| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-27 | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | Rocky Mountain Bottle Company LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working to clear a soda ash blockage that jammed the rotary feeder blades of a silo. Once the employee cleared the blockage, the rotary feeder blades rotated and amputated the second and third fingertips on the employee's left hand. | |||||
| 2020-05-13 | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | ROCKY MOUNTAIN FOREST PRODUCTS | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was operating a forklift and got off the lift to pick some product when another employee got on the forklift and backed up over his foot. He suffered broken toes and required stitches. | |||||
| 2020-04-24 | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | THOMPSON INC. | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was hauling granite on a flatbed truck and stopped at a truck stop for a routine check of the load. The employee noticed one of the chains was becoming loose and used a snap binder to secure the load. The employee went up on the flatbed to tighten the chain when the snap binder snapped back up and hit the employee in the face, causing a fractured skull and brain bleed. The employee was found unconscious on the ground. | |||||
| 2020-04-17 | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | King Soopers | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on ice while walking and sustained a fracture. | |||||
| 2020-04-17 | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | King Soopers Store #20 | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee exited his vehicle and was entering the worksite. He slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell sustaining a head injury. The employee was hospitalized for a brain bleed. | |||||
| 2019-09-05 | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | BriteView Landscape Services | Nonclassifiable | Nonvenomous insect bites |
| While conducting landscaping, an employee was bitten by an insect. The employee sustained an infection. | |||||
| 2019-06-13 | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | SCL Health Lutheran Medical center | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
| An employee experienced anaphylactic shock while completing intake forms on a patient in the emergency room, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-08-22 | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | SPEC Building Materials | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell 10 to 12 feet from a roof to the ground while delivering roofing supplies to a residential location, suffering a broken pelvis and elbow that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-02-02 | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | SCL Health | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking in the parking lot when she slipped on ice and broke her ankle, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-08-19 | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | The Rehabilitation Center at Sandalwood | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee suffered a lower back injury while leaning over and attempting to lift a patient's legs, which were hanging over the bed. | |||||
| 2015-07-10 | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | Apex Plumbing, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was carrying a piece of hydraulic shoring on his shoulder and it slipped. He grabbed it and pinched his finger, amputating the tip. | |||||
| 2015-06-25 | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | STURGEON ELECTRIC INC. | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee suffered arc flash burns while performing electrical work on an energized bus. | |||||
| 2015-02-23 | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | Gentiva Hospice | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on ice and fell in the parking lot. The employee suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized as a result. | |||||