Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-28 | Valencia | Pa | A J Myers & Sons Inc | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was filling up a school bus with gas at a gas station. The employee tripped on the gas pump hose and fell, breaking his pelvis in two places. | |||||
2021-08-26 | Sunnyvale | Tx | Lineage Logistics, LLC | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
A forklift ran over an employee's left foot, breaking it. | |||||
2021-07-14 | Sunnyvale | Tx | Fedex Freight, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
The injured employee was operating a forklift while another employee was backing a forklift out of a trailer. The backing forklift struck the injured employee's forklift. The injured employee's left foot was caught between the two forklifts and injured. | |||||
2021-06-16 | Midvale | Ut | Savage Services Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was climbing down an access ladder on a tanker trailer. He fell approximately 6 feet to the ground. | |||||
2020-05-28 | Mabelvale | Arkansas | Purcell Tire & Rubber Company | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was rotating tires on a customer's vehicle. While carrying the tires from the rear to the front of the vehicle, the employee tripped over an air hose and fell. The employee's head struck a four-post lift, and the employee suffered a spine injury. | |||||
2019-06-17 | Mabelvale | Arkansas | Axiom Impressions, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a printing press folder. The employee was jogging the machine to feed the paper back into the folder, after changing out the cutting blades, when his right hand was pulled in. The folder's cutting blade amputated his middle finger and the tips of his index, ring, and little fingers. | |||||
2019-05-09 | Dillonvale | Ohio | FTS International, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
On May 9, 2019, an employee was stepping down from a work platform when a forklift drove by and pinned his leg between the platform and the forklift tire. His leg was fractured. | |||||
2019-01-23 | Midvale | Idaho | MTE Communications | Thoracic region | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was hanging a calendar. As he leaned on his desk, it broke and he fell, breaking a vertebra in his back. | |||||
2018-08-07 | Dillonvale | Ohio | Lonestar West Enterprises, LLC | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
On August 7, 2018, an employee was operating a hydrovac when the metal braided hose began leaking. The employee attempted to repair it with tape, and pressure built up in the hose. The hose then struck and lacerated the employee's hand, and high-pressure water and debris were injected into the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-06-25 | Northvale | New Jersey | Interplex NAS, Inc. | Leg(s) | Bites and stings |
An employee was bitten by a spider in the office. She experienced swelling and pain on her left leg, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-05-15 | Sunnyvale | Texas | Accura Systems, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping coworkers place a window in a leak test chamber when his right index finger was caught between the opening of the test chamber and the window, resulting in a finger amputation. | |||||
2018-02-02 | Springvale | Maine | Parksite, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was making a delivery at a customer location. The employee slipped on ice while exiting the truck and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury. | |||||
2017-08-18 | Sunnyvale | Texas | Dal-Tile | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was replacing a broken clevis and bolt on an automatic guided vehicle. When the employee moved the cylinder to inspect it, the cylinder released in the upward position. The employee's right hand was caught between the top of the stroke cylinder shaft and the hood base of the equipment. | |||||
2017-06-08 | Vale | Oregon | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, VALE DISTRICT | BODY SYSTEMS | Multiple types of exertions and bodily reactions |
An employee was testing for wildland firefighter physical fitness. During the course of the examination, the employee displayed symptoms of a stroke. The employee was transported to the hospital. | |||||
2017-06-03 | Springvale | Maine | DLTC Healthcare, Inc. | Head and neck | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was attempting to light a gas range when a gas cloud ignited, burning the employee's head, neck, and ears. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-04-24 | Sunnyvale | Texas | Millard Refrigerated Services, LLC | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
A forklift was used to attempt to remove a stuck electric pallet truck from inside a trailer. One end of a towing strap was attached to the forklift carriage and the other end was attached to the battery plate on the pallet truck. When the forklift operator backed up, the battery plate came off the pallet truck and struck an employee who was standing nearby in the head. | |||||
2017-04-04 | Cherryvale | Kansas | CHARLOMA, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting down a plastic part when their right thumb came in contact with the moving blade of a band saw resulting in a severe laceration. | |||||
2017-01-26 | Valentine | Texas | U.S. Border Patrol | Arm(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was riding an ATV and fell off the ATV while going around a curve in the road. The employee sustained a fractured arm. | |||||
2016-10-12 | Sunnyvale | Texas | Daltile Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was working at the selection area and his hand contacted a moving conveyor belt resulting in a laceration to the left index finger. | |||||
2016-08-12 | Millvale | Pennsylvania | Gulisek Construction, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway |
An employee was cleaning the top of a manhole with a brush when a truck drove over him. He suffered broken bones and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-11-11 | Montvale | New Jersey | Western Union | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell from a 6-foot wooden ladder while changing a lightbulb, sustaining a severe head injury and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-07-01 | Sunnyvale | Texas | FedEx | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was hospitalized when he fell from the forks of a forklift, striking the forks and fracturing his ribs. | |||||
2015-06-24 | Sunnyvale | Texas | Dal Tile | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
A pile up of tiles occurred on line 8. An employee attempted to turn the conveyor off at the switch. The employee was looking at the pile while his hand was aimed at the switch. His hand missed the switch and the back of his hand made contact with the pulley and guard causing a laceration. | |||||
2015-06-09 | Mabelvale | Arkansas | Dillard's, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee folding a piece of paper while walking to the pick area stepped on a plastic clothes clip, slipped, and fell to the concrete floor. | |||||
2015-02-25 | Dillonvale | Ohio | Sheehan Pipeline | Leg(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
Employee clearing trees for a gas/oil pipeline installation was pinned between two trees and broke a leg. |