Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-06 | Milton | Fl | Harbor Freight Tools | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was working as a cashier when they passed out due to dehydration. | |||||
2021-11-03 | Milton | Wv | Asplundh Tree Expert | Nonclassifiable | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
The boom on a lift truck contacted an overhead power line. An employee was next to the truck, touching it, and was shocked and burned. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-21 | Hamilton | Nj | ISC Structures | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion and bodily reaction |
An employee was strapping steel beams onto a truck bed when they suffered a back injury and became immobilized. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-12 | Hamilton | Nj | BJ's Wholesale Club | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was reassembling a deli slicer. The slicer cut the employee's finger, causing a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-10-11 | Hamilton | Oh | The Hydaker-Wheatlake Company | Fingertip(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway |
An employee was guiding the bucket of a backyard machine as it was being offloaded from the trailer on a residential street. The bucket caught the trailer as it was unloaded, causing the bucket to rotate and create a pinch point between the bucket mount (a steel bracket) and a hydraulic strut. The employee's left hand was caught between the top of the bucket and the hydraulic strut, and his index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-09-14 | Milton | Pa | Acrow Bridge - Milton Steel Company | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
On September 14, 2021, an employee tripped over a metal frame on the ground that was supporting a jib crane. The employee fell to the concrete floor and sustained five rib fractures. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-11 | Hamilton | Oh | Neturen America Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was wire drawing when two wires overlapped. The employee was working to unwrap the wires when his fingers were pinched by the draw-line machine. The employee's right index, middle, and ring fingertips were amputated. The machine was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2021-08-30 | New Milton | Wv | Pillar Energy LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was trying to raise the mast of a service rig. Something let loose or moved, causing his right hand to be caught. He suffered lacerations to fingers on the hand. | |||||
2021-08-26 | Hamilton | Nj | Walmart | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was watering plants. The employee tripped over a garden hose and fell to the ground, suffering a broken arm. | |||||
2021-08-02 | Hamilton | Oh | Hamilton Rural King Supply, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was on their hands and knees going through a pallet of products. A forklift backed into the employee, who suffered a broken foot. | |||||
2021-06-30 | Hamilton | Nj | SDB Package and Delivery | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
An employee was hospitalized after being struck by a forklift. | |||||
2021-05-18 | Milton | Fl | Goldring Gulf Distributing Company | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was unloading trailer. As he stepped out of the trailer and onto the docking plate it came down and struck the employee's left leg and caused a deep laceration. | |||||
2021-05-13 | Milton | Ma | LEMA PRO CONSTRUCTION INC | Nonclassifiable | Fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a height. | |||||
2021-02-18 | Milton | Ga | Waste Management | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking on loose gravel, tripped and fell, his head striking the ground. He suffered head injuries. | |||||
2021-01-25 | Milton | Wv | Legends Construction Company, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
At 2:20 p.m. on January 25, 2021, an employee of Legends Construction Company was moving some steel from a parking lot to a garage using a telehandler. The telehandler went off the road and tipped over, and the employee suffered broken ribs and lacerations. | |||||
2020-08-31 | Hamilton | Nj | Sunoco | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
A customer punched an employee, who hit his head on the ground (causing contusions) and lost consciousness. | |||||
2020-08-13 | Hamilton | Nj | Fairway Architectural Railing Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was picking up a dropped part near a drill press when the press caught and lacerated the employee's right ring finger. | |||||
2020-07-24 | Hamilton | Texas | C&F Steel Company, Inc. | Pelvis | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was walking past a machine-operated press when it ejected material, which struck the employee and broke the employee's pelvis. | |||||
2020-06-09 | Milton | Florida | Emerald Coast Truss LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was on top of a press machine when his foot slipped into the press, becoming trapped. The press came down on his foot, breaking toes and amputating three toes. | |||||
2020-05-28 | Milton | Florida | Goldring Gulf Distributing CO, LLC | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was unloading and restocking a delivery truck when she fell from the lift gate to the ground 4 feet below. She suffered a broken knee. | |||||
2020-05-27 | Milton | Delaware | Access Labor Service, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
While using a leaf blower, a temporary employee removed a tube to the motor assembly. His left hand slipped into the blades and his left pinky fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-05-15 | Milton | Florida | WPR, Inc. | Multiple pelvic region locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On May 15, 2020, an employee was moving equipment between a truck and the shop. While stepping off the truck bumper to the shop floor, the employee landed awkwardly and fell to the concrete floor, suffering a broken hip and pelvis. | |||||
2020-05-06 | Milton | Wisconsin | Penn Color, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee opened a process lid to address a jam in a piece of equipment. The lid bounced back and closed, catching his right thumb and amputating the tip. | |||||
2020-04-20 | Hamilton | Ohio | Millwood, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking from a trailer to an office with paperwork when the employee's knee gave out. The employee fell onto the concrete ground and broke the kneecap. | |||||
2020-03-19 | Hamilton | Ohio | United Performance Metals, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was strapping product to a skid. The employee's gloved left middle finger was caught between the strap and the product, and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-01-31 | Hamilton | Ohio | Kettering Health Network | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional |
A security officer was attending to an aggressive dog(s) by the patient entrance to the hospital. During the intervention with the dog(s), the officer was bitten. At that point, the officer discharged a firearm at the dog and the discharged round struck the officer in the left little finger area. | |||||
2020-01-08 | Milton | Pennsylvania | Weis Markets, Incorporated | Lower leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was pulling product and placing it on a pallet, which rested on an electric pallet jack. The employee's leg was pinned between two pallet jacks, and the employee's tibia was broken. | |||||
2020-01-03 | Milton | Wisconsin | QPS Employment Group, Inc. | Hand(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
On January 3, 2020, a press room operator developed blisters and a rash after washing their hands with a cleaner over an extended period. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-27 | Milton | Florida | Builders First Source | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was arguing with another employee when he was punched in the face, later requiring hospitalization for a concussion. | |||||
2019-08-15 | Milton | Pennsylvania | Capstone Logistics, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a pallet jack while picking orders. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-23 | Milton | Pennsylvania | Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
An employee was using plywood to cover access openings in the bridge decking when he slipped and fell through. He fell about 5.5 feet to the temporary platform below, sustaining bruising and fractures to the ribs and wrist. | |||||
2019-06-06 | Milton | Florida | The Geo Group, Inc. | Knee(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was assisting an inmate when the inmate became aggressive and placed the employee in a choke hold and knocked her to the floor. The employee fractured her left knee and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-05-02 | Milton | Florida | Emerald Coast Truss LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A temporary employee was stacking wooden trusses about 3 feet high. When he was finished, a forklift lifted up the trusses to be moved elsewhere. The trusses on the forks shifted and the employee’s gloved, right ring fingertip got caught between the bottom truss and the forks. He sustained the amputation of his right ring fingertip without bone loss. | |||||
2019-05-02 | Milton | Florida | Gulf Cable, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A maintenance technician was fixing a machine's roller belt, which was off center, when his hand got caught on the belt, causing the amputation of his right thumb. | |||||
2019-04-03 | Milton | Pennsylvania | Milton Steel Company | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On April 3, 2019, at approximately 2:00 AM, an employee was MIG (metal inert gas) welding on a steel bridge cord. A piece of hot silica (slag) fell into the employee's left boot causing a severe burn to the bottom of the foot. | |||||
2019-03-28 | Hamilton | New Jersey | Ted Dolci, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was rolling a 15-inch by 12-foot pipe off a trailer. When the pipe started to roll, a band clamp on it bent. The pipe caught the employee's glove and pulled the employee off the trailer. The employee's wrist and hand were crushed under the pipe; the employee's thumb was amputated and other fingers were crushed, with skin torn off exposing bone. | |||||
2019-02-15 | Milton | Delaware | Milford Housing Development Corporation | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was installing a sewer pipe in a trench. He was changing the bucket to a smaller bucket using the quick connect attachment on an excavator when the bucket fell on the employee, breaking his leg. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-09-13 | Milton | New Hampshir | Index Packaging Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee sustained a broken hip after tripping on shrink wrap and falling to the same level. | |||||
2018-09-10 | Hamilton | Ohio | Rent A Center East | Wrist(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was standing on a lift gate and engaged the gate's controls. As the lift approached the bed of a box truck, the employee's right wrist was caught between the control box and the lift. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right wrist and had surgery. | |||||
2018-08-28 | Milton | New York | Ethan Allen Personnel Group | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning an area in and around a heavy piece of equipment (machine removes products from a pallet and moves them to a conveyor belt) when the machinery lowered and crushed him, causing abdominal/internal injuries. The machinery was in motion at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-08-03 | Milton | Pennsylvania | Patton Warehousing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
On August 3, 2018, at approximately 7:30 AM, an employee was helping to unload a railcar. He was attempting to thread a tow strap onto the forks of a forklift when his right pinky finger was caught between the fork and the railcar. He sustained a fracture and partial amputation of the right pinky finger. | |||||
2018-07-07 | Milton | Pennsylvania | Weis Markets Distribution Center | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a riding pallet jack when he was caught between a pallet and a rack, fracturing his left leg. | |||||
2018-06-19 | Lake Hamilton | Florida | Rush Truck Center | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was conducting maintenance on a truck while standing on a ladder when the employee fell 6 feet to the ground, head first. The employee suffered a concussion and cut above the right ear. | |||||
2018-04-08 | Milton | Georgia | Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking downstairs from the second to the first floor when he missed a step, lost his balance, and fell, suffering a head concussion. | |||||
2018-02-14 | Milton | Pennsylvania | Weis Markets, Incorporated | Head and trunk | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee operating a stand-up forklift struck a metallic rack guard with a fork and was ejected from the machine. The employee suffered head and back injuries after striking the concrete floor. The employee was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2018-01-12 | New Milton | West Virgini | Cleveland Integrity Services | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
On January 11, 2018, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee was attempting to drive an ATV up a steep incline when it tipped over backwards. He was hospitalized with a fractured lower vertebra and internal bleeding. | |||||
2018-01-10 | Milton | Florida | The GEO Group, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
An employee was at her post at a center gate when a male inmate walked toward her. She directed him to turn around and go back to his dorm but he did not comply. She sprayed the inmate with pepper spray and then tripped and fell on the floor as she was walking backwards. The inmate jumped on her and stabbed her twice in the abdomen area with a piece of metal, puncturing her liver. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-10-06 | Milton | Florida | Lewis Bear Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
An employee was on the lift gate of a tractor trailer truck, closing the pull-down door, when his right pinky fingertip was caught and amputated (with bone loss) between the roller and the door's track. | |||||
2017-08-09 | Milton | Florida | Prince Contracting, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was welding an H-beam and was putting an electrode on the holder when he was electrically shocked by the circuit. He momentarily lost consciousness and fell over. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-07-28 | Hamilton | Georgia | H&G Electric Company, Inc. | Skull | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
The injured employee was inside the plant in the basket of a 60' aerial lift with another employee at the lift controls. The injured employee's head was pinned between the basket and the ceiling beam resulting in a fractured skull and bleeding from the nose and mouth. The injuries will require surgery. | |||||
2017-07-26 | Milton | Pennsylvania | International Packaging & Specialties | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was stacking finished 12 packs on a pallet. He complained of being dizzy and went to the hospital where he was admitted with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. | |||||
2017-06-28 | Milton | Florida | Williams Industrial & Marine, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was breaking down a scaffold when he lost balance and fell 12 feet to the ground, bruising his knee and injuring his head. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-06-14 | Lake Milton | Ohio | TRAFFTECH, INC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Roadway collision-moving in same direction |
On 6/14/2017, at approximately 1500, an employee was riding in the rear of a line striping truck that had just completed striping a freeway entrance ramp and was travelling down the freeway to turn around in the median. While the striping truck was slowing down to turn around, it was struck from behind by an approaching truck. The employee in the rear of the truck suffered a fractured leg and thumb and was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
2017-06-05 | Hamilton | Ohio | Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was struck on the head by a falling tree limb while cutting branches. | |||||
2017-05-27 | Milton | Georgia | 770-BAM-Tree, Inc | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was conducting tree trimming operations when he was struck by a tree branch that broke his collarbone. | |||||
2017-04-27 | Hamilton | Alabama | Cavalier Home Builders, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was sitting on the ground when a loaded trailer pulled forward and rolled over his leg, resulting in hospitalization for a fracture to his leg. | |||||
2017-03-29 | Hamilton | Ohio | Interstate Warehousing | Lumbar region | Overexertion and bodily reaction |
An employee was loading a climate controlled trailer with palletized product and experienced back pain. The employee suffered a slipped disc in the lower back resulting in a pinched nerve. | |||||
2017-03-20 | Hamilton | Ohio | Matandy Steel & Metal Products, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using a battery-powered plastic banding tool to wrap a coil of steel. As he tightened the band, his left index fingertip was caught between the band and the coil, resulting in a deep laceration. His left index fingertip had to be amputated. | |||||
2017-02-27 | Hamilton | New Jersey | ISC Structures | Lower leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was unloading blocks when his leg got caught in the groove of the block as it lifted resulting in a fractured left tibia and fibula. | |||||
2017-02-22 | Milton | Florida | Emerald Coast Truss LLC | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was standing near a burn barrel fire outside the floor truss building and received third degree burns from his thighs to his stomach, second degree burns to his chest and first degree burns on his neck when hot denatured alcohol was added to the fire and spattered onto the employee. | |||||
2017-02-21 | Milton | New Hampshir | Idex Packaging | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working near a conveyor in a recycled pallet shop. When he attempted to grab a piece of broken pallet that was sticking out, his right hand was caught between the roller and the conveyer belt. He suffered one pinched finger and an abrasion on the back of his right hand. | |||||
2017-02-01 | Hamilton | Ohio | Innovative Solutions | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On 2/1/17, an employee was operating the printing press when his left hand was pulled into a pinch point. The employee was hospitalized due to his injury. | |||||
2017-01-02 | Milton | Delaware | United States Postal Service | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
An employee suffered a back injury (slipped discs) while reaching into the back of the LLV to retrieve a parcel for delivery. | |||||
2016-10-14 | Hamilton | New Jersey | UPS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was unjamming a piece of equipment and two fingers were caught resulting in a deep laceration to one finger and a fingertip amputation on the other. | |||||
2016-09-09 | Hamilton | Ohio | Takumi Stamping Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
On September 9, 2016, an employee attempted to remove a part from a welding machine while a setup person was making adjustments on the machine. The welding tip came down and amputated the employee's right thumb. | |||||
2016-07-08 | Hamilton | Ohio | Bowlin Group, LLC | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee stepped off the back of a truck bed and slipped, breaking his left foot. | |||||
2016-06-10 | Hamilton | New Jersey | UPS | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee took packages off a conveyor, stepped back, and fell, severely fracturing the ankle. | |||||
2016-06-01 | Hamilton | Ohio | Auto Zone, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was checking brakes on a customer's vehicle in the parking lot. The car rolled and the employee's finger was caught in the wheel resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip. | |||||
2016-05-24 | Hamilton | Ohio | Connector Manufacturing Company | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On May 24, 2016, at 6:30 a.m., an employee was helping to guide a platform into position while a coworker used a crane to lift it. While guiding the platform, the employee's fingers entered the open walking surface grating. He suffered hand and finger injuries, including possible broken bones and/or finger amputations. | |||||
2016-05-05 | Hamilton | New York | Den Kelly Chevrolet Buick GMC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a manual power mower when he slipped going down into a ditch. The employee suffered a right second toe amputation when his foot went under the mower deck and made contact with the cutting blade. | |||||
2016-03-09 | Hamilton | New Jersey | Big Lots Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
An employee was pulling a pallet of water when she stopped on a ramp with the pallet. The pallet continued to move and rolled onto her leg, fracturing her left foot. | |||||
2016-03-06 | Milton | West Virgini | Engines, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a boring mill and measuring a hole that was to be drilled in a cross beam when their sleeve was caught in the drill bit. The force from the boring machine caused the employee to flip over and land on the ground, suffering cracked right ribs, a collapsed right lung, right kidney bleeding, and a rash burn to the arms and neck. | |||||
2016-03-03 | Milton | Pennsylvania | CONAGRA FOODS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's right hand was caught in the rollers while feeding dough into the dough machine, amputating the ring and middle fingertips. | |||||
2016-02-23 | Milton | Pennsylvania | United States Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
An employee twisted and fractured his ankle while stepping off of a step on his mail delivery route. | |||||
2016-01-25 | Milton | New Hampshir | Lewis Tree Service Inc. | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was removing a red oak tree (60-feet tall, 18" in diameter) from an aerial lift unit. When the employee cut a piece of wood 8-feet long and 16" in diameter, the piece of wood broke free, fell back, and struck the employee. The employee suffered a fractured scapula and elbow. | |||||
2016-01-11 | Milton | Florida | Edwards Roofing Company, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was placing a ladder against the main building to tie it off. As he climbed the ladder, he reached out with his right hand and grabbed the energized metal gutter on a drive-under canopy next to the main building and was shocked. This caused him to fall off the ladder, dislocating/breaking his right shoulder, and cracking his right shoulder blade and vertebrae. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-11-20 | Milton | Florida | Prince Contracting, LLC. | Leg(s) | Other exertions or bodily reactions, n.e.c. |
An employee used the ladder to go down into the 8 feet deep trench. He stepped onto the floor of the trench and started to sink. His co-worker dropped down an emergency retrieval sling and as he was pulling himself up with it, he hurt both legs resulting in torn ligaments. | |||||
2015-11-13 | Hamilton | Ohio | United States Postal Service | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was delivering mail to a private residence and stepped up one step to put mail in a mailbox. As he was turning around to step down, he lost his balance and fell, breaking his right hip. | |||||
2015-11-11 | Hamilton | Mississippi | Farmer's Gin, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the feed section of a lint cleaner. The machine was running at the time. While he was removing lint, his left hand got caught by the machine and was pulled in up to his forearm. A coworker working about 10 feet away ran over and turned off the machine. The employee's middle and index fingertips were smashed between two rollers. | |||||
2015-10-11 | Hamilton | Mississippi | Farmer's Gin Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee got both hands caught into a series of rotating chains and sprockets resulting into the amputation of four fingers on his left hand and the tips of three fingers on his right hand. | |||||
2015-10-08 | Milton | Florida | Boise Cascade Company | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was assisting his co-worker to brace the products (35 inches high by 29 inches wide by 120 inches long) on the forklift. The forklift driver set the double pallet of reinforcement material on to the floor and the forklift backed out. Part of the bottom pallet on the left side broke and the materials started to wobble. The injured employee tried to stabilize it, but part of the top pallet fell on his chest causing him to fall down. As he was bracing his fall, he fractured his left wri | |||||
2015-09-05 | Hamilton | Texas | Pederson's Farms | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee injured her back while lifting packaging film. | |||||
2015-08-26 | Milton | Wisconsin | United Ethanol | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident |
An employee suffered the amputation of his right foot when it was caught under a rail car. | |||||
2015-08-07 | Hamilton | Texas | Pedersons Natural Farms | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a pallet jack and ran into a conveyer that fell on the injured employee's left leg. | |||||
2015-07-01 | Hamilton | New Jersey | PSE&G | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was stung by a bee and had an allergic reaction. | |||||
2015-06-22 | Milton | Florida | Mediacom LLC | Nonclassifiable | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee splicing communication cables pricked himself with a piece of rusted metal debris that was on the ground. Later in the day the wound became infected and the employee was admitted to the hospital for treatment. | |||||
2015-06-22 | Milton | Pennsylvania | ACF Industries, LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was changing a fuse in a 440v electric panel when the fuse engaged, causing an arc flash that shorted out the panel and sent out a ball of fire. The employee received first and second degree burns on his face and hands. The employee was wearing safety glasses at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-06-15 | Hamilton | Ohio | AK Steel Corp | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee working in an airplane hanger from a 10' portable ladder fell and hit the ground, injuring his hip, wrist, and spine and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-05-27 | Hamilton | Mississippi | Layne Christensen | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was removing a section of pipe when the wrench slipped and the employee fell backwards breaking his right leg just above the ankle. | |||||
2015-05-13 | New Milton | West Virgini | Cactus Wellhead, LLC | Brain | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
On May 13, 2015, at approximately 12:00 midnight, an employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized after being struck by a 1.5- to 2-inch flex steel hose. The employee was working in the cellar while a rig hand worked on the rig floor 30 feet above. The rig hand disconnected the hydraulic hose, which fell 30 feet and struck the employee in the head. | |||||
2015-01-28 | Milton | Florida | Fabbro Marine Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
Employee was cutting a piece of PVC pipe on a table saw when his left middle finger suffered a cut by the blade. | |||||
2015-01-22 | Hamilton | Ohio | Thyssenkrupp Bilstein of America, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
Employee was unjamming a part from a company-made machine when the employee amputated a finger. |