Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-08-28	Parkersburg	Wv	Kohl's	Forehead	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee was walking to the back of a store when she tripped and fell to the ground, resulting in a laceration to her forehead and pain in her wrist. She was hospitalized.
2021-01-14	Parker	Co	American West Construction, LLC	Head and trunk	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was demonstrating the procedure for attaching a disk tiller to a tractor. The tractor backed up suddenly and pinned the employee against the disk tiller. The employee suffered a skull fracture with brain swelling, a collapsed lung, and broken ribs.
2021-01-11	Parker	Co	Alpine Lumber Company	Hand(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was using a forklift to deliver material to a job site. The forklift tripped over, pinning and crushing the employee's hand. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2020-10-13	Parker Ford	Pa	The Protocall Group	Multiple lower extremities locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery
A temporary employee was working on equipment with a conveyor belt when he got caught in the equipment. The employee sustained injuries to the right calf, foot, and ankle.
2020-09-22	Parker	Co	ARCHER EXTERIORS, Inc.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee fell off a ladder at a second story height while working on a residential home. The employee was hospitalized with five broken ribs, a concussion and a back injury.
2020-09-13	Parkersburg	Wv	Panhandle Cleaning & Restoration, Inc	Multiple body parts	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
An employee was using a lift to access a work platform to conduct work on an exhaust fan. As the employee stepped from the lift basket onto the work platform, the platform collapsed and the employee fell 16 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a fractured left hip, two left rib fractures, a fractured left arm, and a fractured left orbital bone.
2020-04-29	Parker	Colorado	Hudick Excavating, Inc.	Leg(s)	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was laying pipe in a trench when a chunk of dirt/mud rolled into the trench box and onto the employee, who suffered a broken leg.
2020-01-18	Parkersburg	West Virgini	Kohl's Department Store	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee tripped on a curb and fell to the ground while walking into work, breaking the left wrist.
2019-05-28	Parker	Colorado	DH Pace Denver	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was standing on a ladder working on a garage door when the employee's left index finger was caught in the garage door opener chain and sprocket, resulting in a finger amputation.
2019-03-20	Parker	Pennsylvania	UFP Parker LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was walking down stairs and fell. The employee struck their head on a block wall on the opposite side of the hallway at the bottom of the stairs. The employee was unconscious and bleeding from a head laceration. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury.
2019-02-20	Parker	Colorado	Right Angle Framing Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was on an A-frame ladder, using a beam clamp to guide a truss onto a beam on a new home. The beam clamp broke and the employee fell about 6-7 feet to the ground, suffering back contusions.
2019-01-11	Parker	Colorado	Midwest Building Concepts	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was exiting a scissor lift when he slipped on the step and fell, suffering a broken wrist and hip.
2018-09-21	Parker	Colorado	E&A Roofing, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee fell from a residential roof to a concrete floor 12-15 feet below. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-08-11	Parkersburg	West Virgini	O'Reilly Auto Enterprises LLC	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
On August 11, 2018, at approximately 7:30 a.m., an employee was stocking product. He was holding an alternator part in his left hand and reaching for a part with his right arm when he suffered a right shoulder fracture.
2018-04-27	Parker	Colorado	Spectrum Retirement Communities, LLC	Hand(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was removing dirty dishes when he dropped a glass. As he tried to catch it, the glass shattered and cut his right hand. He was hospitalized.
2018-04-23	Parker	Colorado	Omerta Storm Water Mgmt Company	Arm(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee was crushed between a truck and a trailer resulting in a fractured and lacerated arm.
2018-04-14	Parker	Colorado	Geovanni Ramirez	Nonclassifiable	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A crew was attempting to lift a balloon wall when wind caught it, causing the wall to fall back on the crew. One employee was hospitalized.
2017-09-16	Parker	Colorado	Rio Verde Construction, LLC	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was using a forklift to clean up trash/debris at the end of the day and the forklift rolled over. The employee remained inside the cab area, resulting in a shoulder injury.
2017-07-19	Parkersburg	West Virgini	U.S. Postal Service	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On July 19, 2017, at approximately 2:00 p.m., an employee experienced dizziness, cramping, and nausea, during the delivery of mail on his route. The employee was hospitalized for acute kidney failure and heat exhaustion. The heat index at the time of the incident was 90 degrees.
2017-03-15	Parker	Colorado	Rio Grande Co.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on the bed of the semi-truck throwing bundles of rebar onto the ground. When the employee went to throw a bundle of rebar onto the ground, the end of the rebar caught his glove dislodging him from the semi-truck onto a concrete sidewalk resulting in a head injury.
2017-02-10	Parker	Arizona	U.S. Postal Service	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was removing a mail container from her vehicle. When she stepped back, her ankle buckled and she fell to the ground, fracturing her left hip.
2017-02-03	Parker	Colorado	King Soopers	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was unloading items from a pallet when she tripped on the shrink wrap, fell, and broke her hip, requiring hospitalization.
2016-06-30	Parker Ford	Pennsylvania	E P Henry Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
At 7:15 pm, on June 30, 2016, an employee was operating a sit-down forklift truck to put product into a dumpster when his left index finger was caught between the fork and the dumpster. His fingertip was amputated above the knuckle, requiring surgery.
2016-05-25	Parkersburg	West Virgini	Concepts West	Leg(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was operating a fork truck to transport a box to a stage in front of a box dumper. When he dismounted the fork truck and walked in front of the load, the truck moved forward and pinned him between the box dumper and fork truck forks, fracturing his lower left leg.
2016-05-23	Parkersburg	West Virgini	Camden Clark Memorial Hospital	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell in the parking lot while walking to work and fractured the right tibia and fibula.
2016-05-09	Parker	Colorado	Adventist Hospital	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was walking down the hall and attempted to change directions. The employee fell and fractured the femur and bruised the right shoulder.
2016-04-16	Parker	Colorado	Comcast	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee's work vehicle became stuck in the snow at a customer location. The customer offered to tow the truck with his vehicle, and when the employee was attaching the tow rope, the customer's vehicle slid down the hill and pinned the employee between the two vehicles. The employee suffered 10 broken ribs, two collapsed lungs, and a broken clavicle.
2016-04-08	Parker	Colorado	Walmart	Foot (feet)	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a walker stacker when the stacker reversed over the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized with a foot injury.
2016-02-01	Parker	Colorado	Waste Management of Colorado, Inc	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking to an enclosure to collect the trash that was in it. While walking, he slipped and fell on the ice and snow. When he landed on the paved parking lot surface, he fractured his patella and severed some tendons, requiring surgery.
2015-10-07	Parker	Colorado	Quijas Construction	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a piece of OSB with a circular saw and amputated his index finger.
2015-04-21	Parkersburg	West Virgini	Camden Clark Medical Center	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
On 4-21-15 an employee was walking into the rear entrance of Medical Office Building B when the employee's shoe got caught on the pavement and the employee fell striking his/her face on the sidewalk. The employee was admitted to the hospital for a sub-arachnoid hemorrhage.
2015-01-14	Parker	Colorado	Mountain Man Nut and Fruit Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Employee was working on the high-speed packing line when a belt came off of the pulley. He suffered an amputation of the tip of his left index finger while trying to re-mount the conveyor belt while it was in motion.