Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-06 | Norcross | Ga | Malibu Norcross | Brain | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
A employee was retrieving a go-kart when it crashed into a rail, resulting in a head injury with a skull fracture. | |||||
2021-11-01 | Cross Lanes | Wv | Walmart, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a box that had fallen onto the floor and fell. They were hospitalized for an injury to their right hip. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Norcross | Ga | SUZANNA'S KITCHEN, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee noticed about 20 paddles inside a breading machine that were not moving. The employee tried to get them moving when the chain that drives the paddles contacted his fingers, resulting in amputations of his middle and ring fingertips. | |||||
2021-10-19 | La Crosse | Wi | Advanced Fiber Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was servicing a puller pack for a product line in a pultrusion area. The puller pack's hydraulic clamping cylinder clamped down on the employee's right hand. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the index finger. The puller pack was energized at the time. | |||||
2021-08-23 | La Crosse | Wi | Gillette Pepsi, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was reversing a forklift out of a pick location and struck a plastic barrier around the steel support beams. The employee's right little finger was crushed between the forklift and the barrier, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-08-04 | La Crosse | Wi | MATHY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was using a hammer to strike a steel wedge. A piece of the hammer broke off and struck the employee's left index finger, causing a laceration that required surgery. | |||||
2021-08-02 | Cross Plains | Wi | Plastic Ingenuity, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was backing a forklift out of a racking storage area. The employee's left arm was caught between the forklift's overhead cage and the racking system. The forearm was broken. | |||||
2021-07-20 | Cross City | Fl | Forestry Resources, LLC | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating an unloaded forklift on a paved surface outside of the building to return the forklift to the parking lot. When the forklift turned, it tipped over and the employee, who was wearing a seatbelt, remained in the seat with one leg turned up under him and the other behind him as he faced the ground. His left foot and right leg were fractured. | |||||
2021-07-09 | Norcross | Ga | OLE MEXICAN FOODS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was checking a flour return valve that was reported as out of position. The employee connected and disconnected the pneumatic air hose to the piston. The piston's reciprocating movement restarted and it struck the tip of the employee's right index finger, causing an amputation. | |||||
2021-06-24 | La Crosse | Wi | Torrance Casting, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was using a hammer to break sprues off castings when they began to experience symptoms of heat exhaustion and were hospitalized. | |||||
2021-06-09 | La Crosse | Wi | United Parcel Service, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On June 9, 2021, an employee suffered dehydration while driving a package car, delivering parcels. | |||||
2021-02-24 | La Crosse | Wi | MC CABE ROOFING & SHEET METAL, INC. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee fell through an unstable fiberglass skylight and suffered a back injury. | |||||
2021-02-22 | Waycross | Ga | GATX Corporation | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was walking by a railcar commodity offloading area. A 2-inch rubber hose funneling phenol into a 55-gallon drum became dislodged from the drum and sprayed liquid phenol onto the employee. He was hospitalized, having suffered second-degree chemical burns to the back of his neck and first-degree chemical burns to his face and arms. | |||||
2021-02-16 | Waycross | Ga | WMT Housing, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was using a nail gun to install molding in a closet. The nail gun shot a 1 1/2-inch brad nail into the employee's chest. | |||||
2021-02-02 | Norcross | Ga | Finger Gun Productions, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
A construction crew was setting up for a scene in a movie. The wind lifted the last two prefabricated walls that were to be installed on the set and they landed on two employees causing fractures and bruises. The walls were approximately fourteen feet long and ten feet tall. One employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-10-13 | La Crosse | Wi | La Crosse Graphics, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using a rag to wipe pieces of paper from the press rollers. The rag got pulled into the rollers and pulled the employee's arm into the nip point. Their right arm was degloved from the elbow down. | |||||
2020-08-27 | La Crosse | Wi | Kwik Trip Inc | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was changing the drum brakes on a yard truck. As he used a pry bar to help install the upper brake shoe of the right rear drum, his left little finger was caught between the S-Cam roller and the brake shoe. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-08-05 | La Crosse | Wi | Kwik Trip, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing routine maintenance on a running bottle conveyor when the rag she was holding got pulled into the conveyor, injuring her left hand and causing a partial amputation of the left thumb. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-03 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Crown Beverage Manufacturing | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping to reinsert a 10,000-lb. die set on a cupper. While pushing the die set in, the employee’s left hand was on the bottom of the die set, with the tips of his fingers in a recessed hole underneath the die set. As the die set slid into place, the employee's fingertips were contacted by the straight edge of the lower base of the cavity, resulting in the amputation of the index, middle, and ring fingertips. | |||||
2020-05-28 | Cross City | Florida | Forestry Resources, LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was checking a top seal machine to determine why the bags were not heat sealing properly when he contacted an energized 240 volt, 20 amp electrical wire and received electrical burns to his right hand. | |||||
2020-03-27 | Norcross | Georgia | SA Recycling LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee had just adjusted the speed of a shaker table, and was turning to walk away, when the table's belt caught his left glove and pulled his index finger into the pulley. He suffered a fracture and an amputation to the finger. | |||||
2020-03-23 | Norcross | Georgia | Tyson Poultry Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a roll of film into place. The roll of film dropped, and his right index finger was caught between the roll positioning rod and the framework of the machine he was placing it on. The fingertip was partially amputated. | |||||
2020-03-13 | Crossroads | Texas | Walmart Supercenter 5707 | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped in water in a vestibule, suffering a dislocation of the left knee and a broken leg. | |||||
2020-02-25 | Waycross | Georgia | Republic Services of Georgia, Limited Partnership (Delaware) | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee opened the rear door of an open top refuse container and was struck by a roll of plastic sheeting that weighed approximately 300 pounds. As the roll struck him, the employee fell backwards and struck the back of his head on a concrete pad. Another roll of plastic sheeting dislodged from the container and landed on top of his legs. The employee sustained fractures to his right ankle and pelvis, as well as a laceration to back of his head. | |||||
2020-02-21 | Waycross | Georgia | Georgia Biomass, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to clear a pellet clog in a conveyor using a wrench when the hand wrench contacted the moving conveyor chain, causing the wrench to move forward and resulting in the employee's right index finger being pinched between the wrench and the conveyor housing. The employee sustained an amputation of the distal right index fingertip. | |||||
2020-02-12 | Crossville | Alabama | MRE Crossville, LLC | Face | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was standing on an upper deck unclogging a cyclone. A steam release caused an explosion panel in the hopper to blow out toward the employee, who suffered a third-degree steam burn to the face. | |||||
2020-01-08 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | DuraTech Industries, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee suffered breathing problems and a burn to the lungs while extinguishing a fire. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-27 | Norcross | Georgia | Siemens Industry Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a vehicle in the parking lot. | |||||
2019-08-23 | Norcross | Georgia | SENTRY ROOF SERVICES, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was working in the warehouse when he tripped and fell, breaking four ribs and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-08-14 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Trane Company | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was turning a unit and brushing welded flanges. The employee's left foot was caught between the lifting table and the surface of the unit, resulting in an amputation to the big toe and the second toe. | |||||
2019-08-04 | Rossford | Ohio | Allied Universal Security Services | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level |
An employee fell to the ground while walking. He suffered contusions to the head and left hand and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-01 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Agropur MSI, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee reached up to pull a bag that had been sucked up by a rotary valve. The rotary valve amputated the tip of his left middle finger. | |||||
2019-07-29 | Norcross | Georgia | Metro Public Safety Group LLC | Skull | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
A Metro Public Safety security officer was following someone through a store. As the guard turned a corner, the person they were following struck the guard's face and head with two thick glass bottles, causing a skull fracture. | |||||
2019-07-26 | Norcross | Georgia | Novolex | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was running a bag machine. When he attempted to clean a roller his right index finger was amputated. The roller was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-07-16 | Norcross | Georgia | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | Multiple head locations | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee had been performing regular packing duties. When he finished processing a cart of boxes, he went to the cooler to stack the boxes onto a storage cart inside the cooler. While transporting the boxes, he tripped over the corner of a pallet and struck his head on a stationary cart inside the cooler. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised head and a cut to the nose. | |||||
2019-07-02 | Waycross | Georgia | W.J. Sapp & Son, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was joining rail links when a bolt (1" diameter X 6" long) failed to line up. The employee struck the bolt with a hammer and it jumped out, striking the employee's leg. The employee sustained a left lower leg fracture and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-04 | Norcross | Georgia | Firstfleet, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee was trying to lock a trailer into a loading dock when he was pinned between the trailer and the dock. He suffered a crushed pelvis and femoral artery. | |||||
2019-05-07 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was being trained on the operation of a 5-step depositor machine that fills muffin baking cups with batter. While the working motion of the machine was being demonstrated the employee contacted the slicing blade resulting in amputation of the pad of a finger. The machine was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2019-04-18 | Owens Cross Roads | Alabama | Ultratec Special Effects (HSV) Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a universal swing arm press machine when her fingers entered the press. The press then came down on her fingers, amputating the right middle and ring fingertips. | |||||
2019-04-11 | Norcross | Georgia | WASTE PRO OF GEORGIA, INC. | Head | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway |
A subcontractor employee was working on a residential trash collection route. As he crossed the street to get to a customer's residence, a passing vehicle struck him. He suffered head fractures and trauma. | |||||
2019-03-18 | Cross City | Florida | Conifex USA, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was working on a metal molding machine. He was removing a piece of metal from the mold when the machine activated, amputating the tip of his index finger. | |||||
2019-03-17 | Norcross | Georgia | Home Depot | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a truck, loading a customer's cargo bed. The employee fell from the back of the bed, suffering a broken arm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-19 | Crossville | Alabama | D&F Equipment Sales, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to his work vehicle when he slipped and fell on a small, icy hill, landing on his laptop in the chest area. He fractured ribs and suffered a collapsed lung. | |||||
2019-02-15 | Norcross | Georgia | Garden Films Production, LLC | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was rehearsing a motorcycle stunt for a motion picture: a maneuver in which the motorcycle was stopped on the front wheel with a sidecar attached. The motorcycle's handlebars locked to the left, causing the motorcycle to tip over and the sidecar to strike the employee. It broke the employee's left ankle and collarbone, as well as two ribs. | |||||
2019-02-11 | Norcross | Georgia | Veritiv Operating Company | Nonclassifiable | Ran off driving surface, nonroadway |
An employee was on a forklift loading/unloading trailers when the trailer he was on pulled away from the dock door. The forklift with the employee strapped in fell four feet and landed upright. The employee suffered a fractured vertebra. | |||||
2019-02-05 | Norcross | Georgia | Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A maintenance employee was making adjustments to the measurements on a tube laser. The employee was inside the inter-lock doors when the machine started up. The employee was struck in the torso by the machine arm and suffered ruptured intestines and internal bleeding. | |||||
2019-02-04 | Waycross | Georgia | Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using the dock ramp at the facility where he was delivering product when drinks fell under the ramp. When the employee attempted to retrieve them, the ramp moved and pinched his finger causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-01-13 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip, Inc | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was in the process of putting a tray in the oven when she slipped and fell on her left leg resulting in a broken tibia. | |||||
2018-09-25 | Norcross | Georgia | Wholesale Wood Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A mechanic had just changed out a broken sprocket on a yard conveyor. The conveyor was powered up, and the sprocket broke his left little finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-09-04 | Rossville | Georgia | Roller Die & Forming | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was trying to change out a die on a cutoff press. The die crushed his hand, resulting in an amputation. The machine was not locked out or tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-08-30 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | CITY BREWING Compnay, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was attempting to adjust the band under a conveyor that moves the rollers when the band amputated his left thumb to the first knuckle. | |||||
2018-08-16 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | O'Reilly Automotive Stores, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was mowing grass when they tripped over a hole, fell backwards and the mower was pulled over their left foot amputating the big toe. | |||||
2018-08-15 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Gunderson Health Systems | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was completing patient care tasks and struck her head on the TV in the room, causing a concussion. | |||||
2018-08-06 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | DuraTech Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a shear cutter when his finger slipped and was caught under the part that holds the product down prior to shearing, resulting in a partial finger amputation. | |||||
2018-07-27 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip, Inc | Hip(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a pallet jack and maneuvering it to park in the battery charging area when the pallet jack struck a pipe. The sudden stop caused the employee to fall from the lift to the concrete floor and fracture a hip. | |||||
2018-07-23 | Norcross | Georgia | Novalex, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was threading paper on an inner folding machine's rollers. At the same time, another employee began turning the manual hand wheel to turn the rollers. The injured employee struggled to position the paper and reached around the vacuum drum to help thread the paper when his hand contacted the blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The blade was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-07-06 | Norcross | Georgia | Bak E-Z, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was moving a packaging uncoiler to the cutter/sealer when her hand entered the cutter/sealer, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-07-04 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was setting up a machine when her left index finger went through two rollers, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-06-14 | Owens Cross Roads | Alabama | Ultratec Special Effects (HSV) Inc. | Multiple body parts | Small-scale (limited) fire |
An employee was testing material for color accuracy when the material ignited, resulting in a flash fire that burned both of her hands and arms, the right side of her head, and her right leg. | |||||
2018-05-04 | Waycross | Georgia | WMT Housing, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
A piece of metal fell off of a roof that was being worked on and struck an employee on his left leg, causing a laceration between his ankle and his calf. | |||||
2018-04-10 | Norcross | Georgia | Parker Engineering and Mechanical, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding coil into a coil line machine. While readjusting the coil, the employee's gloved right hand was caught in the rollers. A strip of skin was removed from the employee's right index finger. The coil machine was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-04-05 | Cross City | Florida | Suwannee Lumber Company | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working at the log deck of the hew-saw. He was attempting to free a stuck log when the rotary feeder pushed the log, causing his left foot to become pinned between the log and the wall of the equipment. This resulted in a fracture to his left foot, requiring hospitalization. The rotary feeder was in operation at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-03-21 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Interior Systems International, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
On March 21, 2018, an employee was clearing the side guard on a table saw when his fingers came into contact with the saw blade. Two of his left-hand fingers were amputated at the middle knuckle. | |||||
2018-03-12 | Crossett | Arkansas | GEORGIA PACIFIC, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was performing sampling in the pulp mill area when the employee slipped on a puddle of water and fell to the ground, dislocating a shoulder and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-02-19 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | First Supply LLC | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a reach truck when he believed the brakes were failing and put his foot out to stop the truck. His foot hit racking and was fractured, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2018-02-07 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
The injured employee was adjusting a pallet when another employee placed product onto the pallet that the injured employee was adjusting, pinching the injured employee's right middle finger between the pallet and a spacer resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-01-26 | Cross Lanes | West Virgini | Precision Pump & Valve Service, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged or flying object |
An employee was testing equipment when a valve ruptured. The employee was then struck by the valve or water pressure resulting in a leg laceration. | |||||
2017-09-19 | Norcross | Georgia | US Foods | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee was operating a pallet jack to select dry product in an aisle around 5:30 p.m. along with several other pallet jack operators. He was walking between his pallet jack and a coworker's parked pallet jack when his pallet jack rolled forward and caught his right leg between the two pieces of equipment, fracturing his lower leg/ankle. | |||||
2017-09-03 | Norcross | Georgia | Pappas Restaurants, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cleaning kitchen knives when a knife punctured his abdomen. | |||||
2017-08-24 | Ross | North Dakota | Halliburton | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was rigging down bales that were being lowered out a V door and down a slide with a winch. As the bales were being lowered to the catwalk via the slide, one section became stuck on a roller on the rig floor. When the employee reached down to free the bale, it came free and knocked him off balance. He fell through the V door and down the slide, striking an object and suffering fractured facial bones, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung. | |||||
2017-08-11 | Rossford | Ohio | Towlift, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On August 11, 2017, an employee was doing maintenance on a yard truck. While exiting the truck cab, the employee slipped and fell to the ground, breaking the right leg. | |||||
2017-08-01 | Norcross | Georgia | Banana Republic | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a 4-foot ladder to remove tape from the store window. The employee fell from the ladder and fractured his left leg. | |||||
2017-07-28 | Norcross | Georgia | Dyke Industries, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell three feet off a metal rack system, resulting in head trauma requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-07-13 | Crossett | Arkansas | Hood Packaging Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attempting to run paper bags through a printing press. He jogged the paper into place. His left hand was on the press cylinder when it rolled, amputating his left thumb below the nail bed and crushing his left index and middle fingers. | |||||
2017-06-27 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Michel's Paving | Forearm(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was cleaning his agitator truck with a hose when his foot hit a lever that activated a gate. The gate swung and pinched his right forearm, causing abrasions and pressure buildup in his right hand. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2017-05-30 | Waycross | Georgia | CLAYTON HOMES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was using a texture gun to spray ceiling texture when the spray nozzle became clogged. As the employee was attempting to unclog the spray nozzle, it injected ceiling texture into the employee's left ring and middle fingers, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2017-05-25 | Owens Cross Roads | Alabama | FARR Services Corporation | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee was going to sweep the floor when he tripped on his shoelaces and fell to the floor, fracturing his right leg. | |||||
2017-04-30 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on an extension ladder attempting to dislodge ice that had become stuck in an ice bin when he fell to the concrete below, fracturing his right pelvis and right arm and suffering a head contusion and blurred vision. | |||||
2017-04-26 | Norcross | Georgia | Bak EZ | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was sanitizing the muffin machine auger when her right middle finger was caught in the running machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2017-04-05 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Torrance Casting, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
The bottom of an employee's right foot was burned when molten iron spilled over the mold and into the employee's boot. | |||||
2017-03-31 | Norcross | Georgia | Ryerson Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was lifting sheet metal bundles with a crane. He intended to separate and pass a strap between two bundles. The top one fell and trapped his left middle fingertip, amputating it with no bone loss. | |||||
2017-03-28 | Norcross | Georgia | Ryerson | Knee(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
The employee was using a hoist to lift a bundle of steel onto a flatbed trailer. The strap that held the bundle became stuck on one of the latches on the flatbed and the employee attempted to loosen it. The bundle of steel came loose and struck the employee's knee. | |||||
2017-02-22 | Cross Lanes | West Virgini | Lowe's Home Centers LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On February 22, 2017, at approximately 1:45 a.m., an employee fell on wet pavement, fracturing his left tibia and fibula. | |||||
2017-02-07 | Crossville | Alabama | Southern Concrete Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
An employee was preparing to clean the drum of a mixer truck. To access the drum, the employee raised the hopper located at the rear of the truck and placed a brace underneath it. The hopper slipped from the brace and fell onto the employee's right index finger crushing it. The finger was surgically amputated between the first and second digit. | |||||
2017-02-03 | Waycross | Georgia | SCOTBILT HOMES, INC. | Forearm(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
While cutting molding with a saw, an employee suffered a cut to the right interior forearm, requiring hospitalization. The saw was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2017-01-31 | Norcross | Georgia | Averitt Express | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
The employee was switching trailers. While climbing into the trailer, the employee tripped over something and fell backwards out of the truck injuring his right elbow. | |||||
2016-10-12 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
The employee was traveling on his PIT to put it away and plug it into to a stationary charger stored on the second tier of racking. As he approached the area to park the PIT, he noticed the charging cord hanging down from the racking. He stopped and reached to move the cord and the truck moved forward catching his fingers between the truck and the racks. | |||||
2016-09-19 | Rossville | Georgia | Artemis Holdings, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was conducting repairs on the bender machine when his right hand was caught in the machine, amputating his index, middle, and ring fingertips. | |||||
2016-09-16 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was setting up the bagged milk production line when a clamp activated and caught his fingertip, amputating the finger tissue. | |||||
2016-09-06 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Hartland Fuel Products, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
While transferring methanol from a storage tank into a tote an employee inhaled vapors from the product. | |||||
2016-08-16 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Ames Construction, Inc. | Trunk | Collision between water vehicles |
An employee was operating a barge with two steel beams stacked on the deck. As he approached another barge, he slightly tapped it. When he tapped the barge, the top steel beam slid and pinned him against a wall, injuring his torso and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-08-11 | Rossville | Georgia | Pyramid Mouldings, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a roll of steel when the roll cycled and amputated his right index finger. | |||||
2016-08-09 | Norcross | Georgia | Southeast Spreading Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Bites and stings |
While spreading pine straw, an employee was bitten by a spider and had an allergic reaction (swelling and inflammation), requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-06-28 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Poellinger, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was fire-taping above the ceiling when his arm brushed against a pipe, scratching his right elbow. His elbow experienced pain and swelling, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-05-13 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Tri-State Regional Ambulance | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
While an employee and her partner were using a stair chair to move a patient down some stairs, the employee felt a pop in her back and was unable to move further. She was hospitalized with lower back pain. | |||||
2016-05-10 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | The Trane Company | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell off a portable three-step ladder that became unstable, breaking his right hip and requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-04-05 | Norcross | Georgia | Parts Authority | Brain | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee was working in an elevated platform (cherry picker) that stopped working. A coworker came to rescue him, and as he stepped off one platform onto the other, he slipped and struck his head. He was working 10 feet above the lower level and was wearing a body harness and retractable lanyard at the time. | |||||
2016-02-20 | Roxbury Crossing | Massachusett | North of Boston Media Group | Ankle(s) | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. |
An employee was taking pictures at the finish line of a track event. One of the participants finished the race and turned toward the employee. The runner struck the employee, knocking her to the ground and fracturing her right ankle. | |||||
2016-02-18 | Crossett | Arkansas | A & W SHEET METAL, INC. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was pulling a welder up to the catwalk with a rope when the left side of the catwalk railing broke, causing him to fall 25 feet to the ground below. His head hit a toolbox, and his back hit the platform railing. He was hospitalized with an L1 lumbar fracture and required staples for his head injury. | |||||
2016-01-07 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Mayo Clinic Health System | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
While participating in a workplace violence hands-on training class, an employee fell to the floor on landed on her bottom and hip. She broke her hip and was hospitalized. |