Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-29	Middleburgh	Ny	Colonie Mechanical Contractors, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee opened double doors leading to a mechanical room on a mezzanine. The safety bar in front of the door broke and the employee fell to the floor about 12 feet below. The employee suffered fractures to the collarbones, ribs, and back.
2021-03-31	Middleburg	Fl	Petticoat-Schmitt Civil Contractors, Inc.	Pelvic region	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee sustained a puncture injury to the pelvic area after tripping and falling on 4-inch concrete anchor bolts.
2021-01-29	Middleburg	Fl	M.G. Dyess, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle
On January 29, 2021, a truck driver had finished unstrapping his load and was standing near his truck while the forklift operator was setting down cross-members. A cross-member rolled onto the employee's left leg, causing fractures to both the tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized.
2021-01-19	Middleburg	Fl	Service Electric Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On January 19, 2021, an employee was loosening the nut on an auger retention bolt with his right hand while supporting himself with his left hand against a drilling machine when a bar on the machine came down and pinned his hand. His hand became caught and he suffered the amputation of his left thumb and ring finger.
2020-09-08	Middleburg	Fl	Leware Construction Company of Florida, Inc	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was working with a crane when a bolt broke and the cheek plate fell off and struck his left leg. His leg was fractured in two places and required surgery and hospitalization.
2020-03-17	Middleburg Heights	Ohio	United Parcel Service	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was closing the rear door of a truck. His left ring finger was pinched in the door handle, and the tip was amputated.
2019-06-13	Middleburg Heights	Ohio	Heinen's Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was grinding meat for burgers when the grinder jammed. As he attempted to unjam it, the stored energy was released and his left thumb was caught in the meat grinder and amputated.
2018-07-11	Middleburg Heights	Ohio	ParkMed of Ohio LLC	Nonclassifiable	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was valet parking cars and struck a light pole.
2018-04-10	Middleburg Heights	Ohio	Cleveland Die & Manufacturing Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a jam on an automated press when another employee activated the press while the injured employee was still in the die. The press die then caught and partially amputated the employee's right index and middle fingers.
2018-03-12	Middleburg	Pennsylvania	Northway Industries, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee 's hand was pulled into the in-running rollers on a cold press gluing machine while she was cleaning it, causing significant skin abrasions.
2018-01-30	Middleburg	Florida	Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was prepping chicken fingers to be fried when she backed up into a hot container of grease, knocking it over as she fell on the floor. The hot grease contacted her body, and she suffered first degree burns to her left leg and lower back, requiring hospitalization.
2017-06-28	Middleburg	Florida	MD Towing, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee had driven a wheel loader onto a trailer and was stepping off the wheel loader's cab when he fell backwards 5 feet to the ground, suffering a line fracture to his vertebrae. He was hospitalized.
2017-04-28	Middleburg	Pennsylvania	Professional Building Systems Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On April 28, 2017 at 8:45 a.m., an employee was removing a piece of lumber from a stack of wood when he tripped over the plastic banding surrounding the lumber and fell on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fracture to his left hip and was hospitalized.
2017-04-17	Middleburg Heights	Ohio	Tech-Matic Industires, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was attempting to roll by hand a steel coil weighing approximately 600 pounds and measuring approximately 48 inches tall and 3 inches wide. The coil was upright and when the employee attempted to roll it, it tipped forward and fell to the ground and the employee fell with it. The employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation to the first three fingers on her right hand.
2017-02-20	Middleburg	Pennsylvania	Professional Building Systems, Incorporated	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
On February 20, 2017, an employee was on a catwalk attempting to caulk the top of a wall. The employee slipped and fell to the concrete floor, suffering a punctured lung and fractures to the ribs, collarbone, and a toe. The employee was hospitalized.
2016-03-23	Middleburg Heights	Ohio	Goodman Networks	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
On or about 3/23/2016, at approximately 9:30, an employee was working from a 15-foot fiberglass extension ladder to install satellite TV cable at a residential home. The employee was drilling holes to install clips that hold the cable to the side of the building. While working from the ladder, the employee fell approximately 15 feet to the concrete below, suffering injuries to both legs/feet that required hospitalization.
2016-03-08	Middleburg	Pennsylvania	Professional Building Systems Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at approximately 7:15 AM, an employee was wrapping the walls of a modular home for shipping. The wall fell and injured the employee when he tried to grab it to stop it from falling. He was hospitalized overnight for treatment of back injuries.