Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-26	Montgomery	Al	DAS North America, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working in a test booth that tests the noise quality of automobile seats. The conveyor line stopped moving. The employee looked through the test booth doors, leaned over and placed their left hand on the chain and sprocket that drives the conveyor. The conveyor system began moving, resulting in amputations to the left index, middle and ring fingers.
2021-10-22	Grand Island	Ne	Levander's Automotive	Eye(s)	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport
An employee was using a hammer to loosen a part on an automobile's suspension system when the employee was struck in the eye by the automobile's control arm, resulting in an eye injury.
2021-10-01	Mount Pleasant	Wi	J&A Pohl Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
Two employees were working in a work zone along the side of a road when they were struck by an automobile that drove through the work zone, resulting in broken bones.
2021-09-06	Decatur	Ga	MH Memorial LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to remove an automobile floor mat from a rug beater machine. The side service panel had been removed from the machine so she could diagnose a possible issue with the machine. The mat came free, and her right hand slipped into the path of the machine's chain and sprocket. Her right index finger was amputated at or near the first knuckle.
2021-06-26	Midlothian	Tx	Gerdau Midlothian Steel Mill	Arm(s)	Explosion, n.e.c.
An employee was separating copper on a conveyor. An old-style automobile air bag was on the conveyor and exploded before reaching the employee, who was struck by materials from the bag and suffered 6-inch lacerations a broken left arm.
2021-06-21	Horn Lake	Ms	Rite Hite Products Corporation	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was standing in a hallway when an automobile that was in the parking lot crashed into the building and struck the employee.
2021-02-22	Cincinnati	Oh	General Motors, LLC Dba Customer Care and After Sales	Brain	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was performing diagnostic testing on an automobile elevated on a car hoist. The employee was working from a portable staircase and fell 6 to 8 feet to the ground, resulting in a loss of consciousness, a broken finger, a head injury that required stitches, and a concussion.
2020-07-21	Fort Worth	Texas	HFWBH Motors, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was repairing an automobile when the vehicle's control arm dropped on the employee's left hand. The employee sustained an amputation to the nailbed and first knuckle of the left middle finger.
2020-06-02	Jupiter	Florida	Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was entering the company truck which was parked in the service bay between the automotive lift posts. The employee slipped and fell on same level inside of the automobile service area. The employee landed on his shoulder/back on an automotive lift arm, which was at ground level, and sustained a punctured lung.
2019-09-21	Twin Falls	Idaho	Commercial Tire	Fingertip(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was aligning the wheels of an automobile on an alignment lift. The car rolled off the lift and into the garage door frame. The employee's left hand was caught between the automobile and the door frame; the ring finger and the tip of the little finger were amputated.
2019-09-20	Wausau	Wisconsin	Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC	Leg(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was changing a tire. The employee's right leg was pinned and lacerated between the tire-changing machine and the automobile.
2019-09-12	National City	California	U.S. Postal Service	Trunk	Pedestrian vehicular incident
An employee was standing at the rear of his delivery truck when he was struck by an automobile. The employee sustained multiple fractures to the body and was hospitalized.
2019-04-09	Sullivan	Ohio	VAUGHN INDUSTRIES, INC.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone
An employee was in a work zone flagging traffic. An automobile entered the work zone and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury and a broken leg.
2019-03-14	Farmers Branch	Texas	El Rancho	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by an automobile while retrieving shopping carts in the store's parking lot, suffering multiple injuries.
2018-09-06	San Antonio	Texas	TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, TEXAS, INC	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was checking torque on automobiles when she fell off a work platform. She fell about 18 inches, breaking her left leg and left elbow. She was hospitalized, possibly needing surgery.
2018-07-26	Stuart	Florida	Yellowstone Landscape	Head, neck, and trunk	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was conducting landscape work when a moving automobile hit the employee, who suffered a broken neck, ribs, and skull.
2018-07-19	Rogers	Arkansas	TRG Rogers, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was cleaning pieces of metal from a catwalk and stairs into an automobile shredder when they began to feel ill and vomited. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress.
2018-03-09	Bethesda	Maryland	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/National Institutes of Health	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was walking in a parking garage when an automobile started approaching. The employee went to step back behind a protection barrier and fell to the concrete ground, breaking a femur.
2018-02-10	Capac	Michigan	U.S. Postal Service	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was delivering mail via an automobile. As the employee was closing a mailbox with her right index finger, the vehicle began to slide due to snow resulting in amputation of her right index finger.
2017-08-14	West Point	Georgia	Glovis America, Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was loading automobiles on a railcar when she fell approximately 10 feet to the ground, fracturing her left knee and sternum.
2017-07-21	Cincinnati	Ohio	Beechmont Motors T, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was repairing an automobile engine when his right hand was caught in the fan belt pulley, amputating his right middle fingertip.
2017-07-02	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	JC Penney	Multiple body parts	Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c.
An employee was struck by an automobile in the truck lot resulting in trauma to the right hip and elbow.
2017-06-13	Gray	Maine	PIKE INDUSTRIES, INC.	Multiple trunk locations	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was struck by an automobile while setting up a work zone, suffering multiple broken ribs, a broken pelvis, several broken vertebrae, and multiple internal injuries. He was hospitalized.
2017-03-13	Huntsville	Alabama	Consolidated Wiring, L.L.C.	Head and trunk	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was acting as a flagger when he was struck by an automobile. He suffered severe head trauma and multiple internal injuries including abdominal, spleen, pelvic, liver, and knee injuries, requiring hospitalization.
2017-01-21	Fort Myers	Florida	Crannie Signs, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle on side of roadway
An employee was replacing sign panels on metal arches over a terminal access road overpass on a parkway. He was working from a boom lift parked at the median while the inside lanes were open to traffic in both directions and the outside lanes and shoulders were closed. An automobile truck carrier struck his boom lift, ejecting him from the basket. His harness/lanyard pulled him back, and he bounced off the basket and landed on the pavement below. He sustained a fractured femur, nine broken ribs,
2017-01-03	Arlington Heights	Illinois	New Albertson's, Inc. dba Jewel-Osco	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was collecting shopping carts in the parking lot when he was struck by a moving automobile, suffering multiple injuries and requiring hospitalization.
2016-09-16	Columbia	Pennsylvania	Keystone Human Services	Nonclassifiable	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was ordering food at a drive-through when a client that accompanied the employee in the car became violent and attacked the employee. The incident resulted in an automobile accident in which the employee sustained an injury.
2016-09-01	Montgomery	Alabama	Workforce Walker Personnel, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee passed out due to dehydration while shuttling newly manufactured automobiles to the PIO area for finishing in high temperatures.
2016-06-28	Atwood	Colorado	Roadway Safety Solutions, LLC	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle on side of road
An employee was loading signs onto a flatbed truck parked on the shoulder of the road when an automobile veered onto the shoulder and struck the employee. The employee suffered broken bones, an internal injury, and a leg amputation.
2016-06-17	Kissimmee	Florida	Auto Zone	Brain	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was helping a customer troubleshoot the customer's automobile. The employee was leaning over and looking into the car's engine compartment when the hood of the vehicle fell and struck the employee in the head.
2016-05-25	Revere	Massachusett	BARLETTA HEAVY DIVISION, INC.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone
An employee was struck by an automobile while working on a roadway in a work zone.
2016-05-23	La Belle	Missouri	MFA Agricultural Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
The passenger door of an automobile shut on an employee's left hand, amputating his ring finger at the nailbed.
2016-03-16	Carencro	Louisiana	Brudd Construction Company, LLC	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was struck by a passenger automobile while performing road construction activities. The employee suffered leg and face injuries, including lacerations, crushing injuries, and bruised bones.
2016-03-04	Abilene	Texas	Southwest Convenience Stores	Multiple arm locations	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking to her automobile to travel to her next assignment when she fell off a curb at the site and fractured her arm in four locations. She was hospitalized.
2016-01-16	Luverne	Alabama	SMART Alabama, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a welder to assemble underbody automobile parts and amputated the tip of the left thumb.
2015-12-04	Atlanta	Georgia	Holder-Hunt-Russell-Moody, A Joint Venture	Multiple body parts	Roadway collision-moving perpendicularly
Two employees were driving a company golf cart across an intersection when an automobile ran the stop sign and struck the cart. One of the employees sustained five broken ribs and a broken collarbone, while the second employee suffered knee bruises and a strained neck.
2015-12-03	Alpharetta	Georgia	American Disposal Services	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
An employee was dumping garbage into the waste dump when an automobile slammed into the back of the truck, pinning the employee between the car and truck. Both of the employee's legs were amputated.
2015-11-24	Columbus	Ohio	ODW Logistics	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
Two employees were walking on facility grounds, in the street, by the 1590 Building. They were walking with traffic and one employee was struck by an automobile and was hospitalized with a skull fracture, torn ear that had to be reattached, fractured ribs and lacerations and contusions.
2015-10-20	Denison	Texas	Stephenson Wholesale	Upper and lower limb(s)	Roadway incident involving motorized land vehicle
An employee involved in an automobile accident suffered a broken wrist and leg.
2015-10-15	Westerville	Ohio	Meijer #181	Brain	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by an automobile while gathering carts in the parking lot. The employee suffered severe leg injuries and bleeding on the brain.
2015-09-21	Cusseta	Alabama	Ajin USA	Wrist(s)	Intentional injury by other person
An employee's wrist was cut by a metal stamped automobile part during a physical altercation with another employee.
2015-07-29	Jarrell	Texas	Hunter Industries Limited, LTD	Nonclassifiable	Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle on side of roadway
Four workers were in a crew truck located in a work zone when it was struck by an automobile.
2015-07-27	Washington	District Of	Jambo Auto Sales	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was working under the hood of a vehicle suspended above him by a hydraulic automobile lift. The vehicle unexpectedly started moving forward while on the lift and struck his shoulder area. He was hospitalized.
2015-07-27	Lawrence	Kansas	BROWN INDUSTRIES, LLC	Whole body	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee engaged in automobile wiring activities under a raised truck body was crushed when the air line supplying air to the air bags, which raise the truck body, released and caused the truck body to come down on the employee.
2015-07-26	Northport	Alabama	Rite Aid	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
On Sunday, July 26, 2015, an automobile drove through the front of the store; the impact injured an employee.
2015-07-15	North Little Rock	Arkansas	ADESA Arkansas, LLC	Multiple body parts	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was lowering an automobile garage door when the wind caught the door and pulled it loose. The garage door struck the employee on the head and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized for injuries.
2015-06-17	Aurora	Colorado	IAV Automotive Engineering	Nonclassifiable	Contact with objects and equipment
Employees exposed to crush-by hazards while conducting automobile high altitude performance testing.
2015-05-21	Harahan	Louisiana	Ochsner	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee slipped/tripped and fell in the concrete parking lot while running to his automobile in the rain at an administrative building. The employee severely strained his right hamstring and sustained an abrasion on his right knee, as well as abrasions on the palms of both hands.
2015-04-02	Zanesville	Ohio	Little Caesars Pizza Store #445	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee's legs broke in several places after being struck by an automobile that crashed into the facility.
2015-01-19	Houston	Texas	O'Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Employee's right pinky finger distal tip was amputated when pinched in an automobile door. The employee was helping to push start a customer's car related to a battery change when the customer closed the car door on the employee's hand.
2015-01-02	Spring Hill	Florida	Circle K	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was injured by a customer's automobile when the car jumped the curb and pinned the employee against the Red Box movie kiosk on the convenience store's sidewalk.