Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-05	Galena	Il	GIESE ROOFING CO.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
On November 5, 2021, an employee was on a roof, taking measurements of a seam roof panel. The employee slipped on moisture and fell to the dirt ground about 20 feet below, suffering a broken left heel, a broken right shin, and three broken vertebrae.
2021-09-27	Galena Park	Tx	World Energy Biox Biofuels	Multiple face locations	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was on top of a tanker trailer, trying to vent the truck for loading. When the employee released the camlock fitting, the cap blew off and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a broken nose, a fractured orbit, and a laceration to the cheek.
2021-08-24	Helena	Ok	Dacoma Farmers Co-Op Inc	Multiple face locations	Nonclassifiable
An employee was loading an ATV onto a flatbed truck. The ATV rolled over onto the employee, who suffered a broken jaw, nose, and eye socket.
2021-08-21	Galena Park	Tx	Southeast Texas Industry Services	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was preparing a skid for transportation. The handrails had been removed, and the employee was tying them down, when a rope broke. The employee fell backward to the ground about 6 feet below, suffering broken ribs.
2021-07-24	Helena	Mt	Big Sky Trucking	Multiple body parts	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
Two employees were washing a semi-truck on a wash pad in a yard. Near the end of the job, the truck was moved ahead about 30 feet while one of the employees was still on it. The employee fell from the catwalk on the back of the tractor trailer and was run over. The employee suffered a broken pelvis, a broken right femur, and a degloved left thigh. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-06-29	Helena	Mt	Woody's Car Wash	Lower leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
An employee was drying vehicles as they came out of the car wash. His foot slipped into a hole at the end of the track where the roller goes back down. The roller amputated his right leg under the kneecap.
2021-06-16	Helena	Mt	Walmart	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell while climbing down the ladder of a top stock cart. The employee landed on the floor and suffered a broken femur that required surgery.
2021-06-15	Galena	Mo	WIDEL, INC.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was standing on the side of a trailer, helping load a pile hammer onto the trailer. A cable from the crane disconnected and the pile hammer landed on the employee. The employee suffered a broken right tibia and fibula.
2021-06-05	Helena	Mt	Lithia Chevrolet Buick GMC of Helena	Fingertip(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was moving a parking barrier with a forklift. When he went to reposition the barrier, his finger was smashed between the barrier and the forklift, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-06-03	Galena Park	Tx	SOUTHEAST TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was removing a bolt from a window covering when the window came down, crushing their left pinky finger and resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-06-02	Galena Park	Tx	Platinum Stevedoring, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on water vehicle
An employee was walking above a hatch when he fell into the hatch approximately 25 feet to the ground below, resulting in back injuries.
2021-05-15	Galena Park	Tx	American Plant Food Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing the silo so product would flow freely and suffered the amputation of two fingers.
2021-03-25	Lena	La	Brame Energy Center	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was grinding rough edges off a piece of metal plate. The employee's right thumb was caught between a vertical rotating grinding disk and the tool table/rest. The employee suffered tissue damage and an amputation of the thumbnail/fingertip.
2021-03-17	West Helena	Ar	Walmart	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was rolling bins in a receiving area. She tripped over a metal tracker on the floor, landed on her right hip and shoulder, and suffered injuries to both including a broken hip.
2021-01-13	Helena	Mt	Petra, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
Employees were replacing a patio door on a second floor. As one of the employees approached the door opening, he stumbled and fell through the opening and off the side of the deck. He landed on the ground 12 feet below and suffered broken ribs. The deck did not have a guardrail at the time.
2020-10-02	Lena	Wi	Saputo Cheese	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
While opening a steam-line valve on a pasteurization tank, an employee was sprayed by hot water and sustained burns to the left side of the body.
2020-09-14	Helena	Mt	Montana Valley Irrigation, LLC	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was replacing a 25hp electric agricultural water pump in an irrigation pumphouse and received an electric shock of 480 volts. The employee sustained burns to the hands.
2020-08-24	Galena Park	Tx	Littlefield Brothers Concrete Construction	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was waiting for rebar to be unloaded from a trailer. Straps broke and rebar struck the employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury.
2020-06-13	Helena	Montana	AutoZone	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was handling a ladder on a sales floor when his left little finger got caught in the rungs. As the ladder tipped over, the finger was amputated at the knuckle.
2020-04-21	Lena	Wisconsin	Saputo Cheese USA Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was attempting to remove an actuator pipe/valve combo that had fallen into a hopper with an auger when his arm triggered a sensor, causing a pneumatic valve to close on his right ring finger and amputate the fingertip. The auger was moving at the time of the incident.
2020-04-08	Lena	Illinois	Savencia Cheese USA	Elbow(s)	Struck by object or equipment
On April 8, 2020, an employee was on an A-frame ladder, cutting pipes of a heat steam tube to remove the heat exchanger. The employee cut above two valves on the heat exchanger and the heat exchanger rolled forward. The cut tube lacerated the inside of his elbow.
2020-02-13	Lena	Wisconsin	Saputo Cheese	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice in a parking lot and fell to the pavement, suffering a broken right hip.
2020-02-08	Helena	Montana	Securitas Security Services	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was conducting a security patrol when they slipped and fell on ice on a walkway, sustaining a fractured ankle.
2019-08-05	Galena Park	Texas	United States Gypsum Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were removing a motor from an overhead bracket and turned to lower it to the floor. As they were lowering it, one of the employees had his left middle finger caught and crushed between the motor and a 12-inch chute. The employee sustained amputation of the distal phalanx.
2019-08-05	Helena	Montana	ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONTRACTORS, INC.	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
While entering a 3-foot trench, an employee fell onto the handle of a shovel. The employee was impaled by the handle, and sustained injuries which included a perforated intestine and a broken rib.
2019-04-08	Galena Park	Texas	Platinum Stevedoring, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was offloading a 55-gallon steel trash can drum into a larger 30-yard roll-off trash container. He was rolling the drum inside the container, on its edge, when it shifted quickly and pinched his right thumb against the container, causing a deep laceration. He was hospitalized for surgery to repair a tendon and nerve in the tip of his thumb.
2019-03-17	Galena Park	Texas	Kinder Morgan Splitter	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was about to flip a breaker when he suffered a burn to his right hand.
2018-09-14	Galena Park	Texas	Platinum Stevedoring, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking on the top of the back of his semi trailer (flatbed) where he just finished securing a load when he tripped on the top surface of the flatbed trailer and fell to the concrete slab he was parked on (fall distance height of 3.5'). He fractured his right scapula, right clavicle, and one to four right-side ribs, requiring hospitalization.
2018-05-29	Helena	Arkansas	Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Two employees were inspecting a 3-way actuated ball valve that was not working properly. One employee went to the control room to switch the valve position in a different direction. The injured employee's left index finger entered the valve and the valve closed on his finger causing a fingertip amputation.
2018-02-19	Helena	Montana	BMC	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was opening a delivery truck door when floor joists fell off the truck and struck the employee, causing head and back injuries, as well as a neck fracture.
2017-09-24	Galena	Ohio	Berkshire Lake Campgrounds	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
On September 24, 2017, an employee fell from a skid steer to the ground, suffering a broken hip and requiring hospitalization.
2017-09-20	Galena Park	Texas	American Plant Food Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clear dust from around a rotary valve when his right index finger entered the valve and was amputated above the first knuckle. The rotary valve plug was removed at the time of the incident.
2017-09-19	Galena Park	Texas	Cooper/Ports America, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a yard tractor when he turned sharply and made abrupt contact with some bundles of pipe. The yard tractor was picked up by the momentum and then slammed down, shaking the employee in the process. He suffered head lacerations and a broken vertebra, requiring hospitalization. PPE was worn at the time.
2017-06-24	Lena	Wisconsin	Saputo Cheese USA Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On June 24, 2017, at 2:00 p.m., an employee tripped over a hanger rack while leaving the women's locker room and fractured her hip.
2017-06-08	Galena	Ohio	Rockford Homes	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was touching up paint on a fireplace located inside a new home when his extension ladder slipped out from under him. He fell approximately 18 feet to the floor, possibly breaking his leg and hip. He was hospitalized.
2017-05-23	Galena Park	Texas	Kinder Morgan	Foot (feet)	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
An employee was part of a team preparing to unload parts from a truck using a crane. The employee was removing traffic cones from the storage area on the crane when the crane operator lowered the outriggers and struck the employee's left foot, breaking five bones.
2017-05-22	Helena	Montana	Grizzly Steel, Inc.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
Two employees were working from a column form wall about 19 feet in height to complete rebar tie-in on the cage of the column. Both employees were descending from the column form wall when they lost their footing and fell to the concrete slab below. One employee sustained a crushed heel and broken lower leg and was hospitalized. The second employee sustained a back injury.
2017-02-25	Helena	Arkansas	Omnimax	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning the rollers that apply chemical treatment and paints to metal coils when his hand was caught in the metal coils. His right pinky finger, ring finger, and thumb tip had to be surgically amputated.
2017-02-04	Helena	Montana	Securitas Security Services	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice on the sidewalk while on foot patrol, fell to the ground, and shattered his pelvis.
2017-01-27	Galena	Kansas	Kemlee Manufacturing Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was walking in the work area, tripped and fell breaking the left hip.
2017-01-19	Lena	Louisiana	Boise Cascade	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clean the focus eye lens in a trough that wood passes through on the lay-up assembly line. The machine started while the employee's right ring finger was in the strike area and a piece of wood crushed the finger, breaking it and causing the fingertip to burst.
2015-08-09	Lena	Louisiana	BOISE CASCADE COMPANY	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was performing maintenance on composer #1. After completing the maintenance task, the employee released the hood from the locked out position and engaged the pneumatics to lower the hood back into place via a lever system. Once this was done, the employee noticed a pair of pliers inside the machine. She placed her left hand on the edge of the machine and reached inside with her right hand to grab the pliers. At that time, the hood came down onto her hand, amputating her left pinky be
2015-07-15	Galena Park	Texas	Texmark Chemical	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
The employee was using a hand drill at the shop drilling holes on a 2 inch piece of pipe. The electric drill bound up or jerked while he was holding it. The employee fractured his right hand.
2015-05-24	West Helena	Arkansas	Family Dollar Stores	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Shooting by other person-intentional
An employee was shot in the abdomen during an attempted robbery.
2015-03-22	Lena	Louisiana	louisiana Crane & Construction, LLC	Brain	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was struck on the top of the head by a piece of debris.
2015-01-06	Galena	Illinois	Lemfco, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On or about January 6, 2015, an employee was injured while attempting to remove a part that was stuck in the door of the Wheelabrator machine. Once the part was released from the door, the door shut on the employee's finger and amputated the tip of his left index finger.