| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-21 | Muskogee | Ok | Paragon Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a crowbar to align steel on a machine when the crowbar slipped and smashed the employee's left index finger between the crowbar and the drum of the machine, resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-06-28 | Muskogee | Ok | O' Reilly Auto Parts | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was using a pallet jack to maneuver boxes of merchandise from a box van to a lift gate when the pallet began to roll and the jack handle pushed the employee off the lift gate, resulting in a possible broken ankle. | |||||
| 2021-06-27 | Muskogee | Ok | Dal-Tile, Inc. | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee entered the palletizer equipment to correct the alignment of boxed tile. The equipment restarted and contacted the employee's left leg causing a puncture wound. | |||||
| 2021-03-30 | Muskogee | Ok | Acme Engineering and Manufacturing Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Two employees were working with a fabrication machine. The machine crushed two fingers on one of the employees' right hand. | |||||
| 2020-10-02 | Muskogee | Ok | DAL-TILE | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from an extension ladder while working to correct a leak from a hydraulic hose fitting. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-06-19 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | Southwestern Bell Telephone Company | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was working off an A-frame ladder when he lost his balance and fell approximately 5 feet onto a customer's trailer hitch that was directly under him. He struck his abdomen and right arm, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-09-24 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | Oakley's Terminal | Thigh(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was welding near another employee who was using a hand grinder. The grinder wheel struck the employee, breaking the employee's femur. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-04-17 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | Acme Engineering and Manufacturing Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting lumber on an upcut saw. The saw amputated his right middle, ring, and little fingers. It was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2018-09-21 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | Wheeler, Metals, Inc. | Head | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| One employee hit another in the head with a measuring tape. The second employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-05-14 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | WHB Transportation, LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was unloading a cart of ice cream from a truck when the cart started to roll off the hydraulic truck lift. The employee attempted to stop the cart but was injured, suffering a fractured hip and lacerations to the head and elbow. | |||||
| 2017-08-14 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | Sintertec, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was climbing down from a 6-foot ladder when he missed the second step and twisted his ankle. He fractured his ankle in three places and had surgery. | |||||
| 2017-06-27 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | SINTERTEC, Div of BPI, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| Two employees were using a horizontal drying oven to dry aluminum sludge when they suffered burns to their arms and upper bodies due to a possible propane flashback. | |||||
| 2016-10-10 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | Graham Packaging Company | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A slide gate closed on and severely cut an employee's left wrist, resulting in a left hand amputation. | |||||
| 2016-07-05 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | Fall Transportation | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee climbed onto a truck catwalk, tripped over air lines, and fell to the ground. The employee stood up and fell again, and a trailer then ran over the employee, fracturing both of his legs. | |||||
| 2016-06-25 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | Georgia-Pacific LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On 06/24/16, at 5:00 p.m., an employee had been working on paper machines when he began feeling sick. He sat in the break room to cool down and drink water. He later felt nauseous and began vomiting, requiring hospitalization for dehydration. | |||||
| 2015-11-14 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | Georgia Pacific Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a folder tender when he attempted to adjust a box of napkins on the conveyor. His hand got pinched between a roller and the conveyor belt. | |||||
| 2015-06-20 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | Dal-Tile, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was emptying a hopper on a forklift when his hand slipped from the release lever. His finger got caught between the forks and the hopper. His left index fingertip was pinched off, requiring surgical removal to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-06-12 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | Acme Engineering and Manufacturing Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee operating a press brake suffered amputations of his right pinky, middle, and ring fingers when his right hand got caught in the machine. He was hospitalized and received surgery. | |||||
| 2015-05-14 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | Vallourec Star LP, limited partner | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was inspecting pipe threads on a production line. A set of stops were removed for single-pipe roll down. After manually moving a pipe, another pipe came into contact with the employee's hand. His hand got caught and crushed between both pipes, resulting in an amputation from the tip to the first joint of his right-hand pinky finger. | |||||
| 2015-04-23 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was conducting training on a glass molding machine that is not used for production. The employee was feeling around the machine for air leaks when it cycled, causing loss of tissue, nail, and nailbed on the left-hand ring finger. The employee received surgery with some bone removal. | |||||
| 2015-04-03 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was moving a road sign when the sign got caught in wind. The employee fell over with the sign, requiring overnight hospitalization for a punctured lung and broken rib. | |||||