Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-18 | Delray Beach | Fl | PI Electric, Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was changing a light on a flagpole from the bucket of a truck-mounted articulating boom lift. The employee fell out of the bucket, landing on the asphalt ground and suffering crushing injuries and fractures to vertebrae and the sternum. | |||||
2021-09-01 | Raynham | Ma | Aggregate Industries - Northeast Region, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell off the fourth rung of a 6-foot ladder while conducting maintenance on an airline. | |||||
2021-07-15 | Delray Beach | Fl | Quality Custom Distribution, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was delivering products to a store when they fell from the side of the trailer attached to the delivery truck, resulting in head injuries. | |||||
2021-07-09 | Pray | Mt | US Forest Service Region one, Fire Depot | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
A smokejumper jumped out of a plane to fight the fire and got caught in a tree. The parachute let go and he fell to the ground. The employee sustained a pelvic injury, a broken tibia and a concussion. | |||||
2021-06-05 | Raymond | Nh | Walmart Distribution Center | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving a stand-up forklift when it struck a piece of wood on the floor. The forklift then diverted into a storage rack and the employee's foot was pinched between the forklift and the rack resulting in multiple fractures to the foot and ankle. | |||||
2021-03-25 | Delray Beach | Fl | 4ever-greenlawncareR.K.P, Inc | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was lifting a bucket full of leaves when he began to suffer lower back pain. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-12 | Ray | Nd | Ruach Resources LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was removing a rock that had stuck on a dump truck gate. The gate shut on his fingers, causing amputations to three fingers on his right hand. | |||||
2021-02-23 | Raymond | Me | Freshwater Stone & Brick Work, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working on a chimney from scaffolding. The employee fell from the scaffolding, striking a steel support beam and the ground. The employee suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
2021-01-15 | Raymond | Nh | Walmart Distribution Center | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was removing a brake chamber from a tractor. The spring released the pressure and his finger was crushed between the brake chamber and the axle housing. The employee sustained a fracture and a partial amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2020-10-15 | Grayslake | Il | Federal Express Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a 2x4 on a table saw and amputated the tip of their right thumb. | |||||
2020-10-09 | Rayland | Oh | Lindy Paving | Multiple body parts | Roadway collision-moving in same direction |
An employee was operating a paver when the mirror of a passing dump truck caught the seat of the paver as it drove by. The seat twisted and pinned the employee against the control panel, resulting in fractures to the ribs and sternum and a dislocated clavicle. | |||||
2020-08-03 | Mcmurray | Pa | Giant Eagle | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a shopping cart and fractured their back. | |||||
2020-07-30 | Grayslake | Illinois | Fed Ex Ground | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was found unconscious on the dock floor with possible heat stroke. | |||||
2020-07-16 | Murrayville | Georgia | Custom Metal Roofing, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was moving a load of steel with a forklift. The load shifted, so the employee got off the forklift to straighten up the load. The load fell on him and injured his back. | |||||
2020-05-20 | Murrayville | Georgia | Fieldale Farms Corporation - Murrayville Plant | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working on a vacuum pipe when a metal plate inside the pipe moved and crushed his right thumb. The thumb was partially amputated at the bottom of the nailbed. | |||||
2020-02-25 | Raymore | Missouri | SRS Distribution | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was unloading shingles at a new construction job site. While trying to release a crane hook on the delivery vehicle, his left hand was caught in a pinch point between a spring loaded shackle and the track it rests on. The employee sustained partial amputations of the left middle and ring fingers. | |||||
2020-02-19 | Raymond | Ohio | Daybreak Foods, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
On February 19, 2020, an employee fell from a 10-foot step ladder while climbing it to power-wash walls. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a broken rib, a facial contusion, and a leg injury. | |||||
2019-08-26 | Murrayville | Georgia | FIELDALE FARMS LLC | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking toward a trailer to unload it. The employee slipped into the trailer tire, suffering an injury that resulted in knee and calf swelling. | |||||
2019-08-12 | Delray Beach | Florida | ORINOCO RENOVATIONS LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee tripped and fell sideways on a cylindrical tube sticking up from the same level. The employee was hospitalized with a puncture wound and two broken ribs. | |||||
2019-08-07 | Murrayville | Georgia | Fieldale Farms Corporation - Murrayville Plant | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on the floor while entering the break room, suffering a hip fracture. | |||||
2019-07-24 | Delray Beach | Florida | CPC Logistics, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was unloading boxes while doing a delivery and became ill. He was hospitalized due to severe dehydration and heat exhaustion. | |||||
2019-07-08 | Delray Beach | Florida | LATITE ROOFING AND SHEET METAL, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee had left a roof during a lightning storm and was entering his work van. Lightning struck the ground and the employee was shocked as he entered the van. | |||||
2019-07-08 | Delray Beach | Florida | Hardrives of Delray, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was painting equipment from a platform approximately 30 inches high when he lost his balance and fell to the ground, fracturing his right hip and requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-07-05 | Grayslake | Illinois | CompX Security Products | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
A machine activated during material changeover, inserting a rivet into a finger on an employee's left hand. | |||||
2019-07-03 | Murray | Kentucky | U.S. Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was delivering mail and started feeling bad due to heat exhaustion and dehydration. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-10 | Raymond | Ohio | Auto Warehousing Company | Multiple lower extremities locations | Other fall to lower level |
On June 10, 2019, an employee was exiting a railcar after loading a vehicle on the top deck when the employee slipped on the ladder rung and fell to the ground. The employee experienced fractured ankles and fibulas and a broken right foot. | |||||
2019-05-21 | Raymondville | Texas | H-E-B, LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting meat using a band saw and lacerated a tendon on the right third finger. | |||||
2019-04-12 | Murray | Kentucky | Swift Roofing, Inc. | Neck and back | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was replacing insulated roof panels when his right foot slipped causing him to fall forward into an open space He fell approximately 10 feet from the roof to the floor of the building striking a wall section and the edge of the stone fire place. The employee sustained contusions and strains to the back and neck and left side of his body. The employee was wearing a harness, but it was not tied off to an anchor point. | |||||
2019-03-18 | Raytown | Missouri | Rent A Center | Wrist(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
A Rent-A-Center employee was picking up a couch from an offsite location. His right wrist was caught and crushed between a truck and its lift gate. | |||||
2019-03-05 | Sunray | Texas | HydroChem, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
Employees were power washing a debris box. An employee's left middle finger was caught between a metal panel and the wall of the box. The finger was medically amputated. | |||||
2019-02-25 | Delray Beach | Florida | BERMUDA LANDSCAPE & DESIGN, INC. | Knee(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was picking up debris from a lawn when a tree snapped and fell on her, breaking her knee and injuring her back. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-01-25 | Ray | North Dakota | Legend Energy Services | Leg(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee's leg was pinned and broken between a repair rack and a tool box. | |||||
2019-01-17 | Delray Beach | Florida | Pero Family Farms Food Company, LLC | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was coming out of a cooler into a passageway in a packing house. A forklift struck her, rupturing tendons in her right ankle. | |||||
2018-09-22 | Grayslake | Illinois | Speedway, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell while leaving a gas station store. The employee landed on the concrete ground and suffered a lung injury. | |||||
2018-09-21 | Raynham | Massachusett | LAWRENCE-LYNCH CORP. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting a chamfer on the edge of the concrete curb with a cut-off saw. The curb broke and pinched the blade which caused the cut-off saw to kick back and cut the employee's shoulder/armpit area. | |||||
2018-08-15 | Raytown | Missouri | DB 2 SERVICES, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
A crane operator was removing a pin from a jib. The operator lost balance and fell from top of the crane to the ground, 4 feet 10 inches below. | |||||
2018-07-29 | Rayne | Louisiana | Pinnacle Mechanical | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was climbing down an extension ladder when it unlocked and slid down. The employee fell, breaking his ankle and leg. | |||||
2018-07-25 | Grayslake | Illinois | Liberty Prairie Foundation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was trimming vegetable roots with a harvesting knife. The knife lacerated his finger. | |||||
2018-07-09 | Delray Beach | Florida | HCR ManorCare | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking down the hallway, lost her balance and fell breaking a femur. | |||||
2018-06-28 | Delray Beach | Florida | ITG Communications LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was installing a line to a camera outside a residential home. The employee tripped while working from an A-frame ladder in the closed position and sustained a small fracture to his left ankle. | |||||
2018-06-20 | Gray | Tennessee | Tennessee Valley Authority | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was unloading a crate from a truck onto a forklift when he lost his balance and fell. Another crate (weighing about 70 pounds) was pulled onto his body, breaking his hip. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
2018-05-01 | Rayland | Ohio | CSI Sands, Ltd. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was attempting to open a hatch on a railcar when the employee fell off the railcar to the ground, fracturing the hip and a wrist. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-04-16 | Ray Brook | New York | RAY BROOK FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INST. | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking down a ramp when he slipped on ice, fracturing his left fibula. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-04-11 | New Raymer | Colorado | Pioneer Wireline Services, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was trying to come off a well and was laying a tool string to lay up for another run. His hand was on the wireline when the bottom sheave was raised and pinched his right ring finger, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2018-04-06 | Raynham | Massachusett | CB Richard Ellis Inc | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was escorting a person to inspect equipment on the roof when the employee slipped and fell on ice, fracturing the left femur. | |||||
2018-04-02 | Grayslake | Illinois | CIT Trucks Management Company, Inc. | Face | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was heating up a yoke nut on a piece of equipment. When he removed the nut, the differential fluid flared up and burned his face and hair. | |||||
2018-03-13 | Sunray | Texas | Valero McKee Refinery | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was adjusting the sliding support on a trailer (150 pounds) when the employee's right index finger was caught between the slide and trailer, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-03-02 | Murrayville | Georgia | Fieldale Farms Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was manually feeding bags into a machine when his left index finger was caught and partially amputated between the machine's belt and sprocket. | |||||
2018-02-21 | Raymond | Nebraska | CLEARY BUILDING CORPORATION | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
While installing screws on a sheet metal roof, an employee slipped off the roof and fell to the frozen ground, fracturing both feet. | |||||
2018-02-08 | Murrayville | Georgia | Fieldale Farms Corporation - Murrayville Plant | Mouth | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was preparing to rinse down a line with a water pressure gun when he had trouble removing the gun's water nozzle. As he attempted to remove the nozzle, the high-pressure water shot into and lacerated the inside of his mouth. | |||||
2018-01-09 | Raynham | Massachusett | Preferred Freezer Services | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was reversing a ride-along pallet jack when his leg was caught/pinched between a stack of pallets and the pallet jack. He suffered leg swelling with no broken bones. | |||||
2017-09-29 | Raymondville | Texas | Bruenning's Breeze Wind Farm, LLC | Multiple body parts | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was monitoring a tag line while a blade of a wind turbine was being hoisted in the air. The tag line came undone and struck the employee in the chest sending the employee 15 feet in the air. The employee suffered two skull fractures, two broken arms, a neck fracture, and a broken rib. | |||||
2017-09-14 | Delray Beach | Florida | Campany Roof Maintenance Roofing Division, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell four feet from a ladder and fractured the left tibia and fibula. | |||||
2017-08-30 | Delray Beach | Florida | PRACHEL PAINTING AND WATERPROOFING, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
On 8/30/2017, an employee was painting from a ladder when he fell approximately 11 feet, dislocating his shoulder and hip. | |||||
2017-08-09 | Raytown | Missouri | DELTA INNOVATIVE SERVICES | Nonclassifiable | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was carrying a chemical (Thermastic) in a bucket when the employee lost balance and chemical spilled on his hands and forearms resulting in chemical burns. | |||||
2017-07-23 | Delray Beach | Florida | Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee dropped his keys in a storm drain and moved the metal storm drain to retrieve them. He was placing the metal storm drain back on when his left index finger was caught and lacerated between the grate and frame, requiring partial amputation at the hospital. | |||||
2017-07-21 | Graysville | Pennsylvania | CBTK Group | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to build a deck. The nail gun was attached to his tool belt. As he bent down, the safety on the nail gun pushed against his leg. The hammer then swung around and hit the trigger on the nail gun, causing it to fire a nail into his thigh. | |||||
2017-07-17 | Delray Beach | Florida | XPO Logistic LTL | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was delivering goods and using a pallet jack to move them inside the trailer when he slipped over the edge of the trailer and fell about 4 feet to the concrete ground. His left lower leg broke, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2017-07-06 | New Raymer | Colorado | Rockwater Rockies L.L.C. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was acting as a ground guide as a pickup truck was laying out a hose. The hose reel was not secured to the pickup truck bed and fell on the employee, injuring the left side of the employee's body and breaking the left ribs. | |||||
2017-06-20 | Delray Beach | Florida | Comcast Cable Inc. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level |
On June 20, 2017, at 12:50 PM an employee was exiting an attic using a ladder after installing cable. The employee fell and suffered an lower back injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-06-13 | Gray | Maine | PIKE INDUSTRIES, INC. | Multiple trunk locations | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was struck by an automobile while setting up a work zone, suffering multiple broken ribs, a broken pelvis, several broken vertebrae, and multiple internal injuries. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-06-12 | Delray Beach | Florida | PRINCE LAND, INC. | Multiple body parts | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was attempting to repair an existing clay sewer pipe. He was cutting the pipe with a saw when it kicked back at him, cutting him from the chest to the chin. | |||||
2017-05-18 | Murrayville | Georgia | Fieldale Farms - Murrayville Plant | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's right forearm was caught and fractured in a moving conveyor belt, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-05-05 | Delray Beach | Florida | PNC Bank | BODY SYSTEMS | Overexertion and bodily reaction |
On May 5, 2017, at 10:30 AM, an employee had a verbal exchange with another employee and experienced chest pains. | |||||
2017-04-04 | Delray Beach | Florida | Hatcher Construction & Development, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was applying tape to metal flashing on a flat roof approximately 12 feet high. The employee fell from that roof and was hospitalized for a broken right toe, bruised ribs and a sprained right arm. | |||||
2017-02-08 | Raymond | South Dakota | Riverview, LLP | Lower leg(s) | Struck by animal, n.e.c. |
An employee was in a feedlot pen helping a coworker with a steer that was having problems getting up. The coworker was behind the animal and the employee was at its head, attempting to move it. After he moved the steer's head, the animal tried to get up. As it was trying to stand, the steer swung its head and hit the employee's lower right leg, fracturing his tibia. | |||||
2017-01-26 | Murrayville | Georgia | Fieldale Farms Corporation - Murrayville Plant | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using a high pressure hose to wash a conveyor belt. His smock got caught in a sprocket on the machine resulting in an upper right arm fracture. | |||||
2017-01-15 | Mc Murray | Pennsylvania | Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania | Thoracic region | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee climbed a ladder to the top of the fitting room to fix a broken light cover. When the employee stepped onto the fitting room ceiling, the ceiling tile collapsed causing the employee to fall to the floor and fracture his T2 vertebrae. | |||||
2017-01-06 | Rayville | Louisiana | Goetz & Sons, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a cotton bale press and was attempting to hit the stop button when his arm hit the ram-down button, causing the ram to come down and crush his right hand. His hand was amputated. | |||||
2016-10-04 | Gray | Maine | Hannaford Supermarket | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting pork loins with a meat-cutting bandsaw when his left middle fingertip contacted the rotating blade and was amputated. | |||||
2016-09-19 | Grayslake | Illinois | CIT Trucks, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
After repairing a diesel truck, an employee climbed off the truck and stepped on the battery box. The lid on the battery box was unsecured, causing the employee to fall 2 to 3 feet onto the concrete floor below. He also struck the battery box during the fall. He fractured several vertebrae and a left rib. | |||||
2016-08-11 | Sunray | Texas | Continental Carbon Co. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee suffered from heat exhaustion and dehydration while stacking 50 lb. bags of carbon black, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-06-07 | Delray Beach | Florida | REPUBLIC SERVICES OF FLORIDA, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was unloading a container from a truck when the container struck and crushed his left toe, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2016-05-16 | Raymond | Maine | Sabre Yachts | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was caulking the exterior of a boat while standing on a ladder or scaffold. The employee fell 6 feet from the scaffold or ladder, breaking a vertebra. | |||||
2016-03-18 | Murrayville | Georgia | FIELDALE FARMS POULTRY, LLC | Multiple lower extremities locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was performing sanitation work when he entered the picking room. There was fog in the room. The employee stumbled and entered a flow of steam from water that was draining out of the scalder tank. He suffered severe burns on his left leg, ankle, and foot, requiring overnight hospitalization. | |||||
2016-02-24 | Raymond | Maine | Sabre Yachts | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting plywood on a band saw when the blade partially amputated his left index finger at the first knuckle. | |||||
2016-02-05 | Rayville | Louisiana | EMS Electric of West Monroe, L.L.C. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
The employee was working from the 6th rung of an 8' ladder. He removed a strap from a pipe containing conduit which had tension on it. When he removed the strap, the force slung him off of the ladder and onto the concrete below. The employee sustained a fractured hip. | |||||
2016-02-04 | Drayton | North Dakota | Helm Enterprises | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was washing trucks inside a wash bay and began to feel light headed. The employee was hospitalized due to CO exposure. It was determined that the cause of the CO was an improperly installed vent pipe on the newly installed pressure washer system. | |||||
2016-01-20 | Raymond | New Hampshir | Walmart Distribution Center | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was hospitalized for an injury requiring surgery that occurred in the shipping department. An employee attempted to fix a pop-out roller on the conveyor while it was still running and his finger was caught in the conveyor. The conveyor was not locked out or tagged out at the time. | |||||
2016-01-14 | Sunray | Texas | VALERO MCKEE REFINERY | Multiple upper extremities locations | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was exposed to an arc flash while conducting an electrical switching procedure on an electrical panel in the tank farm. His left shoulder and hand were injured. | |||||
2016-01-05 | Ouray | Colorado | San Juan Mountain Guides, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee was guiding clients on an ice climb when he was hit by falling ice, which caused him to fall. His fall was arrested by his climbing equipment, but he struck against the ice and sustained broken ribs, which punctured a lung. | |||||
2015-12-01 | Grayslake | Illinois | Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was kneeling down to hand grate or hand shovel when a bobcat operator struck the employee, injuring his right tibia. | |||||
2015-10-26 | Raymond | Mississippi | Chain Electric Company | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
A lineman was in the process of repairing and reattaching a downed power line to a wooden utility pole. As the lineman was climbing the pole, the pole fell striking the lineman and breaking a leg in multiple places. | |||||
2015-07-09 | Murrayville | Georgia | Custom Metal Roofing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a press brake to bend metal trim. His right thumb was in the machine opening at the time. When he cycled the machine, it closed down the safety stop, which lacerated his thumb but did not crush it all the way. Part of his thumb bone had to later be surgically amputated. | |||||
2015-06-25 | Grayslake | Illinois | GFX INTERNATIONAL, INC. | Face | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was injured when he reached to retrieve a piece from a 100-inch cutter and slipped on oil. The employee struck his face against the frame of the machine, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
2015-06-02 | Ouray | Colorado | Peak Mountain Guides, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level |
A guide was back-country skiing with a client and fell, sustaining serious injuries. | |||||
2015-05-20 | Mc Murray | Pennsylvania | American Blue Ribbon Holding | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee had the tip of his finger amputated while operating the slicer machine. | |||||
2015-05-20 | New Raymer | Colorado | Noble Energy, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Vehicle or machinery fire |
A Noble Energy employee was injured by a compressor fire at a company location in rural Northeast Weld County, Colorado. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-04-24 | New Raymer | Colorado | Dale Weaver, Inc. | Multiple lower extremities locations | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck-by a co-worker driving a 3/4 ton pick-up truck while walking to the job-site trailer. The employee suffered crushing injuries to the foot, ankle, and leg. | |||||
2015-04-06 | Raymondville | Texas | Superior Energy Services | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee received an abrasion on the second right toe, which escalated to and infection and required amputation. | |||||
2015-04-01 | Delray Beach | Florida | HVAC SERVICES, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was repairing an AC unit while working from an A-frame ladder. He fell off of the ladder and struck his head and shoulder on the ground. | |||||
2015-02-28 | Raymond | New Hampshir | R.R. Charlebois, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was injured while unhooking a truck from the wrecker, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-02-21 | Grayslake | Illinois | Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
Employee was working on a sorting platform approximately 8 feet off of the concrete/ground. As employee descended a fixed ladder, he lost his grip and fell to the ground in a standing position, fracturing his right leg. | |||||
2015-02-06 | Delray Beach | Florida | Cheney Brothers, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
On or about 2/05/2015 at approximately 10:15 a.m., an employee was delivering merchandise to a customer. When the employee was placing a case of bottled soda on the hand truck, a couple of glass bottles fell to the ground and the employee was struck with glass fragments in his left eye. The employee was hospitalized overnight for glass extraction. | |||||
2015-01-13 | New Raymer | Colorado | Key Energy Services, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was injured and admitted to the hospital due to being struck by equipment during the movement of pipe while working on a work-over rig in Northeast Colorado. The accident occurred on November 13, 2015 at approximately 1:20 pm. |