Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-11 | Loveland | Oh | Tru-Seam Metal Solutions, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was putting blanks from aluminum downspouts in a rollforming machine when a blade contacted their left thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2021-04-26 | Loveland | Oh | Great American Soft Wash | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
While climbing a ladder, the employee fell and broke their left arm and right knee. | |||||
2021-01-26 | Loveland | Co | Lightning Systems, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A vehicle battery frame was being held by a scissor lift on one end while two other employees at the other end pushed the battery (weighing about 650 pounds) into position to be attached to the frame. One employee's left ring finger was caught and crushed between the frame and the battery. The employee's fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-01-22 | Loveland | Co | Connell Resources, Inc. | Brain | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was watching a front-end loader scrape frozen aggregate from a sidewalk. After the front-end loader had made a pass, the employee moved towards the sidewalk to begin melting frozen aggregate with a torch. The front-end loader began to make another pass of the sidewalk, causing the loader bucket to swing and strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and a strained neck. | |||||
2020-09-01 | Loveland | Co | Woodward, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a pneumatic press when it crushed his right middle and ring fingers. | |||||
2020-08-06 | Loveland | Co | SUPERIOR STEEL CONNECTORS | Ankle(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet |
An employee set up a 24-foot extension ladder to 12 feet. When he climbed the ladder, it twisted and collapsed causing the employee to fall and fracture his ankle. | |||||
2020-07-21 | Loveland | Colorado | U.S. Foods, Inc. | Head and neck | Other fall to lower level |
On 7/21/2020, an employee was standing on the tines of a forklift to repair a trailer door and fell to the ground. The employee was found unresponsive next to the trailer with head and neck trauma. | |||||
2020-07-13 | Loveland | Colorado | 5 Star Home Improvement, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was doing a final inspection to verify that all contracted work had been completed. While retrieving a paint tray that was left on the roof, he fell approximately 8 to 10 feet from the roof to a bed of rocks and a concrete sidewalk. He was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra, a fractured toe, a broken wrist, a cut on his forehead that required stitches, and a bump on the forehead. | |||||
2020-03-31 | Loveland | Colorado | Westec Construction Management Company | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was loosening the bolts in a 1,500-2,000 pound sign. The sign fell and struck the employee in the back, breaking a vertebra. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-15 | Loveland | Colorado | After School Care Inc | Pelvis | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was helping to fold up a long table attached to a wall when the table fell onto her pelvis, fracturing it. | |||||
2020-01-02 | Loveland | Colorado | Walmart | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a forklift when it ran into a steel barricade. The employee suffered a broken left leg. | |||||
2019-09-23 | Loveland | Ohio | B and B Maintenance | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
A door closed on an employee, bruising the employee's lower back and buttocks. | |||||
2019-09-04 | Loveland | Colorado | Wal-Mart | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was gathering carts in the storage area, tripped over pallet, and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip and a fractured wrist. | |||||
2019-08-16 | Loveland | Colorado | Merit Electric Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet |
Two employees were working on an exterior light fixture from a scissor lift 8 feet above the ground, right outside of the door to an airplane hangar. The hangar door was opened, knocking the scissor lift over. The two employees fell to the ground, suffering injuries including a broken jaw and arm fractures. Both employees were hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-05 | Loveland | Colorado | Jones Hertz Products Warehouse | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell while grabbing a door handle on a delivery vehicle. His head struck the ground and he suffered a concussion. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-04-15 | Loveland | Colorado | Two Men and a Truck | BODY SYSTEMS | Bodily conditions, n.e.c. |
The injured employee and a co-worker had just finished packing up items in a house and were transferring them to a new location when the injured employee felt chest pains as he was driving the moving truck. The employee had a stroke. | |||||
2018-09-26 | Loveland | Ohio | Carnes Trucking Co., Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was loading a flatbed trailer when the employee fell onto the blacktop ground, suffering possible broken ribs and a left shoulder dislocation. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-09 | Loveland | Colorado | Elevate Energy Services LLC | Pelvis | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was operating a pump supplying water for a fracturing operation (oil/gas) when the pump's discharge hose disconnected, and the hose clamp securing the hose to the flange failed. The hose then struck the employee's right shoulder, upper right back, and pelvis. The employee suffered two fractures to the pelvis, contusions, and abrasions, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-07-03 | Loveland | Colorado | Malm Electrical Contractors, LLC | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working from a ladder to tie electrical into a junction box on a new construction commercial building. When the employee opened the junction box, a wire fell and contacted his hand, causing a shock. He then fell off the ladder and contacted the ground, fracturing his skull and ribs. | |||||
2017-04-17 | Loveland | Ohio | Mainstream Heating & Cooling | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was installing HVAC ducts, fainted and fell approximately 10 feet injuring his head and back. | |||||
2017-01-04 | Loveland | Colorado | Liberty Oilfield Services LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was getting out of his truck when he slipped on ice/snow, fell to the ground, and broke his left fibula. | |||||
2016-07-05 | Loveland | Colorado | Casey's Electric | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was using an 8-foot ladder to remove a recessed "can" for lighting when he lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor, suffering a head injury. | |||||
2016-06-20 | Loveland | Colorado | Wayne's Electrical, Inc. | Coccygeal region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was troubleshooting a lighting circuit from a ladder when the employee fell 4 feet off the ladder and hit the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a head laceration and a broken tailbone. | |||||
2016-05-06 | Loveland | Colorado | Clearview Limited Liability | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
The employee was climbing down off of a step ladder and lost his footing. He fell 16 feet off of the awning resulting in head and elbow injuries. | |||||
2016-04-22 | Loveland | Colorado | Brookdale Assisted Living | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An intruder assaulted an employee and struck her head. The employee sustained head trauma. | |||||
2016-01-22 | Loveland | Colorado | Hydro Construction Company Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was signaling a crane that was loading a forklift with steel beams. After the beams were placed on the lift, one fell and hit him on the head, breaking his neck. He was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
2015-10-16 | Loveland | Ohio | Meijer | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was hospitalized with an broken wrist after slipping on some water on the floor and falling in the produce department. | |||||
2015-06-23 | Loveland | Colorado | Walsh Construction | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was loading a side dump truck while working on a median at the intersection of Lincoln and Lamay in Ft Collins. The driver was given the signal to pull forward just as the injured employee slipped on the curb. The dump truck ran over the employee's leg. | |||||
2015-06-18 | Loveland | Ohio | Veritiv Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by another person |
An employee was struck-by a manually operated pallet jack as he was moving a load of boxes. | |||||
2015-06-17 | Loveland | Colorado | Hach Company | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was injured when she tripped over a loose cord laying across her work space and fell breaking right femur. | |||||
2015-06-06 | Loveland | Colorado | Marshalls #328 | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was moving clothes (dresses) from one rack to another rack on the sales floor when she slipped. She required surgery for a broken femur. | |||||
2015-03-12 | Loveland | Colorado | Springs Fabrication, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
An employee amputated his left thumb at the distal joint while using an overhead gantry crane. His thumb got caught in a pinch point between a metal plate weighing approximately 300 pounds and the lifting frame when a magnet holding the plate failed. | |||||
2015-01-17 | Loveland | Colorado | Guillen Construction | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
Employee fell from a ladder while descending. The employee broke arm/wrist. | |||||
2015-01-14 | Loveland | Colorado | Ahern Rentals | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was injured when he fell on ice and broke his leg. | |||||
2015-01-13 | Loveland | Colorado | Denali Roofing LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell 12 feet from an aerial lift while laying ornamental sheet metal. The employee sustained a broken vertebrae. | |||||
2015-01-07 | Loveland | Colorado | Walmart Distribution Center | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On January 7, 2015, employee sustained a hand injury while working on or near a conveyor belt while performing maintenance activities. The employee was admitted to the Medical Center of the Rockies in Fort Collins on the same day. |