Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-19 | Inez | Ky | U.S. Department of Justice | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was driving an off-road utility vehicle on a blacktop road. The employee moved to the gravel along the side of the road, then attempted to get back onto the blacktop road, and the vehicle turned over. The employee sustained a broken left ankle, injuries to his left leg, and road rash on his back. | |||||
2020-10-19 | Inez | Tx | Hawkins Lease Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was trying to bolt up approximately 15 feet of pipe to a spool piece coming out of the pump intake. As he was trying to insert a gasket, the spool piece dropped on his hand and amputated part of his pinky finger. | |||||
2019-03-26 | Martinez | Georgia | Jim Hudson Luxury Cars Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was riding outside on the running boards of an SUV as another employee was driving the SUV. He fell off and was hospitalized with a fractured clavicle. | |||||
2015-10-30 | Martinez | California | Cherne | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was removing excess grease lube from a boom drum on the derrick with a putty knife and got his right hand fingers caught in the rotating metal gears. His right index finger was amputated and the right middle, ring and pinky fingers were crushed. | |||||
2015-01-12 | Martinez | Georgia | Gerald Jones VW, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Employee retrieving parts from a shelf was struck in the head by a part weighing approximately 40 to 50 pounds when the bottom of the box it was stored in gave way. Employee sustained a compression fracture of the vertebrae. |