| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-19 | Midway | Ga | Builders Firstsource | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading lumber and gusset plates into a splicer machine which presses the plates into the lumber to connect them. The employee's forearm was caught in the point of operation when the machine started, resulting in a fractured and lacerated right forearm. | |||||
| 2021-04-15 | Midway | Fl | George Hackney, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On April 15, 2021, an employee conducted a test run of a new bagging machine when one of the bags got hung up in the bagging compartment. The employee attempted to unjam the machine when his left index finger became caught between the cutter and a flat piece of metal at the base. The employee suffered the amputation of his left index finger tip without bone loss. | |||||
| 2021-02-24 | Midway | Fl | OldCastle Infrastructure, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On February 24, 2021, an employee was helping install a 250-pound metal pallet on a precast concrete form. The pallet became bound on the inner core of the form while an overhead crane was lowering it into place. The employee began moving dunnage below while the crane held the pallet about 12 inches above the ground. The pallet fell onto the employee's right ring and middle fingers, catching them against the dunnage and causing partial amputations to both fingers. | |||||
| 2021-01-30 | Midway | Ga | Target Corporation | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
| An employee was pulling cartons from storage racks using a powered industrial truck (PIT) and fell 30 feet to the ground, sustaining a broken pelvis and a head laceration. | |||||
| 2020-02-13 | Midway | Arkansas | White River Marine Group, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting marine board at the glass cutting area on a table saw. The blade caught the board; then the saw kicked back, resulting in the amputation of his left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-03-12 | Midway | Florida | American Builders & Contractors Supply Company, Inc. | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using his hands to pull out one roll of underlayment roofing material from a middle pallet (in a stack of three) when the middle and top pallets fell down and knocked him on the floor. He fractured a foot and femur, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-02-12 | Midway | Arkansas | Waste Connections of Arkansas, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loading a dumpster into the rear loading garbage truck. A bag of trash fell from the dumpster. As the employee put his hand over his head to block the trash, he placed his hand in a pinch point and inadvertently activated the winch of the truck, resulting in compound fractures to his left hand. | |||||
| 2017-04-17 | Midway | Alabama | Energy Systems Southeast, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working from a ladder and fell crushing the left index finger. | |||||
| 2016-08-19 | Midway | Florida | Haverty's Furniture | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was delivering furniture when he started having severe cramps. He was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
| 2015-11-11 | Midway | Texas | Micar Transportation Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two employees were loading a catwalk and two pipe racks onto a trailer. When the second pipe rack was loaded, the forklift operator did not realize the forks were under the other pipe rack. The movement caused the pipe rack to roll onto the right pinky finger of the injured employee, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-11-08 | Midway | Texas | Micar Transportation Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A pipe rack slid off a forklift, catching and amputating an employee's right pinky fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-08-08 | Midway | Georgia | ELAN TECHNOLOGY, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell 15 feet off a walkway platform breaking his wrist and jaw resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-03-16 | Midway | Georgia | TARGET CORPORATION | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| During the pre-operational PIT inspection process, one of the employees who was moving a stand-up fork truck pinned another employee's foot between his moving truck and a nearby stationary truck, resulting in a foot injury and the employee's hospitalization. | |||||