Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-09 | Wellington | Fl | Excell Refrigeration, Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was on a rooftop, screwing down a bolt with a wrench. The wrench slipped. He lost his balance and fell onto the screw, which lacerated the inside of his right hand. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Wellington | Ks | Scoular Company | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the interior portion of a grain bin when their foot was caught in an open sump pit where a drag was operating and their foot was fractured. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-12 | Wellington | Fl | JHM Construction, LLC | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was stripping concrete forms from a 10-foot step ladder. He lost his balance and fell 5 to 6 feet to the concrete floor below, landing on his feet and then his knees. He suffered injuries to both knees and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-15 | Wellington | Fl | INTERNATIONAL POLO CLUB | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by animal, n.e.c. |
An employee was performing his duties and was struck by a horse, resulting in fractured ribs. | |||||
2020-09-22 | Wellington | Oh | SHILOH INDUSTRIES INC. DBA WELLINGTON STAMPING | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On September 22, 2020, an employee was lifting a die with an overhead gantry crane and a four-legged lifting device. His right index finger was partially amputated when it was pinched between a lifting leg and the die. | |||||
2020-07-18 | Wellington | Kansas | Progressive Ag Coop | Arm(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was on the ground using a chain saw to cut a tree that was storm-damaged when he slipped and dropped the chain saw. He then fell on the saw blade, cutting his arm and requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2020-03-03 | Wellington | Florida | WEP Polo Operations, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck by animal |
An employee was judging a polo match and was struck by a horse. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg and a dislocated shoulder. | |||||
2018-07-13 | Wellington | Florida | Wilco Electrical, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
A lineman was working on a switch from a bucket, covering electrical power lines with blankets and sleeves. As he reached for a jumper, his sweat-soaked shirt touched a hot jumper at the right arm while his left sleeve touched the switch bracket. A flash occurred, and he suffered first- and second-degree burns. | |||||
2018-02-26 | Wellington | Colorado | Advance Tank and Construction Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a magnetic drill press to drill holes into a C-channel. The employee was trying to hold the press in place with a strap, which was wrapped around the employee's left hand and became caught in the drill. The strap then crushed the employee's left index finger, resulting in a partial amputation above the knuckle. | |||||
2018-01-30 | Wellington | Florida | Barnett Management | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was opening a gate for a delivery truck when the truck ran over the employee's right foot, fracturing the ankle. | |||||
2017-06-25 | Wellington | Florida | Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from an 8-foot A-frame ladder, suffering a skull fracture, rib fractures, a vertebrae body compression injury, and a chest cavity injury. | |||||
2017-01-18 | Wellington | Ohio | Cleveland City Forge, Inc. | Scalp | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was running a machine when his hair became caught in it. His hair and scalp were then removed. | |||||
2016-07-27 | Wellington | Florida | Pinnacle Mangement Services | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a golf cart and hit a tree. He was having chest pain and went to the hospital. | |||||
2016-04-28 | Wellington | Florida | G & G Industrial Services Inc. | Lower extremities | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a forklift transporting materials while controlling traffic at a construction site. The employee suffered fractures to lower extremities. | |||||
2016-04-20 | Wellington | Kansas | TECT Aerospace | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting wood using a table saw. The employee's right hand contacted the saw blade resulting in multiple lacerations to the right hand index, ring and pinky fingers. Two digits were amputated. | |||||
2015-08-28 | Wellington | Florida | Della Rossa Plumbing & Solar "LLC" | Sole(s) | Stepped on object |
An employee was gluing a piece under a bathroom sink when the sink fell. The employee stood up and attempted to step over the broken pieces, which cut through his sneakers and cut the bottom of his foot. | |||||
2015-06-29 | Wellington | Kansas | Cornejo and Sons, Inc. | Knee(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
On 6/29/2015, at 12:30 p.m., an employee was backed into by a company pickup truck, which knocked him down. The tires ran over his legs (knees). | |||||
2015-01-28 | Wellington | Ohio | SHILOH INDUSTRIES INC. DBA WELLINGTON STAMPING | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
On or about January 28, 2015, an employee sustained crush/amputation injuries to the right hand while removing a jammed part on the OBI Press. |