Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-15 | Jackson | Wi | Sysco Eastern WI, LLC | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was backing up a pallet jack and hit a stack of pallets, causing a board to break off a pallet and strike the employee's foot. The employee sustained a laceration. | |||||
2021-11-13 | Jacksonville | Fl | SP Plus Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was performing a wheelchair lift check on a shuttle bus when his finger got caught between two moving parts of the lift. The employee's left middle finger was medically amputated. | |||||
2021-11-13 | Jacksonville | Fl | Anchor Glass Container Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
On November 13, 2021, an employee was using a pipe wrench to unjam a pulley on a conveyor system. When the pulley unjammed, his right ring finger was caught between its frame and the pipe wrench. The fingertip was amputated at the bottom of the nail. | |||||
2021-11-11 | Jackson | Al | Liberty Building Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a radial saw to cross-cut a piece of plywood. The employee's left hand was pulled into the saw, which amputated three of the employee's fingers. | |||||
2021-11-08 | Jacksonville | Fl | Burger Roofing Co. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
On November 8, 2021, at 5:30 p.m., an employee was walking to a ladder while working on a roof when they tripped on material and fell one story to the ground below, resulting in a fractured leg. | |||||
2021-11-08 | Jacksonville | Fl | Canam Steel Corporation | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On November 8, 2021, an employee had finished dipping a bundle of steel joists in a paint tank and had set it to dry on top of a stack of bundles using a 10-ton overhead crane. While the employee was walking to get the overhead crane's hook to move the next bundle, the bundle he had just moved fell, causing him to become caught between the bundle and the paint tank. The employee suffered a broken left femur and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-11-01 | Jacksonville | Fl | Crowley Liner Services, Inc. | Head | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
On November 1, 2021, an employee was driving a car toward a ship for loading when he lost control of the vehicle and struck a container on the ground. The employee suffered a contusion and swelling to his head after the vehicle's air bag deployed and was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2021-10-27 | Jackson | Mo | Procter & Gamble | Upper and lower limb(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was opening a building substation for a visual inspection when they suffered an electric shock, resulting in burns to their left hand and thigh that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-10-17 | Jacksonville | Fl | Dixon Auto Transport, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking down the ramps of a vehicle transport trailer when he fell. He landed on his feet and suffered a broken right tibia and fibula, a broken left heel, and a lower-back spinal fracture. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-16 | Jackson | Ms | Mississippi Symphony Association | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a performance stage and suffered a cracked rib, a broken arm, and a neck fracture. | |||||
2021-10-16 | Jacksonville | Fl | Costco Wholesale Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was putting a wheel on a balancer. The wheel fell, and the employee's left hand was caught between it and the spindle. His middle finger was partially amputated (with no bone loss). | |||||
2021-10-15 | Jacksonville | Fl | KR Mechanical | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
At 8:00 a.m. on October 15, 2021, an employee fell while climbing down a 10-foot ladder. The employee landed on the ground 7 feet below, suffering a head injury and a broken wrist. | |||||
2021-10-10 | Jacksonville | Tx | Texas Home Health Personal Care Services | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level |
An employee fell in a client's home. She suffered broken back vertebrae and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-08 | Jacksonville | Fl | Meridian Waste, LLC. | Multiple trunk locations | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in roadway |
On October 8, 2021, an employee was on the back side of a truck, giving the driver directions to back up the truck to get close to two garbage cans. The truck struck him, causing fractures to his pelvic bone and sacrum. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-27 | Jacksonville | Fl | Central Florida Contractors Services, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On September 27, 2021, an employee was cleaning a concrete pump at the wash out area. As he sat at the edge of the hopper, the auger inside the hopper engaged and his right leg was amputated below the knee. | |||||
2021-09-23 | Jacksonville | Fl | The New IEM, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's finger became caught between a piece of metal and a brake press machine, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-09-20 | Jackson Center | Pa | International Timber & Veneer, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was climbing off a saw from a height of 3 feet. He slipped on a cross-member and his hand contacted the belt that had just been installed on the saw. The weight forced the belt to move through the pulley, bringing his right hand with it. He suffered lacerations to the right index, middle, and ring fingers and an amputation to the index finger at the second knuckle. | |||||
2021-09-15 | Jacksonville | Fl | Meridian Waste | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was trying to unlock a brake underneath a garbage truck. After the brake was released, the truck rolled over the employee injuring his back, ribs, and lungs. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-01 | Jacksonville | Fl | Publix Supermarkets, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
On September 1, 2021, an employee was selecting an order using a pallet jack. As he went to pass another pallet jack, his upper torso contacted a rack resulting in a broken clavicle and broken ribs. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-30 | Jacksonville | Fl | Subcontractor Solutions, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
At about 2:50 p.m. on August 30, 2021, an employee was holding a 2-by-4 in place when a nail from a nail gun struck him in the eye. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-30 | Jacksonville | Fl | Vallencourt, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On August 30, 2021, an employee was using a cut-off machine to cut a PVC pipe when his T-shirt got caught between the guard and the blade, pulling the saw back into his right shoulder. The employee suffered a laceration to his right shoulder and lower arm pit area, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2021-08-26 | Jacksonville | Fl | Quality Metals, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
On August 26, 2021, an employee was working from an aerial lift basket, installing metal wall panels on a new building. He fell out of the basket, landed 10 feet below on a lower canopy roof, then bounced/rolled off and fell 15 feet to the dirt ground. He suffered a broken wrist, broken ribs, a ruptured spleen, and a punctured lung and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-23 | Jacksonville | Fl | DOBSON ELECTRIC, INC. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was reconnecting a demo fixture. He was shocked while stripping a wire and fell from an A-frame ladder, landing 3 feet below. He suffered a contusion and hematoma to the lower back. | |||||
2021-08-15 | North Jackson | Oh | Extrudex Aluminum Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was pushing scrap metal through a metal saw when the saw struck the employee's left little finger, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle. | |||||
2021-08-13 | Jackson | Ga | Pioneer Metals, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was adjusting the box on a stripping machine that catches metal pieces when a fingertip on their left hand was amputated. | |||||
2021-08-13 | Jacksonville | Fl | Malnove Incorporated of Florida | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
At about 3:30 a.m. on August 13, 2021, an employee was using a belt sander to repair a part when his right thumb tip was caught between the sanding belt and the part rest. The thumb tip was amputated. | |||||
2021-08-04 | Jackson | Al | iSpice, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was replacing a roll of wrapping for a packaging machine. A box entered the machine and tripped the carrier/sealer; the machine caught the employee's finger and amputated the fingertip. | |||||
2021-07-30 | Jacksonville | Il | Bestdrive, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
On July 30, 2021, at 12:15 p.m., an employee was inflating a farm tire to the required 30 psi while it was in a tire cage. The tire pressure rose to approximately 20 psi when the tire exploded and the force of the explosion shifted the cage. A portion of the tire struck the employee in the legs as the cage moved, resulting in a fractured right tibia and a ruptured tendon in the left leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-28 | Jacksonville | Fl | Jaguar Drywall of Ponte Vedra Beach Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
On July 28, 2021, an employee was painting corbels on the roof of a house when he slipped and fell to the grass below. He suffered three broken ribs and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-26 | Jacksonville | Fl | Tidewater Transit Co Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
On July 23, 2021, an employee was descending from a tanker trailer ladder in heavy rain. He slipped and turned his ankle on a curb, suffering fractures to the ankle and the lower leg. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-23 | Jackson | Al | Blue-Grass Concrete Cutting, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was carrying out a diamond wire cutting process on a tank. When the employee pulled on the diamond wire cable, his right ring finger was pinched between it and the pulley. The finger was amputated to the last knuckle. | |||||
2021-07-12 | Jackson | Nj | International Game Technology | Nonclassifiable | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was touring the store, missed a step, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a hematoma. | |||||
2021-07-07 | North Jackson | Oh | Meridian Trucking LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was backing up a dump trailer when it tipped over. The employee suffered broken ribs. | |||||
2021-07-06 | Jacksonville | Fl | JEBCO Weatherproofing Management, LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
On July 6, 2021, at 1:20 p.m., an employee was climbing a fixed vertical ladder to a commercial roof in order to install metal coping around the perimeter of the roof. The employee fell about 6 feet off the ladder to the concrete floor below, resulting in a head laceration with swelling and a left ankle injury. | |||||
2021-06-29 | Jacksonville | Fl | Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On June 29, 2021, an employee was unloading materials from a flat bed truck using an overhead crane and a nylon sling. While positioning the nylon sling to hoist a stack of 6"x12' aluminum round bars that was on top of 5"x12' rectangular flat bars, the round bars shifted, rolled back, and pinned the employee's left middle finger between a round bar and a flat bar, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-06-18 | Jacksonville | Fl | Pro Containers, LLC. | Multiple trunk locations | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
On June 18, 2021, an employee was operating a truck to move a dumpster out of the company's parking lot and struck another vehicle. The employee sustained hip and pelvis injuries that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-06-11 | Jackson | Nj | Shop Rite of Jackson | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking down a hallway in the office when they slipped and fell sustaining a fractured right knee and right elbow. | |||||
2021-06-10 | Jacksonville | Fl | The Florida School Book Depository, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
On June 10, 2021, an employee was stacking a pallet full of textbooks onto a rack about 12 feet high using a reach truck. The employee got out of the reach truck to check on the pallet of books when the books fell toward him. As he ran to get away, he fell on the floor and a book hit his right leg, resulting in a fracture to his right ankle that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-06-08 | Jacksonville | Fl | Dothan Security, Inc. | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On June 8, 2021, an employee was walking toward a gate when she slipped and fell down a slope. She suffered a dislocated hip and a broken leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-06-04 | Jackson | Ms | PHI Health, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was loading a patient on stretcher into the back of a helicopter when the stretcher collapsed and the employee's left pinky finger was crushed between the stretcher and the ground, resulting in amputation. | |||||
2021-06-02 | Jackson | Ms | Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a pneumatic press when it cycled and struck the employee's right little finger. The fingertip was amputated. The press was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2021-05-24 | Jacksonville | Fl | Builders FirstSource - Florida, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
On May 25, 2021, an employee was bitten on the left hand by a rattlesnake at the loading dock. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-11 | Jacksonville | Fl | WinCup Plastics, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On May 11, 2021, an employee was gathering bad straws from a drop chute to throw away. The machine restarted and his finger was caught between a groove on the transfer belt and a metal piece on the machine. The employee sustained the amputation of his left ring finger. | |||||
2021-05-10 | Jackman | Me | Pleasant River Lumber | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was stacking lumber and the lumber pinched their finger against a back stop. The employee sustained an amputation to a fingertip. | |||||
2021-05-07 | Jacksonville | Fl | Stonebridge Construction Services, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
A roofing service technician was walking on and inspecting a clay tile roof and gutter system. He lost balance and fell from the roof to the ground, sustaining a broken right wrist and a broken left leg. | |||||
2021-05-06 | Jacksonville | Fl | Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was diagnosing a problem with the air conditioner in a car when a belt possibly activated, causing amputation injuries to the left index and middle fingers. | |||||
2021-05-06 | Jack | Al | Wayne Farms LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack and began to walk backward. After several steps, he backed into a support beam for poultry processing equipment. The load then moved forward and the handle of the pallet jack struck the employee's abdomen. The employee's stomach was injured and he required surgery. | |||||
2021-05-05 | Jack | Al | Wayne Farms LLC | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking, lost balance, and fell. She fractured her left elbow and was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2021-04-17 | Jacksonville | Fl | West Fraser, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On April 17, 2021, a maintenance employee completed greasing the shaker screen chip belt. The employee then stepped down onto the belt with their left foot, slipped on rainwater, and landed on their right leg fracturing it. | |||||
2021-04-09 | Jacksonville | Fl | USG Corporation | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was stepping down from a machine when his knee gave out and he fell 22 inches to the floor below. | |||||
2021-04-05 | Jacksonville | Fl | Pearl Welding & Repair Inc | Eye(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was installing a beam with a chain fall when it fell and hit the employee on the top of his eye. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-24 | Jacksonville | Fl | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
On March 24, 2021, an employee was using a push cart to move packages inside the building. As he was turning left, his thumb was caught between the cart and one of the building's metal support beams. He sustained a compound fracture to his left thumb and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-15 | Jacksonville | Fl | Canam Steel Corporation | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
On March 15, 2020, an employee was moving steel slip coils when a coil came off a crane. The employee's legs were pinned under the coil and one of his legs was broken. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-08 | Jackson | Tn | U.S. Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
A mail carrier tripped over a curb and fell on pavement, resulting in a fractured right hip. | |||||
2021-03-05 | Jacksonville | Fl | Bartram Trail Surveying | Leg(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee broke his leg while attempting to jump onto a truck. | |||||
2021-03-05 | Jackson | Ga | Salad Time, LLC | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was taking a step up onto a lettuce bagging machine platform when their right foot slipped, causing the left foot to contact the floor. The employee suffered a foot/ankle fracture and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-25 | Jacksonville | Fl | SCHWAN'S CONSUMER BRANDS, INC. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On February 25, 2021, an employee was unloading product from a delivery truck when he fell about 4.5 feet to the ground below, fracturing his hip. | |||||
2021-02-24 | Jacksonville | Il | White Construction, LLC | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
On February 24, 2021, an employee had just unhooked a tow strap. The employee was laying on the ground, attempting to re-insert a pin into the front of a haul truck. The truck was at an intersection that had a flagger signaling the public traffic. The flagger motioned to the public traffic and the haul truck moved forward and struck the employee that was working under the truck. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis, a detached femur, and internal injuries. | |||||
2021-02-19 | Jacksonville | Fl | Banner Towing & Transport Specialists, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
On February 19, 2021, an employee was backing up an off-road forklift onto a trailer for transport when the forklift's right front wheel came off of the trailer, causing the forklift to overturn. The employee was hospitalized for a laceration to the back of his head and broken ribs. | |||||
2021-02-17 | Jacksonville | Fl | Waste Pro of Florida, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was welding a cylinder into the back of a garbage truck. The employee's right index finger was caught in a pinch point near a screw and was partially amputated. | |||||
2021-02-12 | Jackson | Mo | THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was troubleshooting a press when the spring of the press released the bottom plate and smashed the employee's right index finger between the top and bottom plate. The employee sustained a fracture to the finger, resulting in amputation to the top knuckle. | |||||
2021-02-10 | Jacksonville | Fl | United States Postal Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On February 10, 2021, an employee was performing preventative maintenance on a mail machine and removed the bottom panel. As he knelt down to retrieve mail that had fallen out of the machine, his knee gave out, causing his hand to come into contact with the machine and resulting in an amputation to the right index finger just below the first knuckle. | |||||
2021-02-09 | Jacksonville | Fl | Universal Forming, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a chain come-along to release a table form from the ceiling. As the employee was pulling the chain, the chain broke and struck the employee in the abdomen. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-09 | Jacksonville | Fl | Arizona Shower Door | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was unpacking a glass door from a wooden crate when the crate fell over and struck the employee in the lower leg, resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula. | |||||
2021-02-04 | Jacksonville | Fl | Alton Roofing Services, LLC. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was ascending a ladder to a residential roof when the employee fell to the ground. The employee sustained injuries to both legs. | |||||
2021-01-31 | Jackson | Ms | Murphy Gas Station | Nonclassifiable | Shooting by other person-intentional |
An employee was retrieving an item from her personal vehicle at work when someone approached and shot her. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-30 | Lone Jack | Mo | ZMDR LLC | Thigh(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was deboning meat using a deboning knife when the knife slipped, causing a stab wound to the employee's right quad. | |||||
2021-01-25 | Jacksonville | Tx | Ameri-Tex Services Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was handling the winch cable on the back of a garbage truck. The end of the cable amputated his left ring finger. | |||||
2021-01-08 | Jacksonville | Fl | Jaguar Drywall of Ponte Vedra Beach Inc | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
On January 8, 2021, an employee was working from an extension ladder painting corbels at the second floor of a roof. A gust of wind caused him to slip and fall onto the second roof, where he broke his left wrist. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-07 | Jackson | Ms | Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was replacing a light fixture in an office ceiling and sustained a possible electric shock. The employee fell from the stepladder and suffered fractures to the face and left shoulder. | |||||
2020-10-19 | Jacksonville | Fl | Advanced Marine Preservation, LLC. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While operating an industrial vacuum, an employee's arm was sucked into the vacuum's hose. The employee sustained a circulatory injury to his right arm. He was hospitalized with arm swelling and underwent surgery. | |||||
2020-10-15 | Jackson | Ms | JOE MAGEE CONSTRUCITON | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was working on a highway project when a track-hoe backed into a barrier causing the barrier to strike the employee's foot. The employee sustained fractured toes. | |||||
2020-10-13 | Jacksonville | Fl | WHC | Brain | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
On October 13, 2020, an employee was riding on the tailgate of a pickup truck. The truck went over a bump and the employee fell striking his head on the concrete parking lot. The employee suffered a skull fracture and bleeding in the brain. | |||||
2020-10-12 | Jacksonville | Fl | US Census Bureau | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
An employee was moving a box of office supplies from the back seat of his car onto a dolly. While making a twisting motion, he felt something pop in his back and felt a sharp pain and his feet went numb. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-10-09 | Jackson | Ms | LKQ Keystone | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was unloading motors when a pallet shifted and a motor fell and amputated the employee's finger. | |||||
2020-09-23 | Jacksonville | Fl | KBR | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On September 23, 2020, at 8:40 AM an employee was connecting a male connector to a female connector. The male connector was attached to an air-operated ram. The ram retracted and amputated the employee's index finger. | |||||
2020-09-22 | Jacksonville | Fl | SanMar Corporation | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was loading boxes onto a trailer when a 40-pound box fell and landed on his right foot, resulting in amputation of his right toe. | |||||
2020-09-17 | Lake Jackson | Tx | Evoqua Water Technologies | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was loosening Allen bolts on a generator system when a seal failed on a line connected to the generator, exposing the employee to leaking chlorine dioxide. | |||||
2020-09-09 | Jackson | Oh | Bellisio Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attempting to move the cooling drum away from the blancher when their foot slipped causing their right thumb to get caught between the blancher drum and pasta chute while the drum was rotating counter clockwise. The employee sustained the amputation of the right thumb above the first knuckle and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-26 | Jacksonville Beach | Fl | United Parcel Service, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On August 26, 2020, a delivery driver became dizzy after making a drop-off. He was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration. | |||||
2020-08-24 | Jacksonville | Fl | Builders Firstsource - Florida, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a circular saw when it cut his finger, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2020-08-22 | Jacksonville | Fl | PRIME COMMUNICATIONS, L.P. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was helping a customer inside the store when a motorist outside lost control of her vehicle, crashed through the store wall, and struck the employee. He was hospitalized with a lacerated liver. | |||||
2020-08-21 | Jackson | Al | Criswell Contracting Services, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
After tearing up flooring (including carpet, laminate, and plywood) in a living room that an AC unit had flooded with water, two employees developed burns and rashes. Both employees were hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-14 | Jacksonville | Fl | Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking into her work area when she slipped on the wet floor and fell. She sustained a fractured femur and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-08 | Jacksonville | Il | The Passavant Memorial Area Hospital Association | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was boiling water to cook oatmeal. Boiling water spilled down the employee's front, causing burns to the abdominal area and the left foot and toes. | |||||
2020-08-05 | Jacksonville | Fl | Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc | Lower leg(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on a 3-foot 6-inch platform. The platform collapsed and the employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken tibia. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
2020-08-05 | Jackson | Al | PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was checking the voltage on the power source to a chipper motor. The meter blew up, causing an arc flash that burned the employee's neck, face, and hands. | |||||
2020-08-04 | Jackson Center | Pa | Penn Stainless Products, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was pulling a plate clamp out from under a 1,600-pound stainless steel plate above a plasma table. The plate slipped out and pinched his finger against one of the slats on the plasma table. His fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle. | |||||
2020-08-04 | Jacksonville | Fl | Gator City Roofing & Construction, LLC. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
On August 4, 2020, a roofer fell about 12 feet from a ladder to the ground while preparing to climb onto a roof and suffered a broken femur. | |||||
2020-08-01 | Jacksonville | Fl | US Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On August 1, 2020, an employee was delivering mail when he developed heat exhaustion, suffering from muscle cramps and difficulty walking. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-25 | Jacksonville | Florida | Maw Homes, LLC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
On July 25, 2020, a roofer was installing a 5:12-pitched roof on a new three-story apartment when he slipped and fell about 32 feet to the ground and landed on his back. He was hospitalized with spinal injuries and a punctured lung. | |||||
2020-07-24 | Jacksonville | Florida | Westrock, LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On July 24, 2020, an employee was walking from the maintenance shop to the cardboard container recycling mill. When he arrived at the cardboard container recycling mill he slipped and fell on the concrete floor fracturing his left femur. | |||||
2020-07-23 | Jacksonville | Illinois | NESTLE USA, INC. BEVERAGE DIVISION | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On July 23, 2020, a mechanic was conducting maintenance on piping in a boiler room. The employee’s leg started cramping in mid-morning. In the afternoon, after returning to work, the employee started cramping in the hands and foot. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness. | |||||
2020-07-18 | Jacksonville | Florida | Imeson Distribution Center, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
On July 18, 2020, a temporary employee, who is supervised by Imeson Distribution Center, was dissembling racks. The employee was using a platform on a forklift to reach the first rack's crossbars. The employee fell 5 to 6 feet from the forklift to the ground. He was hospitalized with a broken left elbow. | |||||
2020-07-14 | Jacksonville | Florida | Beaver Street Fisheries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On July 14, 2020, an employee was operating a machine that wraps plastic film over seafood trays when the plastic film became jammed. As he attempted to pull out the plastic from the back side of the machine with his right hand, the machine's blade amputated his right middle fingertip. | |||||
2020-07-14 | Jacksonville | Florida | PIKE ELECTRIC, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
On July 14, 2020, an overhead linesman was standing in his bucket waiting for the rope which pulls the wiring lead conductor. The roller broke and a piece of it projected towards him striking his left arm. He was hospitalized with a broken left arm. | |||||
2020-07-10 | Jacksonville | Florida | Betros Plumbing Contractors, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee had been doing plumbing work at a warehouse. At the end of his shift, he was stepping into his truck when he lost consciousness, fell backwards, and struck his head on the concrete. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-30 | Jackson | Mississippi | Cherokee Brick and Tile | Fingertip(s) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a forklift to carry bricks when the metal strap that held the bricks together became caught in the forklift tire. The metal strap amputated his third right fingertip. | |||||
2020-06-24 | Jacksonville | Florida | Juarez Glass & Construction LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employees were moving a large window through a door of an apartment. The window had to be tilted so it could pass through the door, and its rail plastic safety block fell off. The windowpane slid and caught the right middle finger of one employee (working for Juarez Glass) against the frame. The last joint of the finger was amputated. | |||||
2020-06-23 | Jackson | Mississippi | UNICORP, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving stacked doors when the doors shifted and fell on top of him, fracturing his back. |