Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-12	Saint Clairsville	Oh	Chick-fil-A St. Clairsville	Multiple upper extremities locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
At approximately 4:00 PM, an employee was working on the back of a pressure fryer. The employee's arm slipped and entered the fryer vat, resulting in first- and second- degree burns on his hand, wrist, and forearm.
2021-05-23	Saint Clairsville	Oh	Wyoming Casing Services	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was operating power tongs and running casing into a hole. The CRT tool fell 40 feet from the top drive striking the casing stump and the employee. The employee suffered four amputated toes on their right foot and a puncture wound on their back and was hospitalized.
2020-01-19	Saint Clairsville	Ohio	Penn Mechanical Group, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
Employees were working to remove a blow-out preventer (BOP) by dragging it with a tandem bed truck on the BOP skid from between two rig subs during rig-down operations. An employee was spotting the BOP skid as it was being pulled out by a tandem bed truck so it did not contact the rig sub's cylinders. He was standing on each side of the BOP skid directly beside the gas well cellar that the BOP had been removed from in order to watch the skid pass the cylinders and communicate with the bed truck
2019-07-07	Saint Clairsville	Ohio	Sam's Club #6556	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was cleaning a skewer in a meat prep room when she slipped on wash water and fell to the floor, breaking her right radius and ulna.
2019-05-21	Saint Clairsville	Ohio	Lowe's Home Centers, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was spotting for a forklift operated by a coworker. The employee attempted to pick up debris behind the forklift and was struck by the forklift, suffering a left tibia fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-05-02	Saint Clairsville	Ohio	Cafaro Management Company	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell approximately 6 feet from an elevated area of a roof and sustained a head injury and a fractured leg and wrist.
2017-05-17	Saint Clairsville	Ohio	U.S. Pipeline, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On May 16, 2017, an employee was assisting a welder transition a pipe when he suffered from heat stress and required hospitalization.
2017-01-30	Saint Clairsville	Ohio	Apex Energy Svc	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning the inside of tank with a pressure washer and contacted his left foot with the pressurized water blast. It cut through the top of his safety shoe and caused a one inch cut to the left foot behind the big toe area. The employee was hospitalized.
2016-08-01	Saint Clairsville	Ohio	Sun Energy Services	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On or about August 1, 2016, an employee was helping to remove a piece of equipment from the wellhead using a crane. The piece of equipment fell and struck the employee's left leg, fracturing it.
2015-10-05	Saint Clairsville	Ohio	The Lash Paving Company	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was flagging traffic to stop. When the first car stopped, a second car came around the first car, hit the employee, and kept going. Both of the employee's legs broke.
2015-04-10	Saint Clairsville	Ohio	Ohio Heat Transfer LLC	Nonclassifiable	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was injured while pressure testing an aluminum heat exchanger. The heat exchanger failed and struck the employee, resulting in multiple injuries.