| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-10 | Fort Lupton | Co | Golden Aluminum, Inc. | Leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was draining a filter bowl of molten metal during a cast shutdown when the molten metal spilled from the bowl onto the employee's legs, resulting in burns to the backside of his legs. | |||||
| 2021-10-16 | Fort Lupton | Co | Golden Aluminum, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's left hand was caught between a mill's spindle shaft and an input roller when the spindle shaft activated, resulting in a partial amputation of their index finger at the last joint, as well as crush injuries to their middle finger and thumb. | |||||
| 2020-07-08 | Fort Lupton | Colorado | People Ready | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| A temporary employee was traveling to a job site. The employee's car broke down at 6:00 p.m. The employee arrived at the site at 8:00 p.m., developed symptoms of heat exhaustion at 8:15, and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-08-04 | Fort Lupton | Colorado | Pilot Thomas Logistics LLC | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| While getting out of a truck, an employee slipped on a step and fell to the ground. The employee's lower leg was broken. | |||||
| 2019-01-17 | Upton | Massachusett | Dana Container, Inc. | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was reducing pressure on an over-the-road tank truck for unloading purposes. Due to an over-pressurization event and/or a defect, a 3-inch stainless steel washout pipe nipple cap failed and struck the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized with head injuries. | |||||
| 2017-09-22 | Fort Lupton | Colorado | Denver Mato | Brain | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| While installing insulation on a roof deck, an employee fell about 24 feet, striking metal bracing on the wall and then the concrete floor. The employee suffered a head injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-07-20 | Upton | Massachusett | Dana Container, Incorporated | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was descending a rail tank car ladder while carrying a sample dip apparatus when he slipped and fell to the gravel roadway, landing on his back. He broke his L1 vertebra. | |||||
| 2017-07-05 | Fort Lupton | Colorado | Golden Aluminum, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was wiping shavings from the blade of a chopper machine when the chopper amputated his pinky finger and the tip of his ring finger. The machine was active at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-03-27 | Fort Lupton | Colorado | LEED FABRICATION | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was unloading equipment from the bed of a truck when his fall protection lanyard became tangled around his leg, causing him to lose his balance and fall. He broke his leg and dislocated his right ankle while trying to remove his boot, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2016-09-22 | Fort Lupton | Colorado | Renewable Fiber Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Bodily conditions, n.e.c. |
| An employee was helping unload a semi truck from behind the semi. As he opened the doors of the semi, the semi backed up which startled the employee. He started feeling chest pains and went to his manager's office to explain he wasn't feeling well. The employee was hospitalized where it was determined that the employee had a minor stroke. | |||||
| 2015-12-13 | Fort Lupton | Colorado | Mills Solids Control Consulting | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was seriously burned while working at a fracking fluid recycling facility, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-05-29 | Fort Lupton | Colorado | Mattawa Industrial Services, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On May 29, 2015, an employee was working inside a sulpha treat reactor vessel using a high pressure (5000 PSI) water sprayer gun to cut off the congealed catalyst material inside. The employee slipped and fell; the high-pressure water sprayer hit the employee's right foot and punctured a hole through the rubber boot. The employee sustained a puncture open wound on the right foot, second toe. The employee was hospitalized and received treatment. | |||||