Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-15 | Homer Glen | Il | CCA MIDWEST, INC. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
On September 15, 2021, at approximately 8:15 a.m. an employee was driving an aerial lift when the bottom of the front basket caught the edge of a B-Box water flow control valve. The employee continued to raise the aerial lift until the B-Box valve broke and the employee was ejected out of the aerial lift basket onto the front edge of the home's concrete slab. The employee fell 6 feet and was hospitalized for a severe neck injury. | |||||
2021-08-06 | Homer City | Pa | Miller Fabrication Solutions | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was lifting a fabricated product with a lifting magnet. The product fell off the magnet onto his left foot and fractured it. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-29 | Homer City | Pennsylvania | Somerset Steel Erection Company, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was bending over to pick up a crane outrigger pad when the outrigger retracted, catching the employee's left hand. The employee suffered a dislocation and laceration of the left wrist. | |||||
2019-04-19 | Homerville | Georgia | Mauser Packaging Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was welding a hasp onto a metal box. The machine activated and the welding head came down onto the employee's right hand, pinning it against the metal box. The employee suffered finger fractures and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-22 | Homer Glen | Illinois | Julian Electric | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking out of the building at the end of a shift, tripped on the door sill and fell to the ground breaking the left arm. | |||||
2018-06-29 | Homerville | Georgia | Walgreen Co. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking and while turning a corner, the employee's pant leg got caught on a corner of a shelf. The employee then tripped over a tote and fell to the ground onto their right hip. The employee suffered a hip fracture and contusion. | |||||
2018-01-17 | Homerville | Georgia | Dupont Yard, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to unjam a piece of lumber from an energized chain conveyor when part of his clothing became caught in the conveyor chain. He was pulled into the conveyor until it was stopped by another worker, suffering a right-hand laceration, head laceration, and fractured rib(s). | |||||
2015-12-05 | Homer City | Pennsylvania | Joy Global | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee suffered a serious injury to his right hand while positioning a 1700 pound could blade onto a table. The injured employee suffered a broken index finger and cuts to three other fingers on his right hand when the part shifted as it was being moved with an overhead crane. The injury occurred in the weld shop. | |||||
2015-07-28 | Homerville | Georgia | Bway Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee received an amputation injury from a latch installation machine after accidentally activating the machine. | |||||
2015-03-25 | Homerville | Georgia | Seaton Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee operating a metal press moved her left hand into the area of operation. The press cycled, injuring her third finger and partially amputating her fourth finger. The employee required surgery. |