Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-04-14 | Hill Air Force Base | Utah | Atec Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were assembling a roll-up door. Tension had been applied to help roll the curtain into the door barrel; one of the employees was using a metal bar and a pin to secure the pre-tension wheel as this tension was slowly released. The pin dislodged and the wheel spun, pinching the employee's left hand between the end bell metal plate and the bar. The employee's index and middle fingers were crushed and the tip of the left index finger was amputated. | |||||
2020-03-05 | Hill Air Force Base | Utah | Helix Electric, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee had been connecting cables between a load bank and a transformer (neither were connected to an energy source). After that he began to roll out and position cables to connect the transformer to an electrical switchboard. While positioning cables at the rear of the switchboard in preparation for making the final connections, he contacted an energized buss bar. The employee sustained first degree burns on both arms, with second degree burns on his forearms and hands. He also sustained f | |||||
2019-01-22 | Hill Air Force Base | Utah | Hill Air Force Base | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While walking across a parking lot, an employee slipped and fell on the icy surface. The employee suffered three broken ribs and a punctured/collapsed lung on the left side. | |||||
2017-03-29 | Hill Air Force Base | Utah | Hill Air Force Base, Complex Safety | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was lowering a box of clay pigeons into a container when the container lid fell on his left middle finger, resulting in an amputation without bone loss. | |||||
2017-02-13 | Hill Air Force Base | Utah | Anniston Army Depot | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was performing maintenance on a jammed turntable in an industrial parts washer. When he opened up the parts washer and stepped in, a section of screen collapsed and he fell into water that was approximately 180 degrees. He received second and third degree burns on his foot and shin. | |||||
2016-05-24 | Hill Air Force Base | Utah | Hill Air Force Base, Complex Safety | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was helping to troubleshoot hydro-blast equipment. The hydro-blast operator lost control of the equipment and hit the employee with high-pressure water. He sustained lacerations to his hand and abdomen, as well as an abdomen injury that required surgery. | |||||
2016-02-25 | Hill Air Force Base | Utah | Hill Air Force Base, Complex Safety | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee amputated the left middle fingertip while operating a hand held router. | |||||
2016-02-05 | Hill Air Force Base | Utah | HILL AIR FORCE BASE, D.O.D. | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to slipping |
The employee was getting out of his truck, slipped on snow-covered ice on the ground and fell breaking his pelvis. | |||||
2016-01-19 | Hill Air Force Base | Utah | DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE - HILL AFB | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee fell on the ice on January 19, 2016, and suffered a concussion, loss of consciousness and a cervical strain. | |||||
2015-12-16 | Hill Air Force Base | Utah | Hill AFB | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice while walking to work from the parking lot and broke her left ankle. The employee was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2015-12-01 | Hill Air Force Base | Utah | HILL AIR FORCE BASE | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was servicing an internal hangar door when it traveled beyond its limit point. His hand got trapped between the hangar door and a hose reel assembly on the adjacent wall and was crushed. His left ring finger was amputated. |