| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2020-06-29 | 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. | |||||
| 2020-04-09 | 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. | |||||
| 2019-07-02 | 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. | |||||
| 2019-04-29 | 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. | |||||
| 2019-04-19 | 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. | |||||
| 2019-02-15 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2017-05-11 | 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. | |||||
| 2017-03-21 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2016-09-08 | 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. | |||||
| 2016-03-16 | 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. | |||||
| 2016-02-20 | 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. | |||||
| 2016-01-22 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2015-03-18 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee providing play therapy at the park tripped over a playground-equipment post and broke a tibia and fibula, approximately 4" above the ankle. | |||||