Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-08-30 | Victorville | California | U.S. Department of Justice | Lower leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was changing out a forklift's propane tank. The forklift moved and struck the employee, breaking the employee's fibula. | |||||
2015-07-16 | Victorville | California | FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX - VICTORVILLE | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee inside the penitentiary was greasing the motor on an air handling fan. His fingers got caught between a pulley and belt, resulting in three-quarter fingertip amputation and small lacerations to his other fingers. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-02-05 | Victorville | California | Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
A federal prison inmate was cleaning the floor with compressed air when the inmate tripped on a metal frame and fell resulting in a broken right forearm. The inmate was admitted to the hospital. |