Colorado | Jack A Farrior Inc. | Multiple leg locations | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
| Employees were removing sections of side panels from an open ended cooler that was approximately eight feet above the lower surface. As employees carried a disconnected side panel across an unbolted belly panel, the belly panel collapsed. The employees fell through the opening and the side panel they had been carrying fell with them. Employee 1 suffered a fractured left tibia and fibula and a fractured right femur. Employee 2 suffered a fractured left ankle, a dislocated left patella, and a back | |||||
| 2016-03-25 | Henderson | Colorado | Precast Concepts LLC | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was removing a fiberglass ring on a 70'' (5ft 8.33in) platform ladder with a coworker on a fixed ladder. The platform ladder tipped over, and the employee fell and broke his right femur. | |||||
| 2015-12-18 | Henderson | North Caroli | U. S. Postal Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| A rural carrier operating a POV to delivery mail suffered a partial amputation to the right hand middle finger after slamming the car door on the right hand. | |||||
| 2015-11-30 | Henderson | Colorado | La Favorita Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On November 30, 2015, a machine operator had his right index finger amputated when he attempted to clean a dough ball making machine. | |||||
| 2015-03-16 | Henderson | Colorado | Schroder Truck Repair | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| A driver from a different business was loading a car hauler. The injured employee approached the hauler and got crushed between the vehicle and the hauler when the driver moved. The employee sustained arm and head injuries. | |||||