Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-06 | Leon | Ks | Van Diest Supply Company | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was stepping off the side of a truck cab which is about 30 inches above the ground. He fell and the back of his head struck a 2-foot high retaining wall. The employee lost consciousness. He was hospitalized with a skull fracture, concussion, amnesia, and a gash that required sutures. | |||||
2021-05-12 | Napoleon | Oh | Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A turret on a piece of trimmer equipment was being manually rotated into position while offline. An employee was helping move the turret when a pinch point on it caught his right hand. He suffered an amputation to the ring fingertip. | |||||
2021-03-02 | Leonard | Tx | Ferguson Enterprises | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A driver was helping unload product at a customer location. As the customer used a forklift to unload the product, an iron pipe started slipping. The employee was using a tightening rod to push the bar when his left thumb was caught between the pipe and the rod. The thumb was crushed and broken. | |||||
2021-02-11 | De Leon Springs | Fl | AT&T | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
A service technician was on a ladder, installing an enclosure for a communication wire when he fell approximately 7 feet to the concrete surface below. The employee sustained a fractured tibia. | |||||
2021-01-23 | Leonia | Nj | SOLGAR VITAMIN AND HERB | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was blending bulk vitamins when the employee's middle finger contacted the platform alignment hinge, resulting in a severed middle fingertip. | |||||
2020-07-22 | Leonard | Texas | Hope Concrete, LLC | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employer was in back of the concrete mixer truck washing down the fins. A loader backed up and bumped into him, knocking him down. He sustained injury to both legs. | |||||
2020-06-25 | Napoleon | Ohio | Superior Environmental Solutions, Inc. | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
On June 25, 2020, an employee was using a high-pressure water lance. The rigid lance broke at a connection near the employee, and a high-pressure water stream severely lacerated the employee's arm and shoulder. | |||||
2020-04-01 | Napoleon | Ohio | CAMPBELL SOUP SUPPLY COMPANY LLC | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On April 1, 2020, an employee was performing a screen and magnet check on a B filler when the employee was burned by hot water. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-02-03 | Napoleon | Ohio | CAMPBELL SOUP SUPPLY COMPANY LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On February 3, 2020, an employee was checking whether a recirculation pump was clean when the pump started. The pump's blade then partially amputated his left ring finger (entire nail area). | |||||
2020-01-28 | Leona | Texas | Efficient Installation System | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was painting from a scissor lift with a sprayer gun when he fell between 15 and 16 feet from the lift. Fall protection was not worn and the lift's end door was not closed at the time of the incident. | |||||
2020-01-14 | Napoleon | Ohio | TENNECO INC. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On January 14, 2020, an employee was clearing a blockage in the gate valve of the deaerator tank located in the boiler room. As the employee was getting the gate valve fully nested, the blockage cleared and the employee was sprayed with hot water (225°F). The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face, neck and shoulders. | |||||
2019-08-30 | Napoleon | Ohio | TENNECO INC. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell off a 4-foot ladder to the ground and broke his leg. | |||||
2019-08-26 | De Leon | Texas | Golden Peanut & Tree Nut | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a blockage on hammer mill equipment. A blade in the spout of the airlock struck his left middle and ring fingers, amputating the tips. | |||||
2019-06-24 | Leonia | New Jersey | Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using a cart to transport a full liquid nitrogen dewar when the liquid nitrogen dewar slipped/shifted position on the hook holding it in place. The employee's right middle finger was then crushed between the dewar and the cart, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-03-28 | Napoleon | Ohio | CAMPBELL SOUP SUPPLY COMPANY LLC | Multiple head locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was unjamming a palletizer when the machine actuated, striking the employee and causing facial/head injuries. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-01-21 | Napoleon | Ohio | Silgan Containers Manufacturing | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On January 21, 2019, at approximately 6:30 a.m., a seamer operator was attempting to remove a can end when their left arm was pinned between the pocket arm and the frame of the roto-feeder machine. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the left ulna and radius. | |||||
2018-09-05 | San Leon | Texas | USADbusk LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
While cleaning up a work area and shutting down the job for the day, an employee suffered shortness of breath, possibly heat-related. | |||||
2018-05-31 | Leon Valley | Texas | LaborMax Staffing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was using a saw when it cut three of the employee's fingers. | |||||
2018-05-03 | Ponce De Leon | Florida | Wonderful Bees LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was checking an oil leak underneath a flatbed truck when the flatbed cut his right middle fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2017-06-28 | Napoleon | Ohio | CAMPBELL SOUP SUPPLY COMPANY LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On June 28, 2017, an employee was changing out a 10' piece of pipe when he opened the pipe and hot water sprayed on him. He received 1st and 2nd degree burns to the forehead, neck, shoulders, arms, elbows, and wrist, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-04-05 | Napoleon | Ohio | Campbell's Soup Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was repairing a kettle motor and amputated the right pinky finger when it was caught between the belt and pulley while putting the belt back onto the machine. | |||||
2017-03-08 | Napoleon | Ohio | TENNECO INC. | Pelvis | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
On March 08, 2017, an employee was hoisting a steel coil via an underhung crane for placement in the cradle of a coil feeding machine. As the operator began to hoist and position the coil over the cradle, the lower button on the crane's control pendant was pressed before the coil was appropriately aligned between the cradle walls. The coil landed on the top edge of the cradle creating slack on the load line, breaking the safety latch, and displacing the coil attachment from the hook. The coil st | |||||
2017-02-22 | Fort Leonard Wood | Missouri | DEPT OF THE ARMY | Thigh(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
Two employees were offloading materials on the loading dock when a truck driver backed into and struck them. They were pinned between the loading dock and the lift gate of the truck, suffering compound fractures to their femurs. | |||||
2017-02-16 | De Leon | Texas | Totelcom Communications, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Standing, standing up-single episode |
An employee was putting a boomer on a trencher with a ratchet. When he stood up, his back seized up. He was hospitalized with a bulging disc and pinched nerve in his back. | |||||
2016-09-29 | Napoleon | North Dakota | Primoris Aevenia Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was installing an auger on a digger derrick. As he slid the kelly bar down into the sleeve, the bar/sleeve amputated his fingertip. | |||||
2016-06-27 | Napoleon | Ohio | Reinhart Food Service | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On or about June 27, 2016, an employee was unloading food products from the rear of a trailer using a hand truck when he fell with the material to the pavement below, suffering multiple leg fractures. | |||||
2016-05-25 | Napoleon | Ohio | Defiance Stamping Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was placing a wooden block under a steel coil that was being held by a forklift. The coil then slipped off the forklift and smashed the employee's left index finger against the wooden block. | |||||
2016-05-19 | Leonia | New Jersey | SOLGAR, INC. DBA SOLGAR VITAMIN AND HERB | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee injured an arm while cleaning a machine. | |||||
2016-02-10 | Napoleon | Ohio | Rent A Center | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On or about February 10, 2016, an employee was hospitalized with a left rib/lung area injury after falling from the tailgate of a delivery truck to the ground. | |||||
2016-01-26 | Leonardo | New Jersey | Academy Bus | Multiple body parts | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was preparing to clear snow by an entry doorway when the employee slipped on ice, spraining the back, neck, and knee. | |||||
2015-09-09 | Napoleon | Ohio | CAMPBELL SOUP SUPPLY COMPANY LLC | Hand(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift near rack storage units. His hand got caught between the rear of the forklift and the stored material as he was reversing the forklift. He sustained a crushing injury and lacerations to his left hand. | |||||
2015-02-11 | Fort Leonard Wood | Missouri | MW BUILDERS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other jump to lower level |
An employee was descending a dump truck ladder, when he jumped to the floor and his ring was caught. He lost part of his left-hand ring finger, from the mid-knuckle up. | |||||
2015-01-12 | Leonardo | New Jersey | NAVFAC MIDATLANTIC | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on the ice resulting in a broken ankle. |