| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-18 | Lawton | Ok | Oklahoma Coring & Cutting, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was in a scissor lift cutting a concrete section. The section struck the scissor lift causing it to tip over. The employee suffered a broken nose (caused by a collision with the lift) and fractures to the left elbow and right wrist (caused when the employee struck the ground). | |||||
| 2021-09-18 | Lawton | Ok | The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| After lifting a tire onto a conveyor belt an employee experienced abdominal pain. The employee was hospitalized for a hernia. | |||||
| 2021-05-13 | Lawton | Ok | The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to dislodge a material truck cart in an automated storage and retrieval machine. The employee dislodged the cart and was struck by the pusher arm, suffering a broken leg. | |||||
| 2021-04-23 | Lawton | Ok | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to clear a jam in an extruder. The extruder crushed the employee's right hand and broke the employee's right thumb. | |||||
| 2021-03-30 | Lawton | Ok | United States Department of Defense US Army | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was diagnosing an issue with a military vehicle when their left thumb struck against the vehicle's engine fan, amputating the thumb tip. | |||||
| 2021-03-25 | Lawton | Ok | American Electric Power | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was smoothing a metal plate using a bench grinder when the end of their thumb was caught between the material and the grinding wheel. The employee sustained a partial amputation (approximately 25 percent) of their left thumb. | |||||
| 2021-02-27 | Lawton | Ok | Walmart, Inc. | Head | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was assisting a customer and tripped over a box and fell onto a stock cart, hitting her head on the corner of the cart. The employee sustained a laceration to the top of the head. | |||||
| 2020-06-18 | Lawton | Oklahoma | Midco Diving & Marine Services | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| After working on a water tower at a height of approximately 120 feet, an employee returned to the ground and felt ill. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2020-06-17 | Lawton | Oklahoma | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Plant | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee operating a forklift attempted to stop at a stop sign and slid into a flatbed cart, suffering a fractured leg. | |||||
| 2020-04-20 | Lawton | Oklahoma | Bank of Commerce | Lower extremities | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Employees were measuring a vault that was under construction at a new bank location when the vault fell on top of an employee, trapping and crushing her. She suffered multiple bone fractures to her lower extremities. | |||||
| 2020-04-15 | Lawton | Oklahoma | Gordon's Landscapes LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was helping to disconnect a trailer from a truck. The trailer hitch slipped and the trailer fell on the employee's leg, resulting in an amputation from the knee down. | |||||
| 2019-09-06 | Lawton | Oklahoma | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a grinding machine (for tire manufacturing). The employee's hand was caught between rims on the machine, suffering finger amputation injuries. | |||||
| 2019-07-30 | Lawton | Oklahoma | The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| A fabric calendar operator's right thumb was caught between fabric and a roller. The tip of the thumb was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-06-15 | Lawton | Oklahoma | Billingsley Hyundai of Lawton, L.L.C. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was using a 6-foot step ladder to clean a convex mirror when she fell from the ladder, striking her head on the concrete floor. She suffered a fracture of the skull at the base of the head, a broken right shoulder blade, and two brain bleeds in the front of her head. | |||||
| 2019-03-09 | Lawton | Oklahoma | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Multiple face locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On March 9, 2019, an employee was repairing a splice when the transfer rollers came down and caught his head between a drum and a transfer roll. The employee suffered fractures to the right eye socket, nose, and jaw. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-03 | Lawton | Oklahoma | Goodyear Tire and Rubber CO | Knee(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a golf cart when the employee's knee struck an I-beam, fracturing the patella. The employee's knee was outside the vehicle at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-08-30 | Lawton | Oklahoma | Goodyear Tire and Rubber | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was hand cranking a piece of non-powered equipment when the ply rolled backward causing the stripper roller assembly on the A-frame to flip backwards, amputating the employee's left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-07-30 | Lawton | Oklahoma | GEO, LAWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was retrieving his radio from a sewage grinding pit when the grinder crushed the tip of his little finger, causing an amputation. | |||||
| 2018-06-22 | Lawton | Oklahoma | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A maintenance technician was replacing a belt on a beam shear drive. The drive was jogged, and the technician suffered partial amputation injuries to the middle and ring fingers of his left hand. | |||||
| 2018-06-01 | Lawton | Oklahoma | GOODYEAR | Multiple arm locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| After an employee adjusted a loose belt on a conveyor, the operator began using the conveyor again when it balled up. As the employee attempted to remove the ball-up, the employee's right arm was caught in the conveyor belt, suffering multiple fractures and pulling the skin away from the arm between the mid-bicep and mid-forearm. | |||||
| 2018-02-28 | Lawton | Oklahoma | THE GEO GROUP - LAWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was walking to a control gate to retrieve an inmate for transport. The employee's hand was in the fencing of the sliding steel control gate. When the gate opened, it severed the employee's right pinky fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-09-01 | Lawton | Oklahoma | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding rubber into a rubber mill machine when his glove became stuck on the rubber. His gloved hand was then pulled into the rollers, partially amputating his left thumb tip and the second joint of his left index finger. | |||||
| 2017-07-14 | Lawton | Oklahoma | Robinson Innovations, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was operating a forklift to move a load of tires. One of the tires slid off of the stack, so he stopped the forklift to move the tire. Another forklift hit the load and pinned the employee between the load and an adjacent wall, breaking his leg. | |||||
| 2016-09-15 | Lawton | Oklahoma | THE GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was setting up tire force testing machines and changing out rims to fit the size of the tire being tested. He was mounting the bottom portion of a rim. During the mounting, the cylinder is lifted up to ensure the machine lines up properly. The rim he was mounting was off center. When he lowered the cylinder, the rim fell on his index and middle fingers. His index finger was fractured and his middle finger sustained a deep laceration between the hand and first knuckle. His finger had | |||||
| 2016-07-20 | Lawton | Oklahoma | GOODYEAR | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| The employee observed a broken rubber conveyor band and attempted to remove it. He reached into the conveyor power roller and amputated the right index finger and lacerated the middle finger. | |||||
| 2015-02-12 | Lawton | Oklahoma | Bar-S Foods, A Sigma Company | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| Employee's foot was run over by another employee who was backing up a forklift. | |||||
| 2015-01-07 | Lawton | Oklahoma | GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| Employee was pulled into a machine, causing a broken arm. Hospitalized for surgery. | |||||