DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-07-07NormanOkSilver Star Construction Company, Inc.BODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee collapsed at the end of the work day due to dehydration and heat-related illness.
2021-06-03NormanOkSprouts Farmers Market; Store 803Finger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing a 30-pound tray of salmon from a rolling tray rack when the tray became jammed in the rack. When it came unjammed, it impacted the employee's left middle finger, just after the nail bed, up to the first knuckle. The employee suffered a crush injury with the loss of skin.
2021-06-01NormanOkP&K Equipment, Inc.Foot(feet) and leg(s)Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was observing the installation of a boom mower which was being moved by a forklift. When the load was relieved from the forklift on the left side, the assembly shifted toward the forklift and out of alignment with the tractor. The forklift operator attempted to reposition the load balance; however, the load shifted forward and the right side of the assembly dropped off the forks to the ground, striking the employee's right foot. The right foot was crushed and the tibia, fibula, and h
2021-05-07NormanOkSouthwestern Wire, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee had been running a weave machine which makes chain link. The employee made an adjustment by tightening a chain to a gear and then went to lunch. Upon returning from lunch, he turned on the machine and noticed the guard on the back of the machine was on the floor. The employee picked up the guard to put it back in place. The gear pulled in his gloved left hand and amputated the pads of the two middle fingers.
2021-02-24NormanOkCIMMARRON CONSTRUCTION COMPANYFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
The injured employee was rigging boring machine tracks. A chain was used to lift and reposition the tracks. While the tracks were suspended, the boring machine operator went to boom up and the injured employee's left thumb was caught between the tracks and the rigging chain, resulting in a partial left thumb amputation.
2020-07-02NormanOklahomaCBA Rockcreek LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was checking whether a car's fan was working when the fan partially amputated his left ring and index fingers.
2020-06-20NormanOklahomaUnited States Postal ServiceUpper and lower limb(s)Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was delivering mail to a residence when a dog came through the unsecured front door and bit the employee's legs and hand.
2020-03-17NormanOklahomaJohnson Controls, Inc.Toes(s), toenail(s)Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was breaking loose a bundle of sheet metal parts. The bundle had been placed on a wood pallet on a table. The whole bundle of sheet metal parts slipped off the table, falling to the ground and landing on the employee's right foot. The employee sustained fractures to four toes.
2020-02-13NormanOklahomaJohnson Controls, Inc.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
While holding a sheet metal part and bending it in a press brake, an employee's right ring fingertip was caught between the sheet metal part and the work rest. The right middle fingertip was amputated.
2019-08-18NormanOklahomaOG & EBODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
A meter technician was replacing a CT meter loop that had been damaged during a storm; he had been working outdoors most of the day. He became ill, with blurred vision and disorientation. He was hospitalized for dehydration and/or heart-related issues.
2019-07-20NormanOklahomaJohnson Controls, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee operating a press brake sustained partial amputations to the left index finger and the right middle finger when both of his hands were caught between the dies.
2019-07-03Norman ParkGeorgiaHamilton Growers, Inc.BODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee had been picking squash in the fields all day. He sustained heat stroke and was hospitalized.
2019-04-19NormanOklahomaSiteOne Landscape SupplyHip(s)Other fall to lower level
An employee was tightening tie-down straps on a flatbed truck when he fell off the truck to the ground, suffering a broken right hip.
2019-03-15NormanOklahomaJOHNSON CONTROLSFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a press brake while forming parts when the employee's fingers entered the line of fire, resulting in three fractured fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-09-01NormanOklahomaHILAND DAIRY FOODSAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersOther fall to lower level
An employee was taking inventory inside a truck when he fell out of the truck to the concrete floor, suffering a back injury and internal bleeding.
2018-08-23Norman ParkGeorgiaSOUTHERN VALLEY FRUIT & VEGETABLE, INC.BODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee passed out while having lunch in a packing shed, requiring hospitalization for dehydration.
2017-07-06NormanOklahomaOklahoma Roofing and Sheetmetal Co.BODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
A temporary employee was admitted to the hospital with heat exhaustion/stroke.
2017-01-25NormanOklahomaConcrete Enterprises, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was behind the dump truck trying to pull the dump gate up in order to drop it back against the truck and loosen gravel. The truck driver lowered the truck bed and the dump gate crushed the employee's right ring finger.
2017-01-05Norman ParkGeorgiaHamilton Growers, Inc.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working at the shop running a 10-inch-long, 3-inch-wide piece of metal through a homemade roller machine. The employee was attempting to curve the piece of metal so that it would go on a wheel. While running the piece of metal through the roller, the employee's index finger was caught between the metal and the roller. The employee's right index fingertip was smashed and cut, resulting in a soft tissue amputation.
2016-09-07NormanOklahomaHANSEN MASONRY Contractors, IncMultiple body partsOther fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was dismantling a scaffold when the pin from the toe board came out, lifting the guardrail up. The employee went to grab the guardrail as it was falling and fell with it. The employee fell approximately 20 feet to the ground below, fracturing an arm and cheekbones and suffering numerous contusions.
2016-08-07NormanOklahomaU.S. Postal ServiceBack, including spine, spinal cordOverexertion involving outside sources
On 8/7/16, at about 3:30 p.m., an employee injured his back while re-arranging office furniture, requiring hospitalization.
2016-06-22NormanOklahomaAAA Well Service, LLCFingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was lifting power tongs from a tong cradle when his finger was caught between the tongs and tong cradle. His right middle fingertip was amputated.
2016-06-11Norman ParkGeorgiaSOUTHERN VALLEY FRUIT & VEGETABLE, INC.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
The employee was pushing boxes down the conveyor line when a box got stuck on the line. As the employee tried to release it from where it was caught, her finger became caught in the chain on the conveyor line resulting in a partial amputation of the fourth finger on her left hand.
2016-04-15NormanOklahomaBosworth Steel Erectors, IncLower leg(s)Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee in an aerial lift was pulling on a come-along to align a piece of steel. The chain broke and struck the employee's leg, knocking him to the floor of the lift. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula.
2016-03-15NormanOklahomaStoneHouse MarketingFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a 75-ton die cutter and was having problems with the sensor position device. While he was attempting to adjust the sensor, his left index finger was crushed by the machine. The die cutter was running at the time of the incident.
2016-03-03NormanOklahomaCarter Construction, Inc.Fingertip(s)Contact with objects and equipment
An employee's fingertip was amputated while stretching a cable.
2015-11-02NormanOklahomaSouthwest WireFinger(s), fingernail(s)Other fall to lower level
An employee was on top of a weaving machine to view a counter. The employee slipped and fell. As the employee fell, the employee's right hand contacted an unguarded chain and sprocket. The employee's right pinky finger was severely lacerated and amputated at the hospital.
2015-10-15Norman ParkGeorgiaNORMAN PARK GIN & WAREHOUSE, INC.Forearm(s)Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee's arm got tangled in tarp as he tried to keep it tightly rolled in the tarp equipment's roller. Both bones in his left forearm were fractured.
2015-09-16NormanOklahomaA1 Electric Heat and AirSkullFall through surface or existing opening
An employee was walking in the attic to install HVAC equipment and fell between the studs to the concrete floor below resulting in a skull fracture.
2015-07-15NormanOklahomaHighland DairyBODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee working in the yard moving trailers with a spotting truck suffered heat stress and was hospitalized.
2015-05-04NormanOklahomaSHERWOOD CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.Upper and lower limb(s)Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A road construction crew was using a track-hoe to cover a hole in the roadway with a steel plate. The chain rigging used to suspend the plate slipped or otherwise failed, causing the plate to shift. An employee tried to prevent the plate from falling, which resulted in injuries to the right side of the employee's body, including a broken right pinky finger, lacerations to the right arm, a broken right tibia, and five broken bones in the right foot. The employee underwent surgery and was hospi