Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-06	Monroe City	Mo	TODD CREASON CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On November 6, 2021, an employee was spray painting a petroleum pipeline for rust prevention. The pipeline is supported by wood log cribbing and subject to move when the temperature rises. The pipeline fell and pinned the employee down in the excavation. The employee sustained several broken ribs, breathing obstruction, contusion, and loss of consciousness. He was hospitalized.
2021-10-20	Monroe Township	Nj	Edgewood Properties, Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was plastering sheet rock from a straight ladder. The ladder kicked out and the employee fell to the concrete floor, suffering broken ribs.
2021-10-03	Monroe	Ct	Massconn Distributors CPL, Inc.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was chasing a baker's rack cart through a parking lot when they slipped and fell, resulting in a broken collar bone.
2021-09-21	Monroe	La	Condrey Farms	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
A rented bulldozer was being returned to a facility. It developed issues going in reverse while being backed off a trailer. While its operator was investigating the problem, an employee of Condrey Farms moved to pick up the last chain used to bind the dozer to the trailer during transport. One of the dozer tracks engaged, making the dozer spin on the trailer, and the front blade of the dozer pinned the employee against the front blade of a parked dozer next to the trailer. The employee suffered
2021-06-22	Monroeville	Pa	Partners For Quality Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee became lightheaded while walking, tripped on a bench leg, and fell onto the bench, suffering five broken ribs on the right side.
2021-05-16	Monroe	Wi	Badger State Ethanol, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
At about 8:45 p.m. on May 16, 2021, an employee opened the lid of a clarifier containing water. Hot water (about 195 degrees F) spilled onto the employee, causing second-degree burns to the employee's chest and stomach.
2021-04-30	Monroe	La	Wagner Logistics	Brain	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
A temporary employee was driving an empty pallet jack when he struck a rack and fell off the pallet jack to the ground, resulting in a closed-head injury with a brain bleed.
2021-04-14	Monroe	Wi	Colony Brands, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was taping boxes with a manual taper. The employee reached into the taping mechanism to pull a piece of tape off the machine. The taping mechanism cycled, causing the tape blade to lacerate and partially amputate the tip of the employee's right index finger and fingernail.
2021-04-12	Monroe	Wi	Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by animal
An employee was sorting steers in an alley. The employee's right ring and little fingers were crushed between the gate and the steer, and the employee's right thumb was lacerated. The ring and little fingers were medically amputated at the first knuckle below the nail.
2021-03-19	Monroe	La	Monroe Coca-Cola Bottling Co	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was riding an electric pallet jack to a charging area. His foot was caught between the jack and the charging area. He suffered a laceration to the lower leg and fractures to the left fibula and tibia.
2021-03-12	West Monroe	La	Graphic Packaging International	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was switching valves on a pump in the recovery boiler area. While en route to the equipment, the employee entered an area where excavation work was being performed and that was flooded with 6 inches of cloudy water. The employee stepped into an inspection port that was waist high and sustained burns to the lower body from a hot water mixture.
2021-02-12	Monroe	Ga	Elite Storage Solutions, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A CNC operator was operating a machine and entered the point of operation, sustaining an amputation to the left middle fingertip.
2021-01-27	Monroe Township	Nj	United Parcel Service , NJ 08831	Brain	Fall on same level
An employee fell and struck his head on pavement after parking a vehicle in a yard. He lost consciousness.
2020-10-05	West Monroe	La	WPS Industries	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On October 5, 2020, an employee was welding on a diverter gate that is positioned with bearings. When rotating the gate, the actuator cylinder shifted and crushed the employee's right ring finger.
2020-09-25	West Monroe	La	Graphic Packaging International Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was completing a quality check at the coating section of the paper machine. As the employee was clearing a coating buildup from the applicator roll, the employee's left hand was caught in a nip point between the applicator roll and coater roll and crushed.
2020-09-18	Monroe Township	Nj	Pitney Bowes	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
On 9/18/2020, at 9 PM, a temporary employee was crossing a dock to guide a trailer into a door when a crossing/passing forklift ran over his foot. He was hospitalized with a fractured left ankle.
2020-07-16	Monroe	Louisiana	LFI Ft. Pierce, Inc.	Hand(s) and wrist(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was trimming a tree limb with a chainsaw. When the limb started to come down, the employee reached to grab it and the chainsaw cut his right wrist/hand, including an artery. The injury required surgery.
2020-07-12	Monroe	Georgia	Piedmont Walton Hospital	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
While coming into work an employee walked up the sidewalk, tripped into a ditch along the sidewalk, and fell into a nearby wall. She was hospitalized with a fractured right arm.
2020-06-04	Monroe Township	New Jersey	Pitney Bowes	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was using an electric pallet jack to move merchandise in a warehouse. The jack pinned the employee's leg against a bollard, breaking it.
2020-05-14	Monroe	Louisiana	WAGNER INDUSTRIES INC	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was training on how to clean off the wire of an auto-tie baler. His right hand was between two pieces of the frame on the machine when the baler cycled and caught his gloved right hand, causing a laceration and open hand fracture. He was hospitalized and had hand surgery.
2020-04-16	Monroe	Wisconsin	Sloan Implement Company Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee lost his balance while securing lawn mowers on a flatbed trailer. He grabbed one of the lawn mower hoods to prevent himself from falling. The hood flipped up and the employee fell 3 to 6 feet onto his back. He suffered bruising to his back and knees and was hospitalized.
2020-03-15	Monroe Township	New Jersey	UPS Cranbury Hub	Knee(s)	Overexertion in lowering-single episode
An employee sat a package down and his knee buckled. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-03-06	Monroe	Wisconsin	Klondike Cheese Co.	Thigh(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Automated carts/wagons moved and struck an employee's left leg, lacerating the upper thigh.
2020-02-27	Monroeville	Alabama	Burkes Mechanical, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was changing gaskets on a valve that contained condensate. When the employee opened the pipe/valve, he was sprayed with hot water and sustained first and second degree burns to the back and legs.
2019-09-20	Monroe	Nebraska	CCI Feedyards Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was operating a chute for cattle movement. A steer reversed course and hit a cattle gate. The gate hit the employee, who then struck a secondary gate.
2019-09-03	Monroe	Wisconsin	Century Fence Company	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle on side of road
An employee was working with an engineer to complete layout for a project on a state roadway. While on the shoulder of the road the employee was struck by a motor vehicle and sustained a compound fracture of the tibia/fibula.
2019-08-31	Monroe	Louisiana	Thacker Industrial Service Company	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was cutting a steam pipe. The pipe rolled off the stand and hit the employee. The employee suffered injuries to the right femur and left-side ribs.
2019-08-29	Monroeville	Pennsylvania	DJM Builders	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving material around in a warehouse. Sheets of particle board became unbalanced and fell on the employee, pushing him into a stack of drywall. He suffered broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a cut above the right eye.
2019-08-29	Monroeville	Pennsylvania	Woodhaven Care Center LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on an office floor that had just been mopped, suffering a broken hip.
2019-08-21	Monroe	Louisiana	Premier Steel Doors & Frames, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's right hand was crushed by an industrial press, resulting in an amputation.
2019-08-13	West Monroe	Louisiana	Neighbors, LLC.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee was going to turn the power off of an air conditioning unit located in the receiving area of the warehouse. The employee got into a bucket that was on top of a wooden pallet on the high-lift. The high-lift was extended about 25 feet into the air. As the employee reached towards the air conditioning unit, he stepped to the left side (front) of the bucket and the bucket slid off the high-lift. The employee fell to the concrete floor, landed on his left side (back), and hit his head on
2019-08-13	Monroe Township	New Jersey	COSTCO	Lower leg(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack behind a floor scrubber when the scrubber stopped and the employee collided with the scrubber's back bumper bar. The employee sustained a fibular fracture to the lower left leg and was hospitalized.
2019-06-15	Monroeville	Pennsylvania	Jiffy Lube	Head	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee's head hit an oil change tray as the employee was walking in a lower bay. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-06-03	Monroe	Georgia	L & P Materials Manufacturing, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was releasing the tie-down strap and fell from his truck. He sustained a broken hip, bruised ribs and a right shoulder injury.
2019-05-29	Monroe	Louisiana	Equity Construction of Louisiana, LLC.	Foot (feet)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was helping to move floor tiles when the tiles struck and fractured the employee's foot.
2019-05-29	Monroe City	Missouri	ARCADIA METALCRAFT	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
A sharp aluminum piece on a die punctured an employee's left thumb. The wound became infected, requiring hospitalization.
2019-05-01	Monroe Township	New Jersey	JENNIFER CONVERTIBLES, INC.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
An employee fell about 40 feet off an order picker to the ground.
2019-04-10	Monroeville	Alabama	Harrigan Lumber Co., Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a planer feed table. As he was clearing a jam, his left hand was caught between the speed-up roll and a piece of timber. He suffered amputations to the left ring and middle fingers to the first and second joints. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.
2019-04-08	Monroe	New York	ORANGE COUNTY SUPERIOR CONCRETE, INC.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was working in a 15-foot-deep foundation when a boulder from the perimeter rolled down and fell on the employee's lower right leg, causing muscle injury.
2019-03-21	Monroe	Ohio	Joe Morgan Honda	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on an 8-foot ladder, helping repair a service bay garage door that would not roll up and down. The top three glass door panels fell, causing the employee to fall to the concrete driveway. The employee sustained a punctured lung and a cut on the head from the broken glass.
2019-03-06	Monroe Township	New Jersey	Creative Logistic Services, LLC	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
A powered industrial truck ran over an employee's foot as she walked past it.
2019-02-25	Monroe	Georgia	Elite Storage Solutions LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting wood material with a table-mounted radial arm saw. The saw blade amputated the employee's thumb.
2019-01-03	West Monroe	Louisiana	Red Ball Oxygen Company, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was standing on the front of a utility trailer near the end of a forklift load that was being secured. Only one end of the load was secured when the forklift was removed. The load proceeded to lean over and fall toward the employee, knocking him to the metal fabricated loading dock. He suffered a broken leg, broken collarbone, shoulder blade contusions, and a collapsed lung.
2018-09-13	Monroe Township	New Jersey	WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION	Ankle(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee sustained a broken right ankle while stepping off an electric pallet jack.
2018-08-09	Monroe	Ohio	Deceuninck North America, LLC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was setting up a part on a machine that laminates PVC windows. He was picking out a piece of lamination film (vinyl laminate) left over after being trimmed off a piece of PVC window extrusion profile when his right middle finger entered the operating drive roller. As he pulled his finger out of the roller, it pulled off his right middle fingertip at the first joint.
2018-08-08	Monroe Township	New Jersey	Dish Network LLC	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
On 8/08/2018, at 11:45 a.m., an employee was climbing a portable ladder when he fell to the ground and fractured his ankle, requiring hospitalization.
2018-07-27	Monroe	Louisiana	WestRock	Multiple lower extremities locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee fell into a sump of boiling water, suffering second degree burns from the waist down.
2018-07-24	Monroe	Louisiana	SINDLE TRUCKING, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was preparing to unload the trailer on his tanker when his foot was caught in a tangled cable on the ground. He fell to the ground, breaking his right hip.
2018-06-19	West Monroe	Louisiana	Circle K	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was at the register. She took a few steps back to look out the window and identify which gas pump the customer was on. When she stepped back she tripped over a box/crate on the floor and fell, landing on her right hip.
2018-06-19	Monroe Township	New Jersey	Lyneer Staffing Solutions LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Nonclassifiable
An employee fainted while packaging perfume on an assembly line.
2018-06-18	West Monroe	Louisiana	BANCROFT BAG INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was changing a metal wheel on a print cylinder transport while a coworker supported the side of the transport with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped and the employee's right index fingertip was caught between the metal wheel and the side of the transport, resulting in an amputation.
2018-06-01	Monroeville	Alabama	Sterling Packaging, LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was attempting to load a new paper roll into a machine when the employee's left arm was caught between the roll and the machine, causing puncture wounds and contusion/pinching injuries around the left elbow.
2018-05-21	Monroe	Wisconsin	Wisconsin Cheese Group, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
On May 21, 2018, an employee was cleaning a cheese grinder when the chemical he was using splashed onto his chest, causing chemical burns.
2018-05-14	Monroe	Connecticut	Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was mixing a batch of raw materials under a hood using a hot plate and a 2-gallon steel pot when flames emerged from the pot. A second employee, who was also working under the hood on another batch of product, responded and placed a lid over the pot to suppress the flames. Shortly thereafter, an energy release occurred, creating a larger flame and a pressure wave that knocked the pot onto the floor. Some of the pot's contents landed on the first employee's body and clothes and the se
2018-04-09	Monroeville	Pennsylvania	CVS Caremark	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on ice while walking in the parking lot, breaking her leg.
2018-03-23	Monroe Township	New Jersey	L&R Distributors	BODY SYSTEMS	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
On 3/23/2018, an employee became ill after shoveling snow, losing consciousness and requiring hospitalization.
2018-02-17	Monroe City	Missouri	Continental Casting, LLC	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was skimming impurities from melt when he lost his footing and fell forward into a pot of molten aluminum. He was burned on the left arm and hand.
2018-02-07	Monroe Township	New Jersey	Quickchek Corporation	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On 02/07/2018, an employee tripped over a floor mat and fell resulting in a shoulder injury.
2018-01-29	Monroe	New York	Plumbing Plus Supply LLC.	Brain	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing a 12-foot ladder when he fell approximately 5 to 7 feet to the concrete below, injuring his head and requiring hospitalization.
2018-01-10	Monroe	Ohio	Newton Welding Services, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was rigging a column when another beam fell and struck the employee's leg.
2018-01-05	Monroe	Wisconsin	Monroe Truck Equipment, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was placing a part on a jig for welding when the part slipped out of his hand and crushed his left middle fingertip, resulting in an amputation.
2017-10-11	Monroe	Wisconsin	Monroe Truck Equipment, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was supervising as two coworkers removed a plow from an overhead conveyor line. The plow was suspended from the conveyor by two j-hooks and two s-hooks. The coworkers were using a forklift to lower the plow to the ground. As the plow was being raised by the forklift, one of the coworkers guided it so that the mouth of the plow rested on the tines. The tines on the lift were wet due to rainy weather conditions, causing the plow to slide toward the end of the tines and fall off the for
2017-09-20	Monroe	Ohio	The Home Depot	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was loading water heaters and fell from a freight cart resulting in a head injury.
2017-08-08	Monroeville	Pennsylvania	Stericycle	Hand(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was pushing a four-wheeled container in the rear cargo compartment of a truck toward a loading dock and over metal dock plates when he slipped and fell off the dock plate, injuring his right hand.
2017-07-28	Monroe City	Missouri	CONTINENTAL CASTING LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was removing scale from a furnace and was overcome by heat stress. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-06-29	Monroe	Wisconsin	FGS The Restoration Company	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee was helping to place tarping on a roof before the rain came when he fell two stories.
2017-06-18	Monroeville	Pennsylvania	Five Guys	Jaw, chin	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was working at the restaurant when an assailant entered the establishment and struck her in the face, breaking her jaw.
2017-04-11	Monroeville	Pennsylvania	HCR Manorcare	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee was walking in the hallway and tripped on her pants or her shoe laces and fell on her knees. She was hospitalized for hip replacement surgery.
2017-03-30	Monroeville	Pennsylvania	Philips	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was testing a new matrix for respiratory care when a valve closed on the employee's right middle finger, amputating the fingertip.
2017-03-09	West Monroe	Louisiana	Graphic Packaging International	Arm(s)	Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was working on a turbine to connect a dehumidifier to a generator unit. A localized flash-fire occurred resulting in burns to both of the employee's arms and a contusion on the left side of his head.
2017-02-28	Monroe City	Missouri	Continental Casting, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was de-burring a piece of flat steel on the abrasive disc sander when his hand was pulled in behind the tool rest, trapping his left thumb between the piece of steel and the abrasive disc. The top of his left thumb was sanded down to the bone.
2017-02-21	Monroeville	Ohio	Berry Plastics Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to unjam a stacker machine when the employee's left hand was caught in the machine, amputating the index and middle fingertips.
2017-02-17	Monroeville	Alabama	Strickland Timber LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was cutting a tree limb with a chain saw in the bunching area on top of the tree. He noticed the limb was under pressure and stopped cutting. He was stepping over the limb when it snapped and struck his left leg, breaking both bones above the ankle.
2017-02-13	Monroe	Louisiana	Twin City Electric, Inc.	Skull	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was standing on a ladder changing out a light fixture. As he reinstalled the light, he was shocked when he touched the wiring. He fell approximately 4 to 6 feet from the ladder and struck his head on the concrete, fracturing his skull. The fixture was energized at the time of the incident.
2017-02-02	Monroe Township	Pennsylvania	Penn Line Corporation	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was performing tree trimming operations while tied off to a tree branch. The branch broke and the employee fell 12 feet to the ground, fracturing the L1 vertebra and requiring hospitalization.
2017-01-10	Monroe	Connecticut	Big Y	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped and fell over a cord while walking to the rear of a deli slicer, fracturing the right tibia and fibula and requiring hospitalization.
2016-08-30	Monroe	Ohio	PAC Worldwide	Hand(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was inserting a card into the blister pack machine when their hand was caught inside of the machine resulting in burns from the heating element (more than 400 degrees).
2016-08-18	Monroe	Ohio	PAC Worldwide	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On August 18, 2016, an employee was ripping plywood when the material kicked back and pushed his hand forward into the rotating blade of the saw, amputating fingers.
2016-08-11	Monroe City	Missouri	CONTINENTAL CASTING LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was performing furnace maintenance when he began feeling overheated. He was hospitalized for a heat-related illness.
2016-06-02	Monroe	Wisconsin	ORCHID MONROE, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
At 11:20 a.m., on June 2, 2016, an employee was attempting to adjust the air flow of the stamping press when his right little finger was caught in the press bumper that is used to stop the die from bottoming out. His finger was surgically amputated at the first joint.
2016-05-11	Monroe	Louisiana	Don M. Barron Contractor Inc	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Two employees were fixing a sewer system at the intersection. The first employee went down into the sewer to relieve a blockage. He finished and proceeded to climb the 9-foot ladder up the sewer hole. Just before he was able to reach the top of the hole, he collapsed and fell down the ladder. The second employee went down the ladder to rescue the first employee and put a hoist rope around him. While the first employee was being hoisted up the hole, the second employee succumbed to the gases that
2016-05-03	West Monroe	Louisiana	Graphic Packaging International, Inc.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was walking his preventative maintenance route on the wood chip conveyor belt. He reached a point where he heard a bearing making noise. The employee attempted to kick the roller with his right foot. When he kicked the roller he missed and his right foot and leg were pulled into the nip point between the roller and the conveyor belt.
2016-03-31	West Monroe	Louisiana	Advantage Resourcing	Leg(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was mowing grass. He was startled by lightening and when he dismounted the riding mowing his leg was struck by the mower attachment.
2016-03-30	Monroeville	Pennsylvania	#1 Cochran Monroeville Warehouse	Knee(s)	Overexertion and bodily reaction
An employee felt severe pain in his left knee while detailing a car.
2016-03-21	Monroeville	Pennsylvania	CVS Caremark	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fractured her hip.
2016-02-18	Monroeville	Pennsylvania	Cochran Motors, Inc.	Head and trunk	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was adjusting the lacquer recycling machine. When the employee opened the machine to fix the bag, hot liquid sprayed out, causing second degree burns to the right side of the employee's trunk and head.
2016-02-10	Monroe	Louisiana	MENCO CONSTRUCTORS, INC.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
While pop riveting awning trim from a single buck scaffold platform, an employee fell approximately 6 feet from the platform onto the concrete below, suffering a head injury. The platform was unguarded at the time.
2016-02-02	Monroe	Georgia	Walton EMC	Brain	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was helping with ground work when a strap holding an auger to a truck broke and the auger swung free, hitting the employee in the head. He was knocked unconscious and was hospitalized with a head laceration. The employee was wearing a hardhat at the time of the incident.
2016-01-22	West Monroe	Louisiana	Graphic Packaging International, Inc.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was waiting for a sliced roll of paper to emerge from a paper machine winder. When the sliced roll emerged, the employee removed the side roll from the back roll and used tape to secure the side roll to the back roll. The employee then turned to get a core to place in the winder, at which time the side roll fell over, striking and fracturing the employee's lower left leg and foot.
2015-12-14	Monroe	Ohio	SSB Manufacturing	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee cut their right little finger with a circular saw.
2015-11-30	Monroe	Ohio	UGN Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee amputated the tips of the right middle and ring fingers when a metal plate fell onto his fingers.
2015-11-23	Monroe	Wisconsin	Monroe Truck Equipment Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was using a robotic welder to lift a heavy pan of metal parts when he experienced a hernia that required surgery and overnight hospitalization.
2015-10-19	Monroe	Georgia	Elite Storage Solutions, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was aligning and storing rack vertical components by hand. His left middle fingertip got caught between two rack foot plates; it was crushed and amputated (distal phalanx, part of nail).
2015-09-25	Monroe City	Missouri	CONTINENTAL CASTINGS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating the deburring machine. While removing a part, the plunger cycled forward and smashed his index finger, which was caught in the part window. The employee's left index finger was amputated, requiring hospitalization.
2015-08-26	Monroe	Ohio	Mill Mechanical, LLC.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
On August 26, 2015 at approximately 10:00am an employee was climbing a pallet racking system and fell approximately 10 to 15 feet breaking the L8 and L9 vertebrae.
2015-07-15	Monroe	Louisiana	United States Postal Service	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee delivering packages began vomiting excessively and contacted his supervisor. His supervisor arrived and he was sitting on the ground (in the shade) with customers placing ice packs on him and still vomiting excessively. He was admitted to the hospital with renal failure.
2015-07-08	Monroe Township	New Jersey	COSTCO	Foot (feet)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack carrying three pallets of flour when she lost control of the pallet and ran into another forklift operator. She stuck her left foot out and sustained a crushing injury, requiring hospitalization.
2015-06-30	Monroe	Ohio	Deceuninck North America, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee suffered a de-gloving injury and possible amputation of a thumb.
2015-06-24	Monroeville	Pennsylvania	Progressive Solutions, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
An employee was hospitalized after being stung by a bee while walking on a powerline right of way.
2015-06-03	Monroe	Louisiana	Universal Protection Services	Hip(s)	Fall on same level
On June 3, at 7:25 PM, an employee disarmed an alarming crash bar; while returning to her desk, she fell to the ground. She hit her left hip, and her left leg gave out and got twisted. She was hospitalized for a fractured hip.