Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-20	Highland	Ny	Hannaford Supermarket	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a bandsaw to cut bone-in pork loin. The sawblade cut the employee's right thumb, amputating about 1/4 inch from the tip.
2021-09-18	Highland	Ny	Tee Bar Corp.	Lower leg(s)	Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
An employee was saddled in their horse monitoring other horses on a walking trail when a guest dropped their reins. The employee leaned forward to grab the guest's reins. The employee's horse then backed up about 10 steps, reared up, and fell over, causing the employee to fall off and the horse then landed on the employee's left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a broken tibia.
2021-08-12	Highland Heights	Oh	Progressive Casualty Insurance Company	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee tripped and fell onto the office floor, suffering a broken right femur.
2021-08-10	Highland Park	Il	Levy Restaurants at Ravinia	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
At 12:45 p.m. on August 10, 2021, an employee was driving an electric cart when his right leg struck a gate. He suffered lacerations and contusions to the leg.
2021-07-06	Highlands	Tx	SER Infrastructure Services	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
On July 6, 2021, at approximately 8:30 AM a semi-truck was delivering rebar to the site. As an employee went to the rear of the truck to help guide it, a loader grabbed one side of the rebar and caused the other side to bounce and strike the employee on his left leg. The employee suffered fractures to his tibia and fibula.
2021-06-29	Atlantic Highlands	Nj	US Post Office	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was hospitalized due to heat stress after delivering mail.
2021-06-15	Highlands Ranch	Co	National Coatings II Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell from a wastewater clarifier, landing 10 feet below and suffering broken ribs and a broken pelvis.
2021-06-11	Highlands	Tx	PLASTIPAK PACKAGING, INC.	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While taking a level reading from a silo, an employee stepped out and slipped on a mixture of condensation and mud. The employee fell to the ground and sustained three broken ankle bones.
2021-04-21	Highland Mills	Ny	D'Annunzio & Sons Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by discharged object or substance
A water main line failed while being pressure-tested. It sent a bolt flying that struck an employee, causing internal injuries.
2021-03-23	Highland Park	Il	Celtic Iron, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was standing on a sidewalk rigging a steel column when a masonry wall was struck by the tines of an all-terrain forklift. The wall toppled onto the employee causing a leg injury.
2021-02-08	Highland Park	Il	FedEx Express	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking back to his truck after delivering mail when he slipped and fell on snow and ice in a driveway, resulting in torn quadriceps in the upper left leg that required hospitalization and surgery.
2020-10-09	Highlands Ranch	Co	U-Haul of West Central Colorado	Pelvis	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was operating a forklift when it tipped over. The employee was pinned under the forklift and sustained a broken pelvis and a leg injury.
2020-03-25	Highland	California	Herrick Corporation	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was erecting a steel beam. The employee fell to the ground 13 feet below, suffering a broken hip.
2019-09-16	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	Pro Disposal and Recycling, LLC	Leg(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was in a truck picking up trash at a residential site. When he exited the truck to pick up the trash, the truck rolled back and pinned him against another vehicle. He was hospitalized with a broken right leg. The truck was not in neutral at the time of the incident.
2019-09-10	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	OnPoint Medical Group	Nonclassifiable	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee walked into a storage closet and fell into an uncovered crawl space. The light was off at the time.
2019-04-26	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	Academy Roofing Inc.	Upper arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
The injured employee was installing metal cap facia using a 20-foot extension ladder at a residence. The ladder was set up on top of gravel and shifted laterally. The employee fell approximately 13 feet to the ground breaking the left humerus.
2018-09-18	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	MC Foundations	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a scaffold to the ground while removing foundation pins, suffering a broken pelvis.
2018-08-09	Highland	California	San Manuel Casino	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Multiple types of exertions and bodily reactions
An employee had been in a kneeling position using a power tool to bolt slot bases together when he stood up and felt pain in his abdomen due to a hernia.
2018-07-09	Highland	New York	Zumtobel Lighting	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.
On 07/09/2018, at 12:30 PM, an employee was sitting in a chair at a desk. When he stood up and stepped away from the chair, his foot was caught underneath the chair's wheel, causing him to lose balance and fall to the ground. He fractured his hip.
2018-06-08	Highland Heights	Ohio	Maxim Health Care Services	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was walking into work, tripped and fell onto her right side breaking the right arm.
2018-03-06	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	Derr & Gruenewald Construction, LLC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking on tube steel at ground level when he slipped and fell to the ground, breaking his left leg and requiring hospitalization.
2017-10-02	Highland	Illinois	Gateway Cylinder Technologies, LLC	Multiple body parts	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was unhooking acetylene cylinders. One cylinder was still under pressure and released gas that ignited, causing the cylinder to explode. The employee suffered burns to the back, left arm, right arm, and abdomen.
2017-09-11	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	King Soopers #110	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was walking through the parking lot on her way into work to begin her shift. A parked car, operated by a customer, backed out of a parking space and hit the employee, knocking her to the ground. She broke six ribs and possibly broke her leg.
2017-07-13	Highland Park	Illinois	Northern Trust Company	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell while walking in the lobby, twisting/rolling an ankle.
2017-07-03	Highland Park	Illinois	Kemper Sports Management, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
On July 3, 2017, an employee was operating a range ball picker when it became stuck. The employee exited the range ball picker to push it and was run over by the picker.
2017-06-19	North Highlands	California	U. S. Postal Service (USPS)	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee experienced tightness in the chest and was disoriented during his mail route. The employee was hospitalized for heat stroke.
2017-04-29	Highland	California	Bergelectric Corp.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was installing electrical work from a steel frame when he fell approximately 20 feet to the lower level and sustained broken ribs and a spine fracture. His personal fall arrest system was disconnected at the time of the incident.
2017-04-03	Highland	Illinois	Eaton B-Line	Ankle(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
The injured employee was setting cribbing for the landing of c-channel shaped metal material on the ground. The injured employee was standing next to the powered industrial truck that held the stacked material that was going onto the cribbing when the stacked material rolled onto the employee's left leg resulting in a fractured ankle.
2016-10-05	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	JC Steel LLC	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was welding structural steel. While descending a ladder, the employee fell to the ground and dislocated an ankle, requiring hospitalization.
2016-10-01	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	Rubio's	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a chef's knife to cut steak when the knife cut her thumb, amputating the tip.
2016-09-17	Highland Park	Illinois	Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking a dog from the back kennel area to the bathing area when the dog suddenly started to run causing the employee to trip on a mat and fall. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right hip and injuries to the knee and neck.
2016-08-08	Highland Village	Texas	YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas	Brain	Water vehicle incident
An employee was tubing when she hit her head and suffered a concussion.
2016-07-15	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	Xcel Energy Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
With the assistance of a sling swing the employee was loading a big gas valve into a truck with his bare hands. During the loading, the sling rotated thus rotating the valve, which caused the employee to pinch his finger between the sling and the valve resulting in the amputation of his thumb just below the fingernail.
2016-06-06	Highland	Illinois	Eaton B-Line	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a utility knife to wrap parts in cardboard when the knife slipped and amputated the middle fingertip.
2016-05-15	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	Home Depot - Highlands Ranch	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was connecting the hitch of a wood chipper to a customer's truck when the hitch ball fell on top of his left foot. He had surgery and was hospitalized.
2016-04-22	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	King Soopers #27	Ankle(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee laid the dock plate down on a trailer bed to unload a trailer. A piece of wood was sticking out from the trailer wall, preventing the dock plate from laying all the way down. The employee used his foot to kick the wood out of the way, which caused his foot to become stuck under the dock plate. His ankle broke and started bleeding.
2016-04-09	Highland Beach	Florida	Waste Management of Palm Beach	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was picking up a garbage dumpster when his left middle finger was caught between the cable and dumpster, crushing his fingertip.
2016-04-01	Highland	Illinois	Basler Electric Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-multiple episodes
An employee was lifting and emptying trash cans when he experienced stomach pains. He was hospitalized with a hernia and required surgery.
2016-03-18	Highland Park	Illinois	GCA Education Services Central States, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was moving boxes when he started having chest pain. He was hospitalized with a musculoskeletal chest injury sustained while moving the boxes.
2015-11-09	Highlands	Texas	Global Welding Services	Elbow(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was removing material from a warehouse using a carry deck (crane). As he backed out of the space, his elbow got caught between a pole and the carry deck, causing a laceration and nerve damage to the elbow. He was hospitalized for surgery.
2015-09-30	Highland	Illinois	Highland Supply Corporation	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was plugging in a forklift battery (36 volts) into a charger and was shocked. He was admitted to the hospital.
2015-09-30	Highland	Illinois	Coach House Inc. dba Coach House Garages	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was nailing trusses to the side wall and stepped off of the all on to the adjacent patio ceiling. He then fell through the braces to the ground eight feet below resulting in crushing injuries to the lumbar region of the back.
2015-09-05	Highland Heights	Ohio	The Home Depot	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On or about September 5, 2015, an employee in the garden department was assisting a customer when he began to feel unwell and passed out. The employee fell to the floor, striking his head. He was hospitalized overnight for heat exhaustion and dehydration.
2015-08-17	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	Skytor Building Group, Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was installing the wood truss of a roof when the truss moved, causing the employee to lose balance and fall approximately 10 feet to the floor. The employee broke both wrists and ribs on the left side. A fall protection system was not used at the time.
2015-04-25	Highland Village	Texas	Gilberto Delacruz	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a 1-tier scaffold and sustained a head injury.
2015-04-03	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	Amazing Moves, Moving and Storage	Hand(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell between the dock and a moving truck. His hand was crushed by an aluminum ramp he was carrying.
2015-02-26	Highland Heights	Ohio	Philips Medical Systems Cleveland Inc	Brain	Other fall to lower level
On 2/26/2015, an employee was using a ladder to change a light bulb. The employee fell from the ladder and was knocked unconscious. The employee was hospitalized because of the injuries sustained in the fall.
2015-01-26	Highland Park	Illinois	VCA Ciro Animal Hospital	Hand(s) and wrist(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
While restraining a cat to draw blood, an employee was bitten on the hand/wrist.