Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-05-18	Tioga	Pa	Ward Manufacturing, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was checking the roller alignment on a corrugated tubing machine when her left middle finger was caught between a roller and the tubing resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2020-01-06	Tioga	Pennsylvania	KLX Energy Services, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was cutting banding around a steel pipe when the pipe rolled off the rack and struck the employee's right leg, fracturing the tibia and fibula.
2019-08-06	Tioga	North Dakota	Minnesota Limited, LLC	Thigh(s)	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
While stepping onto the track of a bulldozer, an employee sustained a bilateral quadriceps tendon rupture. He was hospitalized.
2019-07-17	Tioga	Pennsylvania	Waupaca Foundry Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
While working a 12-hour shift as a laborer and forklift driver in a molding department, an employee suffered heat-related illness and was hospitalized.
2019-05-27	Tioga	North Dakota	Farmer Union	Face	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was filling anhydrous ammonia in a nurse tank when it sprayed his face, causing a chemical burn.
2019-02-16	Tioga	North Dakota	MBI Energy Services, Inc.	Upper arm(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was standing about 18 feet away from a 4-inch hose monitoring a pigging operation. The pig became stuck in the hose, causing pressure to build up; the hose whipped and struck the employee in the right upper arm, breaking his humerus.
2019-01-21	Tioga	North Dakota	Sundhagen Sand & Gravel, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was inside a semi truck scale. He was thawing out the scale using a portable propane heater. A flash fire occurred within the confined area of the scale and caused second degree burns across 70% of his body.
2018-03-18	Tioga	Pennsylvania	Waupaca Foundry Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Two employees had just finished installing a replacement sand bucket conveyor. One employee was adjusting the conveyor when the employee's arm was caught between the bucket and the door frame/opening to the elevator door. The employee's arm then hit the jog button, causing the moving conveyor to lift the employee to a point where the jog button was disengaged, stopping the belt. The employee suffered a deep laceration and broken arm, requiring hospitalization.
2017-07-26	Tioga	North Dakota	Key Energy Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was tripping pipe when his finger was caught and amputated between a set of power tongs and a pipe wrench.
2017-05-25	Tioga	North Dakota	North Dakota Pipeline Company	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a torque wrench and socket to connect a pipe flange when the employee's fingertip was crushed and amputated between the torque wrench and the pipe.
2015-08-04	Tioga Center	New York	Barney & Dickenson, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by an excavator and got pinned between a building column and the excavator. The employee sustained two broken ribs, a broken shoulder, a punctured lung, and a crushed artery in his right arm.
2015-01-17	Tioga	North Dakota	Select Energy Services	Multiple cranial region locations	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
Employee was taking out a 10-inch hose to get water ready for the frac operation when he was struck by the hose on his ankle. The employee flipped and fell on his head. He bled from the left ear and suffered a closed fracture behind his left ear and internal bleeding on the brain.