Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-13 | Roanoke | Tx | Versacom LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
Two employees were lifting a capstan hoist out of the bed of a truck when it fell, landing on one employee's left middle finger and causing a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-04-22 | Roanoke | Al | Pierce Construction & Maintenance | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
An employee was holding a stake for concrete molding while a co-worker was driving the stake with a 10-pound hammer. The employee thought the co-worker was finished and grabbed the top of the stake to assist himself up from a kneeling/bending position when the hammer struck the end of the employee's right-hand pinky finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-06-16 | Roanoke | Texas | Cardinal Health Inc | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was sitting down at the break table. When she went to get up from the table, her feet became twisted and she fell to the side. She was hospitalized with a bruised elbow, sprained ankle, and possible hip fractures. | |||||
2020-06-15 | Roanoke | Texas | Heritage Bag | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was changing blades in a bag machine. While reaching to orient the new blade assembly with both hands, his left-hand glove was pulled under the drive belt guard and into the drive belt resulting in amputation of the left middle and ring fingers. | |||||
2020-03-06 | Roanoke | Texas | NFI Industries | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a standup forklift and was making a right hand turn into an aisle. The employee's leg hit a guardrail and the employee sustained a sore foot. The employee later had surgery to amputate the big toe and the tip of the second toe. | |||||
2020-03-05 | Roanoke | Texas | Natural Gas Fuel Systems, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was filling cylinders with pressurized nitrogen. A piece of metal came loose, lacerating and breaking the employee's arm. | |||||
2019-07-09 | Roanoke | Texas | Gierisch Management LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was wrapping a pallet with shrink wrap when another employee noticed he was acting strange and seemed confused. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2019-04-12 | Roanoke | Texas | Red River Framing | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking on a second-floor joist when he fell, breaking his right hip. | |||||
2019-02-16 | Roanoke | Texas | Martin Brower | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was standing next to his pallet jack when another employee's pallet jack hit him, injuring his left ankle/foot. | |||||
2018-07-22 | Roanoke | West Virgini | Benchmark Conference Centers of West Virginia | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
On July 22, 2018, an employee was operating a roller on golf course turf when it hit a rock and rolled over. The employee suffered shoulder and sternum injuries and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-06-19 | Roanoke | Texas | Associated Interiors | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on a concrete entryway that was wet from rain, suffering a fractured right kneecap. | |||||
2018-05-14 | Roanoke | Alabama | Candlewick Yarns, LLC | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was guiding yarn into machine rollers when the rollers pulled his right hand into the machine, crushing his fingers. The machine also released steam that burned his fingers and right forearm. The rollers were unguarded at the time. | |||||
2018-02-26 | Roanoke | Texas | Albertson's Tom Thumb | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a pallet jack in a warehouse with a wet floor when the pallet jack lost traction and slid into a concrete barrier. The employee's left foot was caught between the pallet jack and the barrier, resulting in a laceration and swelling to the foot. | |||||
2018-02-06 | Roanoke | Texas | The Fishel Company | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
While positioning a new cable around a new transformer, an employee contacted an electrical line, burning both hands. | |||||
2015-08-14 | Roanoke | Texas | Exel | Foot (feet) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee driving a forklift was thrown from it. The employee's foot was crushed by the forklift. | |||||
2015-07-06 | Roanoke | Texas | AUI CONTRACTORS | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was greasing a front end loader when grease from the grease gun punctured and entered the employee's hand. | |||||
2015-05-15 | Roanoke | Virginia | U.S. Forest Service | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was exposed to and came into contact with approximately 46,000 volts of electrical current from a downed power line, resulting in third degree electrical burns. | |||||
2015-02-02 | Roanoke | Texas | Heritage Bag Company | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
The employee was performing maintenance on a piece of machinery next to a bag machine where film was being pulled. The bag machine started malfunctioning. The employee began to re-route the film on the bag machine while the equipment was energized. The employee got his left hand caught in the rollers of the bag machine, which pulled his hand into the gears and belt. |