Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-11 | Idabel | Ok | Red River Mixing, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was working near a machine mixer housing and charge belt. The machine activated and the employee was trapped between the housing and the belt, suffering broken ribs and contusions. | |||||
2021-11-10 | Holiday | Fl | Great Bay Distributors, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was parking a pallet jack. The employee's right ankle was pinned between the jack and a metal safety rail. The ankle was broken and lacerated, and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Vidalia | Ga | Giro Pack, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was loading wooden crates with supplies. The crate had a crack in one of its wooden planks. While the crate was moving on rollers, the employee's right index finger was lacerated by the cracked piece of wood, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-09-28 | Vidalia | Ga | MCLENDON ENTERPRISES, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was manually loading tools into the back of a parked work truck. A second vehicle backed into him, its bumper crushing his left leg against the parked truck's trailer hitch. He suffered a crushed tibia. | |||||
2021-09-15 | Sheridan | Ar | Signode Multi-wall Division | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to remove excess glue from a roller on the top of a compression belt on a panel line. Her left hand was pulled into the machine, which pulled back the skin on the back of her hand. | |||||
2021-08-06 | Sheridan | Ar | Shippers Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was trying to adjust the pressure rod and tension ball of a slitter machine. The slitter blade amputated the employee's left index finger. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2021-06-30 | Idaho Falls | Id | Challenger Pallet & Supply Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning around a chop saw when the blade lacerated their left middle and ring fingers. | |||||
2021-04-13 | Sheridan | Mt | USDA Forest Service | Leg(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was performing forestry-related burning operations. He had one burn torch in his hand and another attached to his fire line pack. The second torch failed; fuel got free of the drip torch and was ignited by the open flames. The employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to the backs of his legs. | |||||
2021-04-12 | Vidalia | Ga | Dot Family Holdings LLC | Multiple head locations | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
An employee was using a plasma cutter to cut the top of a barrel that had been filled with flammable liquid. The barrel, with residual antifreeze under pressure, exploded. The employee suffered a jaw fracture and a brain bleed. | |||||
2021-03-06 | Kalida | Oh | Kalida Manufacturing Inc. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
An employee was MIG welding a repair on a bracket. Her shirt caught fire, causing second-degree burns to her stomach, chest, and neck. | |||||
2021-02-25 | Onida | Sd | Ringneck Energy Ethanol Plant | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was filling a container with sodium hydroxide when the sodium hydroxide splashed out of the container onto the employee, resulting in chemical burns. | |||||
2021-01-27 | Oneida | Ny | Kanon Valley Country Club | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a walkway after leaving an office and suffered a broken leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-07 | Florida City | Fl | USPS POST OFFICE | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
On January 7, 2021, an employee fell while trying to stop a rolling vehicle. She landed on the ground and the vehicle rolled over her. She suffered a lip injury requiring stitches, abrasions on her arm, and a fractured spine. | |||||
2021-01-06 | Kalida | Oh | Kalida Manufacturing Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to rewind a coil of steel inside a press machine. The press was actuated, and the employee was pinned between the steel coil and a coil support. The employee suffered a partial collapsed lung. | |||||
2020-09-23 | Idaho Falls | Id | Idaho Traffic Safety, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
A vehicle traveling through a work zone struck a traffic control worker. The employee's right leg was fractured in three places. The employee also sustained a fractured pelvis and a possible left leg fracture. | |||||
2020-09-15 | Holiday City | Oh | Menards Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On September 15, 2020, an employee was using a pry bar to unjam pallets on a roller conveyor and suffered a partial amputation to the left pinky finger. | |||||
2020-09-09 | Vidalia | La | McDonald's | Upper extremities | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was cleaning out grease traps when hot grease got into her gloves. The employee was hospitalized with third degree burns and required surgery. | |||||
2020-08-26 | Trinidad | Co | A & R Construction LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting a flagpole with a demolition saw. The saw lacerated the employee's chest. | |||||
2020-07-06 | Oneida | New York | HP Hood LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was removing a clamp from a pipe connection. The pipe sprayed 200-degree water onto the employee, who suffered second-degree burns to the face and from the chest to the knees. | |||||
2020-07-01 | Hidalgo | Illinois | Total Grain Marketing | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
At about 7:40 a.m. on July 1, 2020, an employee was sweeping beans into a rotating auger. The auger amputated the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-29 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Northwest Cosmetics Labs dba Elevation Labs | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee had been folding boxes and walking back to the line when she fainted and hit her head on the concrete floor, suffering an internal head injury. | |||||
2020-06-18 | Idaho Springs | Colorado | Empire Deck & Steel LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
While installing roof decking, an employee fell approximately 12 feet from a ladder. He landed on his back and was hospitalized with a back injury. | |||||
2020-06-02 | Trinidad | Colorado | PepsiCO | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
A driver was using a dolly cart to unload product from the back of a truck. His shoe got caught in the bumper as he was stepping down to the ground, causing him to fall. The employee was hospitalized with a broken lower right leg and had surgery. | |||||
2020-05-29 | Onida | South Dakota | CHS Inc | Foot (feet) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was adjusting a conveyor. The employee's right foot fell through a top plate and was injured by the conveyor. | |||||
2020-05-26 | Kalida | Ohio | Unverferth Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was assembling parts of the all-wheel steering on a piece of agricultural equipment. A suspended strap failed and a heavy metal wheel dropped down on the employee's left index finger, causing an amputation. | |||||
2020-04-09 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Bingham Mechanical Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
While threading pipe, an employee's hand was pinched between a wrench and pipe threading, resulting in the partial amputation of a fingertip. | |||||
2020-03-10 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Frazier Industrial Company | Forearm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee sustained a severe laceration to the forearm when a channel iron came forward from a machine and struck the employee. | |||||
2020-03-04 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | EASTERN IDAHO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee had an allergic reaction to shrimp that someone was eating nearby and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-23 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Challenger Pallet & Supply Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee checking a belt on a pulley when the employee's finger was caught in the rotating pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-01-17 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | MELALEUCA, INC. | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was operating a forklift when the employee's foot was pinned and injured between two forklifts. | |||||
2019-07-19 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | BMC West, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was clamping down a truss. The employee's finger was pinched between a board and the truss jig. Part of the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-07-17 | Sheridan | Arkansas | GARRETT EXCAVATING, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was building manhole tops at a construction worksite. After work, the employee was hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration. | |||||
2019-07-02 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Golden Valley Natural | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee suffered an amputation of the left index finger to the first knuckle while working on a metal press. | |||||
2019-06-09 | Sheridan | Oregon | FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, SHERIDAN | Multiple body parts | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
An employee was riding a motorcycle when his foot peg became caught on the ground and he ran into a light pole. He fractured his wrist, shoulder, and pelvis. | |||||
2019-05-30 | Idabel | Oklahoma | Walmart Supercenter #38 | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over forklift forks and fell to the pavement, suffering a concussion with bleeding from the nose and mouth. | |||||
2019-05-12 | Salida | Colorado | Walmart | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was watering plants in the garden center when she tripped over the hose and fell to the floor, breaking her right femur and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-04-29 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Enterprise Rental Car | Head | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was walking into work from his personal vehicle when he tripped and fell hitting his head on the concrete sidewalk. He was hospitalized with a head laceration. | |||||
2019-04-29 | Hollidaysburg | Pennsylvania | Curry Rail Services Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was climbing a rail car ladder when he fell about 10 feet, hitting the ground and an adjacent rail car. He suffered a broken jaw and fractured vertebrae. | |||||
2019-04-24 | Idabel | Oklahoma | Setco Solid Tire | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
While picking up a mold plate with an overhead crane, an employee's left thumb was crushed between a lifting shackle and a mold plate, resulting in a broken thumb and laceration. | |||||
2019-04-19 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Old Faithful Beverage Company dba Pepsi-Cola Bottling of Idaho Falls | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working with two coworkers to load an ice bin onto a truck using a hand cart and the liftgate on the truck. The employee fell approximately 4 feet from the truck onto the pavement below and sustained two broken ribs, a bruised lung, facial abrasions, and lost consciousness. | |||||
2019-03-22 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Oldcastle Infrastructure a CRH Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a rebar bending machine. The machine caught the employee's finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2019-02-28 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Lotz Construction, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
A drywall cart with metal panels fell onto an employee's leg fracturing the tibia and fibula. | |||||
2019-02-17 | Florida City | Florida | WELLPATH LLC | Head | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
A patient punched an employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-15 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Walgreen Co. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on a patch of ice while taking out the trash, suffering a knee fracture. | |||||
2019-01-03 | Holiday | Florida | AEC SERVICES, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Explosion |
An employee was installing petroleum piping and working with a dispenser sump at a work site when a small explosion occurred, causing burns to his body. | |||||
2018-09-11 | Vidalia | Georgia | ESG Operations, Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was raking leaves in the front yard of a building when a rattlesnake bit his lower left leg above his work boot, causing nerve injuries. | |||||
2018-09-10 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Les Scwhab Tire Center #112 | Pelvis | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was underneath a tractor supported by two jacks to repair a flat tire when the tractor slid off one of the jacks. The tractor frame struck and cracked the employee's pelvis. | |||||
2018-08-06 | Holliday | Texas | Energy Services South | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
While checking for failures in the pipe, a pipe that was being lifted by a track hoe rolled and hit the employee's leg, breaking it. | |||||
2018-07-23 | Sheridan | Arkansas | ANTHONY HARDWOOD COMPOSITES, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on a 2-foot platform that has rails on three sides, reaching for strips of lumber to come out of a rip saw, when he fell on the ground. He broke his left wrist and hip. | |||||
2018-07-02 | Oneida | New York | HP HOOD, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was removing an RTD sensor with a wrench when a release of hot, caustic water caused second-degree burns to the employee's chest, left arm, and hand. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-04-24 | Idaho City | Idaho | Bureau of Land Management, National Interagency Fire Center, Great Basin Smoke Jumpers | Lumbar region | Parachuting incident |
An employee conducted a training jump and was gliding through the air with a parachute when the employee landed hard and fractured the L1 vertebra. | |||||
2017-10-03 | Holiday City | Ohio | Menards Distribution Center | Leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
On October 3, 2017, at 8:25 p.m., an employee was stepping into the back of a semi trailer loaded with stock when he stepped in the gap between the semi trailer and the loading dock. He fell into the opening, broke his leg, and was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2017-09-08 | Vidalia | Louisiana | WE New Well Servicing, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was walking past a parked truck when four pipe joints fell off the truck and struck his back, fracturing it. | |||||
2017-09-01 | Holiday City | Ohio | Midwest Manufacturing | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
On September 1, 2017, an employee was nailing wooden trusses using a nail gun. As the employee went to kneel down, the nail gun fired a nail into his right knee, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-08-29 | Sheridan | Arkansas | CENTRIA LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was at a conveyor with a piece of end protector paper strip in his left hand. The paper strip became wrapped around the powered conveyor roller and his left arm was pulled into the conveyor, fracturing it. | |||||
2017-08-16 | Sheridan | Montana | U.S. Department of Interior | Thoracic region | Struck by other falling powered vehicle |
An employee was adjusting the track on a skid steer that was on a jack when the skid steer shifted and caused the jack to slip. The skid steer then fell on the employee, fracturing the T2 vertebra. | |||||
2017-08-15 | Idabel | Oklahoma | Setco Solid Tire | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was repositioning a pallet that was misaligned on a batch-off pallet magazine. When he raised the pallet, his left thumb tip was caught and crushed between the pallet and pallet magazine frame, removing flesh and the nail. | |||||
2017-07-20 | Hollidaysburg | Pennsylvania | Garvey Manor Nursing Facility | Multiple face locations | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell, striking her face and nose on the floor. | |||||
2017-07-06 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Industrial Metal Enterprises LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was moving an electrical cabinet when it tipped and fell on the employee, breaking the left arm. | |||||
2017-06-15 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Combined Transport Logistics Group, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee closed a security gate on an employee's leg, breaking it. | |||||
2017-06-12 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | EAGLE FARMS, INC. | Multiple face locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell approximately 10 feet while changing the roof on a shed, hitting the concrete below and breaking the jaw/cheekbone. | |||||
2017-05-22 | Florida | New York | Hawkins Chemical, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was checking a leak at the bottom of a fluid bed machine. He was pushing the bowl back into the machine to prevent powder from leaking when his right ring finger was caught between the bowl and the machine, amputating his fingertip at the first knuckle. The machine was not running or powered on at the time. | |||||
2017-05-11 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee tripped and fell while wheeling an appliance out of a trailer, suffering a back compression fracture. | |||||
2017-04-28 | Elida | Ohio | Quality Welding & Fabrication, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
On April 28, 2017, an employee was performing torch cutting activities from a pallet supported by a forklift when the employee fell approximately 8 feet and fractured the lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-03-23 | Holiday City | Ohio | Menard, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a privately owned motor vehicle in the site parking lot, suffering elbow and leg injuries. | |||||
2017-03-21 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Western States Equipment Co. | Skull | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee had gone up the unguarded stairway to an office that was locked. When he turned to go back down the stairs, he reached out for the handrail that was not there and fell 10 feet off of the landing. He contacted the floor and fractured his skull. | |||||
2017-02-10 | Holiday City | Ohio | Menards, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On February 10, 2017, an employee was un-jamming a box stuck between two conveyors when he fell forward and his left hand went between the conveyor belt and a gap roller. His left hand was de-gloved and fractured. | |||||
2017-01-19 | Kalida | Ohio | Unverferth Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On January 19, 2017, an employee was operating an overhead crane to raise an 1,800-pound load. During the ascent, the load began to swing and pinched the employee's left thumb between a stationary object and the load. The employee's thumb was amputated. | |||||
2016-10-08 | Vidalia | Georgia | Amerit Fleet Solutions Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was lowering a folding trailer tongue with a coworker when they lost control of the towing arm. The arm caught the employee's hand, severing the right thumb and partially severing the right pinky finger. | |||||
2016-10-07 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | YELLOWSTONE PLASTICS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was walking by a pouch converting machine when she noticed a fold in the plastic and attempted to correct it. At the same time, the operator jogged the machine, which pulled her hand between two rollers and amputated her index finger and half of her pinky finger. The guard was not in place at the time. | |||||
2016-09-29 | Trinidad | Colorado | Bamm Inc | Nonclassifiable | Vehicle or machinery fire |
An employee was venting a container with water and condensation at an oil site when a vacuum truck at the site caught fire in the engine compartment or cab. While retrieving a fire extinguisher from the truck, the employee received first and second degree burns and required overnight hospitalization. | |||||
2016-09-08 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Thomas Drilling, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was going to weld on the casing of a drilling rig. The employee was sitting on/near the control panel with the right hand on the traveling chain and left hand near the controls. The employee's left hand bumped the controls, causing the traveling chain to move. The chain caught the employee's right hand, amputating three fingertips to the first knuckle. | |||||
2016-08-01 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Leatham Construction, Inc | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell approximately 8 feet down an extension ladder. He landed on a rock and broke bones in his foot. | |||||
2016-07-26 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Franklin Building Supply, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was delivering a pallet of roof shingles to a low-sloped roof using a boom truck with a fork attachment. The pallet of roof shingles slipped off of the forks and crashed through the roof to the interior of the home. The employee was knocked/dragged into the hole along with the pallet. He fell approximately 20 feet to the lower surface and was hospitalized with two broken ribs. | |||||
2016-05-18 | Holiday City | Ohio | Menards Distribution Center | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was cutting a load of bundled timber pieces. One of the timber pieces fell from the load and struck the employee's right index finger and foot resulting in amputation of the fingertip and a fractured foot. | |||||
2016-04-09 | Hidalgo | Texas | TST NA Trim, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a water heater in the ceiling when he lost his balance. He grabbed onto a wire that supports the ceiling, and the sharp wire cut his left-hand middle finger and tore a tendon. | |||||
2016-04-04 | Idaho Springs | Colorado | Cast Transportation | Multiple trunk locations | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was attempting to drive a forklift off of a trailer bed when the forklift went off the side of the trailer bed and crushed the employee. The employee suffered six fractured ribs, a partially collapsed lung and a lacerated spleen. | |||||
2016-03-18 | Trinidad | Colorado | Weatherford LLC | Fingertip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee had replaced a clutch in a drive belt when he tripped on the concrete base and struck his left hand on the unit frame. His fingertip and a small amount of bone were amputated. | |||||
2016-03-16 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | FedEx Freight | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on his last delivery. As he entered his trailer, the cables on the door broke and struck him on the head. He fell out of the trailer, and the door caught his ankle. He suffered a blood clot and required foot/ankle surgery. | |||||
2016-03-08 | Oneida | Wisconsin | Ground Source Inc. | Head and neck | Struck by falling object or equipment |
The employee was picking up hand tools and materials from around a drilling rig when he was struck in the head by a falling drilling rod and knocked unconscious. He suffered a head and neck vertebra injury. | |||||
2016-02-20 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Northwest Cosmetic Laboratories LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
A temporary worker crushed a finger resulting in the amputation of the digit up to the first knuckle. | |||||
2016-02-11 | Hollidaysburg | Pennsylvania | CareSmart Solutions Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking a small dog and slipped on the ice. The employee suffered a broken ankle and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-01-22 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Golden Valley Natural | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While operating a bandsaw, an employee caught his metal glove on the blade resulting in the amputation of one inch of his left thumb. | |||||
2016-01-19 | Placida | Florida | Colonial Concrete Company LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing down off the mixer truck and lost their footing. The employee fell off the truck and struck their head on the slump rack. The employee was hospitalized for a possible concussion. | |||||
2015-12-18 | Florida A And M University | Florida | CITY CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY | Head and trunk | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was operating a MAC-MR6 truck with a 1997 Putzmeister BSF32.16H 32 Meter Concrete Pump. The pump clogged. The employee was fixing the clog, when suddenly the pump shot concrete out striking the employee in the face and chest. The employee was thrown a distance of approximately 16 meters. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of his injuries. | |||||
2015-12-09 | Hollidaysburg | Pennsylvania | Blair Roofing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee suffered amputation and crushing injuries to his thumbs while operating a metal bending unit. | |||||
2015-11-04 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Construction Solutions Company, LLC | Jaw, chin | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
Employees were demolishing concrete when a piece of concrete fell out of the skid steer and landed in such a way that it cantilevered a 2x6 up and struck an employee, breaking the jaw. | |||||
2015-11-03 | Salida | Colorado | Cleary Building Corp. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell approximately 14 ft. from a metal roof breaking his leg on impact. | |||||
2015-10-28 | Sheridan | Arkansas | Koehler Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was unjamming a bagging machine and amputated the left index finger to the first digit. | |||||
2015-09-22 | Holiday City | Ohio | MLC Transportation, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On September 22, 2015, an employee made a delivery to a customer location. A forklift driver for the customer struck part of the delivery trailer causing damage. When the trailer was unloaded the semi truck operator climbed up onto the trailer to inspect for damage. As the operator was inspecting the trailer he slipped and fell five feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs and a collapsed lung. | |||||
2015-09-01 | Idaho Springs | Colorado | Snelson Companies, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee operating a dump truck was emptying a load of dirt. The dump truck tipped over, and the employee suffered broken ribs, blood clotting, and lung issues. | |||||
2015-08-25 | Hollidaysburg | Pennsylvania | Grannas Brothers Stone & Asphalt, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was hospitalized when he fell from a front end loader sustaining a head laceration and a broken sternum. | |||||
2015-08-25 | Salida | Colorado | Hylton Lumber Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was unloading wood from a truck onto a conveyor belt system when his left hand got caught between the rollers and the wood, crushing his index and middle fingers. | |||||
2015-08-24 | Holiday City | Ohio | Midwest Manufacturing | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee amputated the tip of the left pinky finger in a roller conveyor. | |||||
2015-08-17 | Holiday City | Ohio | Menards, Inc. | Leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was using a forklift to receive trim from an upper shelf. The unbalanced load caused the forklift to tip over. The employee's right leg was fractured by the lift's mast when the employee tried to exit the forklift as it was tipping. | |||||
2015-07-29 | Trinidad | Colorado | Basic Energy Services | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was coming out of a hole with tubing when the tubing broke. A pipe fell and hit the employee on the head, causing the employee to lose consciousness. The employee was wearing a hard hat at the time. The employee was hospitalized overnight with a mild concussion. | |||||
2015-07-28 | Holiday | Florida | Sunshine Christian Homes, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a box of oranges in the walk-in refrigerator. She hit her head against the door, scraped both forearms, and fell to the floor on both knees, fracturing one kneecap. She was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2015-07-28 | Holiday City | Ohio | 20/20 CUSTOM MOLDED PLASTICS | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On or about July 28, 2015, employees were moving 20-foot tall racking when a section fell, striking an employee on the head and resulting in serious injuries and hospitalization. | |||||
2015-07-23 | Holiday | Florida | Averitt Express, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was unloading inventory from the trailer of a commercial truck when he became weak and dizzy. The employee was hospitalized for observation and treated for heat exhaustion. | |||||
2015-06-13 | Ferriday | Louisiana | Roberts Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting meat using a table saw (meat slicer) when the meat slipped from his grasp, causing his hand to contact the blade. His thumb and index finger were severed, causing amputation, and two other fingers were lacerated. |