Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-14	Waller	Tx	Natura PCR2	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee misstepped while descending a ladder and fell approximately 7.5 feet to the floor below, resulting in a potential broken leg.
2021-09-02	Waller	Tx	Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
The injured employee was parked in a tugger. A reach truck driver was relocating a container that was behind a stack of containers. The forks came into contact with the stack of containers, tipping it over onto the injured employee's tugger. The injured employee was hospitalized with lacerations to both hands and the right side of their face.
2021-08-13	Rockwall	Tx	Astrochef, Inc., dba Pegasus Foods	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was in a mixer room scooping discharged product when an auger blade caught their left middle finger, resulting in a degloving of the fingertip.
2021-06-09	Wallingford	Ct	Amazon	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On June 9, 2021, an employee tripped and fell over the edge of a concrete parking lot block stopper. The employee suffered injuries to the head, right elbow, and right wrist and was hospitalized for wrist surgery.
2021-06-01	Cornwall	Ny	D'Annunzio & Sons Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was assembling a slide rail system and had an interior panel installed into the soil when the panel dropped 2 feet, causing him to lose balance and fall into the excavation. The employee suffered contusions.
2021-05-18	Wallingford	Ct	Masonicare Health Center	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was pulling down a garage-style overhead door. The employee's right hand became tangled in the rope tied to the door handle. The metal door track then lacerated the employee's middle finger, causing a partial fingertip amputation.
2021-04-30	Rockwall	Tx	Sunbelt Rentals	Pelvis	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was repairing a boom forklift. Its boom lowered and pinned him against the hood, breaking his pelvis in two places.
2021-04-29	Rockwall	Tx	Ramon-Franklin, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was installing wood blocking on a south elevation parapet wall. While completing the task, the employee climbed through a guardrail system to access the security fencing area on a roof at an inmate recreation yard. The employee fell through the fencing, and the employee's fall protection rope snapped/tore. The employee landed on the concrete floor about 14 feet below, suffering a broken rib and a fractured hip.
2021-04-23	Rockwall	Tx	Altman Plants LLC	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was pulling and pushing two carts at a customer's garden center. The employee tripped and fell and broke her knee.
2021-03-03	Wallingford	Ct	NUCOR STEEL CONNECTICUT INC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing routine maintenance on a cold roll steel line when their right ring finger was caught by the machine's guard mechanism resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip.
2021-02-24	Waller	Tx	Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing material from a container when the material shifted, causing his right pinky fingertip to be caught between the material and the wall of the container. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the right pinky fingertip.
2020-09-01	Waller	Tx	Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was putting a bend channel in a sheet of metal using a press brake. The brake actuated and the sheet metal rose up against the brake die, smashing the employee's fingers between the brake die and the sheet metal. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left middle finger at the last joint.
2020-08-26	Rockwall	Tx	Special Products & Manufacturing, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee became dizzy and lost his balance while operating a press brake. While he was getting his balance, the press brake closed on his right hand, crushing the middle and index fingers.
2020-08-20	Wallingford	Ct	Quality Carriers, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell to the concrete ground while stepping out of the cab of his tractor-trailer. The employee sustained a fractured left hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2020-06-03	Stonewall	Texas	Fuellgraf Chimney & Tower, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
An employee was climbing down a fixed ladder on a TV broadcast tower. The employee fell 25-30 feet to the ground. He suffered broken ankles, broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a spinal cord injury and was hospitalized.
2020-06-01	Waller	Texas	Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was applying manifolds to a coil. The coil got stuck on the stopper. As the employee pushed the stopper, the employee's glove was caught between it and the coil. The employee's left middle finger was fractured and partially amputated.
2020-03-26	Wallace	Nebraska	Snell Services	Multiple body parts	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
An employee was on a roof when it collapsed. He fell 16 feet, landing on a floor inside the building and suffering back and ankle injuries.
2020-03-20	Wall Township	New Jersey	New Jersey Natural Gas Company	BODY SYSTEMS	Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
A flashlight was charging in a small truck cab. It ignited, causing an employee to suffer smoke inhalation.
2020-02-15	Waller	Texas	Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was holding the stand in order to set a die onto to it. The die was placed on the employee's pinky finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2020-02-05	Wall	South Dakota	Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working on an overhead garage door opener, reprogramming the controller. He was approximately 5 to 6 feet up on a 10-foot A-frame ladder when the door was opened. He reached for the door and lost his balance on the ladder, falling to the concrete floor. He suffered a broken right tibia and fibula and a right shoulder rotator injury.
2020-01-13	Wallingford	Connecticut	Fastenal Company	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was up on a work platform removing the cover from an oil filter housing to change out the filters on a furnace when the oil pump continued to push out the oil, which contacted the employee and landed on the hot furnace. The oil then flashed and the employee received second and third degree burns on the left arm, left side of the back, buttocks, and flank area.
2019-09-19	Waller	Texas	Impellam Group	Ankle(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was driving a forklift, moving coiled steel. The employee dismounted the forklift and went to roll the coil to reset it. The 1,520-pound coil rolled toward him, over his ankle, causing a compound fracture and lacerations.
2019-09-13	Wallingford	Connecticut	Infra-Metals, Company	Lower leg(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
On September 13, 2019, at approximately 10:10 p.m., the injured employee offered to help a second employee load three pieces of 20-foot angle onto a trailer using an overhead crane. During the lift, two of the angles became stuck together. The injured employee asked the second employee to further raise the south hoist. As the second employee lifted the angle, the injured employee attempted to release the raised angle from the adjacent angle. When the angles released, the angle being raised relea
2019-08-09	Walls	Mississippi	Brentwood Originals, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was unclogging a filler machine. Its blades amputated his left index and middle fingers at the knuckles.
2019-08-06	Wall	South Dakota	United States Department of Agriculture	Nonclassifiable	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was riding an ATV to the next prairie dog town. The ATV went into a drainage ditch that was hidden by vegetation. As the employee fell into the ditch their head struck an adjacent embankment. The employee initially lost feeling below the neck, and later recovered some sense of touch. The ditch was approximately 5 feet deep by 4 feet wide.
2019-08-01	Wall Street	New York	QUALITY BUILDING SVCS CORP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was coming out of a stairway when an emergency door slammed on his finger, causing an amputation.
2019-06-22	Rockwall	Texas	Pegasus Foods Incorporated	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was carrying a pallet rack upright and went to stack it on top of the forklift forks. The employee's right pinky finger was pinched between the pallet rack and the forklift forks resulting in an amputation injury.
2019-05-31	Wallingford	Connecticut	Infra-Metals Co.	Ankle(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
At approximately 12:55 a.m., an employee was helping another employee load steel beams onto a tractor trailer. He picked up a beam with an overhead crane using the crane's remote control box. After attempting to maneuver the beam into an open space on the trailer, he determined the beam would not fit because it was too wide. He placed the beam on top of a smaller pile of beams. During this process, the chain holding the load caught the flange of an adjacent beam, tipping both beams and a tube.
2019-05-24	Waller	Texas	Lofton Security Service, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
An employee was patrolling the complex in a golf cart when the employee collided with a stationary trailer, suffering a laceration to the right leg, body contusions, a bruised aorta, and a blood clot in the heart.
2019-05-16	Waller	Texas	Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was preparing to install a wiring harness to the base of an outside air conditioning unit that was being manufactured. The base of the unit contained the compressor and two sets of wires. One set of wires had fallen below and was caught in a section of rotating chain and sprocket on the conveyor. The employee attempted to remove the wires and both of her hands were caught between the chain and sprocket. Both middle fingertips were amputated.
2019-04-25	Wallace	Idaho	Spunstrand, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a machine that winds fiberglass duct when her left pinky finger was caught between a chain and sprocket, causing the amputation of her left pinky fingertip and injury to the adjacent finger.
2019-04-13	Waller	Texas	Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee was pushing an air handler on a conveyor system when he suffered a hernia. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2019-03-28	Stonewall	Louisiana	Postal Fleet Services, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was loading mail carts when a cart fell, hitting the employee in both legs and injuring them.
2019-01-29	Waller	Texas	Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was manually maneuvering a steel coil weighing 1,320 lbs. from the storage area to the forks of his forklift when the steel coil fell onto him. The employee was hospitalized for bruises and lacerations and leg fractures.
2018-08-13	Rockwall	Texas	Astrochef, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working as a mixing room assistant and was reaching for material coming out of a 600-liter mixer when the employee's finger was caught and amputated in the blade of the mixer.
2018-04-27	Rockwall	Texas	Lonestar Forming	Multiple trunk locations	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was cutting rebar using a 4-inch grinder when it started to spark and created a fire. The sparks ignited his vest and sweater, and he received a burn to the right side of his abdomen and chest.
2018-04-14	Stonewall	Louisiana	Megalodon Services, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
While opening and closing valves on stage two of an acid transport, an employee lost footing on the second step and slid down, landing hard on the ground and breaking the left leg.
2018-04-11	Rockwall	Texas	Channell Commercial Corp	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clear an SMC sheet jam when the slitter knife amputated the employee's left middle finger.
2018-02-09	Wallace	Idaho	Salmon River Wood, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was struck by a tree while felling trees, suffering fractures.
2018-01-24	Wallingford	Connecticut	Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.	Head and trunk	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking back to his patrol vehicle when he slipped and fell on a patch of black ice, suffering back and neck injuries, a concussion, and broken ribs.
2018-01-12	Wallingford	Connecticut	Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on spilled coffee in a corridor, fracturing a patella and fibula.
2017-09-15	Rockwall	Texas	Mastec Advanced Technology	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was installing satellite TV service in a customer's home when the employee suffered chills and a high temperature, possibly due to heat-related illness. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-08-09	Wallingford	Connecticut	Frontier Communication	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee's right index finger was amputated while lifting a transmission jack out of the rear of a company vehicle.
2017-06-23	Wallingford	Pennsylvania	Wallingford Manor Care	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell from the second rung of a ladder while changing ceiling tiles, fracturing the right ankle.
2017-06-21	Wallace	Idaho	Spunstrand Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was taking a photograph from a ladder that was approximately 8 to 10 feet high when he fell to the floor and broke his lower right tibia.
2017-05-19	Rockwall	Texas	T&D Solutions Ltd	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was offloading a mini excavator when he noticed that the trailer didn't fold back properly to its flat position. He tried to push it back down to lock it in place and was checking how much farther it need to go when the trailer came down on his left index finger and crushed his fingertip.
2017-04-28	Wallingford	Connecticut	BYK USA, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was transporting two pallets of pails using a swing lift reach truck, which operates on a guidewire system. The pallet load came in contact with a protruding stored pallet, causing the pallet load to slide towards the employee and strike their left leg. They sustained a fractured left tibia.
2017-04-24	Wallington	New Jersey	TMS Logistics, Inc.	Head and trunk	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a vehicle while walking across a customer's lot to speak to another driver. The employee was hospitalized for three fractured ribs, a collapsed lung, a head injury and a laceration to an ear.
2017-04-05	Wallace	Nebraska	Frenchman Valley Produce	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On April 5, 2016, at around 11:00 AM, an employee and a coworker were loosening jam nuts while standing on a tractor hitch. When the employee loosened a jam nut, he lost his balance and fell backwards approximately 3 to 4 feet, landing on his back. He suffered a collapsed right lung and 2 or 3 fractured ribs.
2017-02-01	Rockwall	Texas	Channell Commerical Corporation	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee entered the festooner machine to fix material that was not laying correctly. The employee was pinned between the slow moving part and the body of the machine resulting in a small laceration to the liver. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
2016-10-24	Wallace	Nebraska	Frenchman Valley Produce, Inc.	Head	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Employees were going to remove an aeration pipe (18 inch in diameter and 10 feet long) that had potatoes on it with a 3/8" chain & a skid steer with forks. The chain was secured around the pipe and around both forks on the skid steer. After the pipe was free of the potatoes, the skid steer driver began to back up, while another employee guided the pipe. While backing up, one of the skid steer forks hit one of the bulkhead tubes (75-80#) that was sitting in its slot. The tube came out of its s
2016-09-06	Waller	Texas	Magnolia Gardens Nursery	Brain	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was attempting to replace the plastic cover on top of a greenhouse when he slipped and fell 10 feet onto a concrete floor. He was hospitalized with a head injury.
2016-09-06	Wallingford	Connecticut	BYK Additives & Instruments	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using a sit-down powered industrial lift to retrieve a pallet that contained four 55-gallon drums. When the employee lifted the top pallet, the corner of the pallet broke, causing a 55-gallon drum to fall to the ground and strike another employee on the ground. That employee suffered a fractured right arm and hip, as well as back and neck injuries.
2016-03-19	Wallingford	Connecticut	F & F Mechanical Enterprises, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee and a coworker were trying to introduce air into a condensate line to empty it. When the employee went to remove a plug from a valve on the condensate line, hot water splashed onto his left shoulder, arm, and back, causing second degree burns.
2016-03-08	Stonewall	Louisiana	Halliburton Energy Service, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was cleaning wet sand from the sand bin gate when the gate closed on his left hand, causing multiple fractures and lacerations. He required sutures.
2016-02-18	Waller	Texas	IQI Construction, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
Employees were welding a wall plate to connect a structural steel member. The base of the member became unstable, and the structural steel started to fall, causing an employee sitting on a cross member to fall 15 feet to the ground below. A second employee was welding while standing in an aerial lift basket when the structural steel member fell and crashed down on the lift, slamming it to the ground. The employee suffered multiple blunt force trauma injuries and was hospitalized.
2016-01-18	Wallingford	Connecticut	Arnold's Supply Inc.	Head	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was moving supplies on a metal pallet rack. The rack collapsed and struck the employee on the head. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations to the head.
2016-01-05	Rockwall	Texas	Overhead Door Company of Dallas	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working in a house and fell off a ladder, suffering shoulder and ankle pain.
2015-12-08	Wallingford	Connecticut	Amazon.com	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped, fell, and fractured her hip, requiring surgery.
2015-12-08	Wallingford	Connecticut	Amazon.com	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped on a plastic pallet and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip. She required surgery.
2015-11-24	Walla Walla	Washington	Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial Medical Center	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee was walking from the parking lot to the building caring a casserole dish. The employee tripped on the curb and fell onto the dish. The employee was later hospitalized for broken ribs.
2015-08-08	Wallingford	Connecticut	USPS	Pelvis	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by truck at the loading dock resulting in a broken pelvis.
2015-07-27	Rockwall	Texas	Republic Waste Services of Texas Ltd.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was loading trash into the back of a truck. He began to feel cramps and was dehydrated. He was placed in an air conditioned van and given fluids, and was hospitalized when his condition worsened.
2015-07-07	Wall Township	New Jersey	Mark Gannon Plumbing, Heating & Cooling LLC	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee suffered burns while trying to repair a water heater.
2015-06-01	Wallingford	Connecticut	NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INC.	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
On or about June 1, 2015, an employee was injured and hospitalized while performing pipe cleaning duties and tasks.
2015-05-30	Wallops Island	Virginia	York College of Pennsylvania	Nonclassifiable	Nonvenomous insect bites
On or about 5/30/15, an employee was bitten by a mosquito while conducting lab work outdoors on Wallops Island in Virginia. The employee was later hospitalized. The mosquito may have been infected with the West Nile virus.
2015-05-27	Rockwall	Texas	Willbros Group, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to electricity
On or about 05/27/2015 an employee came into contact with an energized cable.
2015-02-03	Wallingford	Connecticut	Live Nation Worldwide, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was walking in a parking lot and turned quickly to see a salt/sanding truck coming through the lot and slipped on ice. The incident occurred at approximately 10:55 PM as the employee was walking to her car.