Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-14	Webster	Tx	Western Extrusions Corporation	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was removing the straps from a load on a flatbed 18-wheeler. As the employee removed the last two straps, two bundles of aluminum extrusion (30 feet long, weighing 866 and 699 pounds) fell from the side of the load and struck him. He suffered severe fractures to the right leg, as well as fissures to his vertebrae.
2021-08-07	Webster	Fl	ROBBINS MANUFACTURING COMPANY	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was stepping down off a front-end loader. He missed the last step and fell to the pavement, suffering a broken left hip. He was hospitalized.
2021-06-01	Webster	Tx	ALLIED FIRE PROTECTION, L.P.	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was testing a circuit breaker panel with a multimeter when the panel flashed and the employee was burned on their hands and arms.
2021-05-28	Webster	Ma	Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee closed the door of a safe on their finger and amputated the fingertip.
2021-05-26	Webster	Tx	Campbell Concrete & Materials LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning grease from the drum roller bearing of a mixer truck when the side of the rotating roller contacted his left middle finger causing a partial amputation of the fingertip.
2021-05-14	Webster	Fl	Hawkins Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was fixing a battery-powered electric gate. After he reinstalled the battery, the gate actuated and his right index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket. The fingertip was amputated.
2021-04-05	Webster	Ny	Studco Buillding Systems LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting plywood using a table saw. The employee's left hand slipped and contacted the saw blade, resulting in a laceration to the index and middle fingers.
2021-03-09	Webster	Tx	Isidro Herrera	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was performing brick-laying work from a scaffold. As the employee walked on the scaffold, the wood board overturned, causing the employee to fall 20 feet to the ground and sustain contusions to their head, arms and legs.
2020-09-28	Webster	Tx	Kellogg Brown & Root LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On September 28, 2020, while walking in the facility, an employee stepped on a tacky mat and one shoe stayed stuck, causing her to lose her balance and fall forward. She landed on her left hip fracturing it and lacerated her left index finger as she tried to catch herself by grabbing onto the lockers. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2020-08-30	Webster	Tx	Trees LLC	Hand(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was using an abrasive wheel to sharpen a tool when the wheel shattered and lacerated his hand.
2019-07-24	Webster	Texas	Patrician Windows Covering, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
After returning from her afternoon break, an employee felt dizzy, nauseous, and had shortness of breath. The employee was hospitalized for possible heat-related illness.
2019-03-21	Webster Groves	Missouri	L. KEELEY CONSTRUCTION	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was hooking up a chain from the bucket of a backhoe to a trench box. The trench box was moved, and the employee's right ring finger was amputated.
2019-03-06	Webster	Texas	HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lke	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While administering dialysis to a patient, an employee tripped over a machine cord and fell to the floor, suffering a leg injury.
2019-02-14	Webster	New York	XEROX CORPORATION	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was walking in a dock area. A forklift struck the employee as it backed up, breaking the employee's right ankle and toes.
2018-06-15	Webster	New York	STUDCO BUILDING SYSTEMS	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing jammed material from a mill. The tip of the employee's left ring finger was amputated.
2018-06-06	Webster	South Dakota	Lake Region Electric Association	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
The injured employee was part of a 6-7 person crew of linemen in a boat assessing a leaning pole in slough due to the weather. One of the poles being inspected slipped out causing the live 7200 V primary line to contact the injured employee's shoulder and ground out through their right leg to the boat/water. The employee was hospitalized for electrical burns.
2018-05-24	Webster	Texas	Patrician Window Coverings	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was hooking blinds on an elevator lift for assembly. When the lift was lowered, the employee's left ring finger was next to a stop and was partially amputated.
2018-03-26	Webster	New York	Xerox Corporation	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee stumbled while walking down a flight of about 15 stairs, hitting his head on the landing and suffering a concussion.
2018-02-21	Webster	Florida	Lewis Brothers, Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working on the roof. A piece of metal roofing twisted and caused the employee to fall 8 ft. to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured hip and three broken ribs.
2018-02-07	Webster	Massachusett	Meyer Logistics, Inc	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell. The employee was hospitalized for head trauma.
2018-01-29	Webster	Massachusett	MAPFRE U.S.A. Corp	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was using chemical cleaners to clean urinals when she experienced coughing and vomiting, requiring hospitalization.
2017-09-27	Webster Springs	West Virgini	JIM C. HAMER COMPANY	Upper arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clear a jam in a screw conveyor when his arm was pulled into and caught in the conveyor. His arm had to be surgically amputated below the shoulder.
2017-09-12	Webster	South Dakota	Anderson Industries, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was lifting a 1" steel plate. The steel plate hit a lip and dropped, smashing the employee's left thumb between the top and bottom steel plates amputating the thumb tip.
2017-06-09	Webster Springs	West Virgini	Jim C. Hamer Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On June 9, 2017, at approximately 8:00 p.m., an employee was servicing a front-end loader. The employee was preparing to change an air filter on the front-end loader when the employee's right hand made contact with the alternator fan, amputating the index, middle, and ring fingertips. The loader was running at the time of the incident.
2017-05-26	Webster	Texas	clear lake regional medical center	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.
An employee's shoe caught on the floor, causing her to fall to the ground. She landed on and fractured her left elbow.
2017-01-06	Webster Springs	West Virgini	The Jim C. Hamer Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On January 6, 2017, at approximately 6:00 p.m., an employee was injured while working at the cant deck in the resaw area. Standing near four motor driven chains, the employee noted two 6-8 inch cants that were not laying flat. Wearing leather gloves, the employee adjusted the cants when his left thumb became jammed between the chain and one cant, resulting in amputation of the tip of his thumb.
2016-08-23	Webster	New York	KCCO, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fainted while on top of a ladder and fell approximately 10 ft. to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for fractured vertebrae, a fractured sternum, a fractured thumb, bruised lungs and bleeding in the brain.
2016-08-11	Webster Groves	Missouri	PARIC CORPORATION	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On 8/11/2016, at approximately 3:05 PM, an employee was cutting a stair stringer with a circular saw when the board moved. As he attempted to grab the board, the saw kicked back and amputated his left middle fingertip.
2016-08-04	Webster	New York	Wegmans	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a spill on the floor while walking behind the donut counter. The employee hit their head and suffered a brain contusion, requiring hospitalization.
2016-08-03	Webster	Massachusett	Guardian Industries, Incorporated	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On 8/3/16, an employee was leaning glass sheets on a truck rack toward himself to identify/inventory loaded sheets when he lost control of the stack, which fell over and pinned him between the glass load and a hard object. The glass broke and lacerated his head and knee.
2016-08-01	Webster	New York	Schuler-Haas Electric Corp	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending pipe when his thumb became pinched between the pipe and the bender shoe, amputating his thumb tip.
2016-07-20	Webster	New York	Crane-Hogan Structural Systems, Inc	Thigh(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was operating a circular saw when their vest got caught up in the saw. The employee's right quadricep was lacerated.
2016-07-20	Webster	New York	Upstate Roofing & Painting, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was painting a room with a paint sprayer (approximately 2000 psi). The equipment malfunctioned and the employee's left thumb was lacerated. In addition, paint was injected into the laceration.
2016-05-27	Webster	New York	Maplewood Nursing Home	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee walking down the hallway with non-skid shoes. The shoes stuck to the tile floor and the employee fell fracturing the left hip.
2016-04-27	Webster	Florida	Circle K	Brain	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
An employee was installing a sign while on a 6-foot fiberglass ladder. He stepped off the ladder and onto a stack of water cases. The stack caved in, and the employee fell down, head first, to the concrete ground, suffering a head injury.
2016-04-08	Webster	New York	UPSTATE NIAGARA COOPERATIVE	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was raising the slide gate on his truck with one hand on the controls and the other hand free. He slipped and his left hand was caught between the truck and rising gate, amputating his left middle fingertip.
2016-04-05	Webster	Texas	SER Construction Partners, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working near a boring tunneling pit when he experienced dizziness and fell through railing, breaking his pelvis and two ribs.
2015-08-25	Webster	New York	Xerox Corp.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
A electrical lead on the drive motor on a powered industrial truck began to melt and fume. A worker nearby inhaled the fume/smoke and was taken to the hospital.