| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2018-03-06 | 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. | |||||
| 2017-09-11 | 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. | |||||
| 2017-06-19 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2016-07-15 | 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. | |||||
| 2016-05-15 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2015-08-17 | 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. | |||||
| 2015-04-03 | 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. | |||||