Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-02 | Pittston | Pa | Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
Two employees were replacing a guard chute on a printed scrap baler. One of them was lining up the guard using his left hand when the counter door cycled into the open position, resulting in amputation of the tip of his middle finger. | |||||
2021-07-23 | M C B H Kaneohe Bay | Hi | Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was preparing to make a cardboard bale using the box baler. He was unjamming a piece when his fingertip was caught between a chain and the wall of the machine resulting in amputation. | |||||
2021-07-16 | Remlap | Al | Cross Metals LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was inspecting a malfunction in the wire tie of a baler. The tension release bar engaged and caught the employee's right index fingertip resulting in an open fracture and partial amputation. | |||||
2021-06-02 | Chicago | Il | Mahzel Metals, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
On June 2, 2021, at approximately 10:45 AM, a mechanic was standing next to a hydraulic baler press when it cycled. The platen came down on the mechanic's foot resulting in amputation of several toes. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Huntsville | Al | COSTCO Wholesale Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A baler door closed on an employee's finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-02-25 | Calhoun | Ga | Engineered Floors, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was emptying cardboard from a baler. As he was opening the baler door, he noticed it was stuck on the top gate. He lifted on the top gate to free the bottom door and the door swung open, smashing his right-hand fingers against the door latch. His right ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Westerville | Oh | Columbus Foam Products, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On January 21, 2021, an employee was using a baler machine when his hand was caught in the machine and severely lacerated. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Statesboro | Ga | Ollie's Bargain Outlet, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was loading cardboard into the baler. The baler door closed on the employee's finger, causing an amputation of the left middle fingertip. | |||||
2021-01-14 | Florence | Al | American Excelsior Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A temporary employee attempted to retriever a push stick from inside a baler when the baler cycled and partially amputated a finger. | |||||
2020-10-08 | Hixton | Wi | Northern Family Farms, LLP. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a Christmas tree baler when their hand was caught in the machine. The employee sustained an amputation of their right ring finger to the first knuckle. | |||||
2020-09-29 | Fairfield | Nj | Imperia Foods Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
An employee entered a cardboard baler behind a heavy, 4 1/2-foot by 6-foot metal door. A forklift moving a load struck the door, which in turn struck and injured the employee. | |||||
2020-09-24 | Fairborn | Oh | Kroger | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was putting steel bands on a cardboard bale at the baler. She stepped back, tripped, and fell backwards resulting in a broken forearm. | |||||
2020-08-11 | Denver | Co | GFL Environmental, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee had climbed a 6-foot A-frame ladder that was leaned up against a baler machine and was going to use pressurized air to clear debris off the electronic eye. The baler activated and the blade swept, amputating a portion of the employee’s left index finger. | |||||
2020-07-15 | Rochester | New York | Tops Market | Wrist(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee had been making a bale with the baler. While ejecting the bale, she noticed the metal wire was stuck on the chain in the machine. The employee cut the wire free. The bale then fell, knocking her over and resulting in two broken wrists. She was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2020-06-10 | Winnebago | Illinois | Sullivan's Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was closing a cardboard baler with his left hand. He pulled down the door and continued to hang onto the handle of the cardboard baler with his left hand as it closed. He reached with his right hand to start the baler. As he did this, his left pinky and ring fingers were caught in the baler, which started to pull his fingers in. His fingers were then caught on the safety mechanism. | |||||
2020-05-14 | Monroe | Louisiana | WAGNER INDUSTRIES INC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was training on how to clean off the wire of an auto-tie baler. His right hand was between two pieces of the frame on the machine when the baler cycled and caught his gloved right hand, causing a laceration and open hand fracture. He was hospitalized and had hand surgery. | |||||
2020-05-14 | Bucyrus | Ohio | Diamond Wipes International Inc. | Hip(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was manually putting cardboard into a baler when he stepped backwards into the pathway of a forklift and was struck by the forklift's load. He sustained a broken left hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-12 | Gulfport | Mississippi | Pilot Travel Center, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was unjamming the bottom plate of a cardboard baler. The bottom plate popped up and pinched the employee's right index finger against the baler frame. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-08-19 | Albertville | Alabama | MITCHELL GROCERY CORP. | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using his foot to push down material that was stuck in the automatic baler's loading hopper. His foot went through the cardboard into a void area causing the him to lose his balance and fall into the loading hopper then into the compactor ram area. The ram cycled and his feet were caught between the ram and a side of the compactor area. The employee suffered a broken tibia and the right foot was crushed. The employee's right leg was later amputated below the knee. | |||||
2019-07-18 | Orlando | Florida | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Multiple face locations | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was in a baler, attempting to unjam cardboard from a hook. When the cardboard came free, the hook struck the employee in the left side of the head and face. The employee suffered a fractured left jaw and left orbit, as well as a cut under the left eye that required stitches. | |||||
2019-07-10 | Cleveland | Ohio | Rocky Fork Equipment LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was operating an aerial lift to reach an elevation on a baler. The employee exited the aerial lift to gain access to the baler. The employee fell from the baler to the ground below and was hospitalized for multiple fractures including hip fractures. | |||||
2019-07-09 | Williston | Florida | Sleepy Creek Lands, LLC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
On July 9, 2019, a maintenance technician was replacing the plastic wrap at the pin and arm of a baler machine when the arm moved toward him causing him to be caught between the arm and door of the baler. He sustained two rib fractures and a contusion to the kidney and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-06 | Bryant | Arkansas | WALMART STORE #3230 | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was loading cardboard into a baler. She tripped over a pallet and fell to the floor, breaking her hip. | |||||
2019-06-09 | Bellmawr | New Jersey | International Paper | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the scrap pit around a baler when his glove was caught in the in-running nip between the belt and the idler roller, resulting in a left arm fracture. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-05-30 | Stamford | Connecticut | Trader Joe's | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
After placing empty cardboard into the baler, an employee grabbed the baler gate handle with his right hand and began to pull the gate down to close it. While he was adjusting cardboard with his left hand, the gate closed on his hand. The left index finger was partially amputated without bone loss, and the left middle and ring fingers were fractured. | |||||
2019-05-25 | O Fallon | Illinois | Schnuck Market Inc | Arm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was moving a pallet of merchandise with a pallet jack when their arm was caught between the pallet jack and a carboard baler and fractured. | |||||
2019-04-19 | Menasha | Wisconsin | Dura-Fibre, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing maintenance on a baler. Knives on the baler amputated the employee's right hand. | |||||
2019-04-09 | Oldsmar | Florida | Micon Packaging Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working on a baler when it caught his hand. He suffered two broken fingers and lacerations, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-03-19 | Schaumburg | Illinois | Nation Pizza Products, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were loading cardboard into a baler. The overhead door was closed, but the baler did not read that it was closed properly. When the door was re-closed, it caught an employee's right hand, causing an amputation to the index fingertip/print. | |||||
2019-02-27 | Lock Haven | Pennsylvania | Weis Markets, Incorporated | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking in the back room to retrieve supplies for the deli. The employee tripped on a baler wire as it was being fed into the baler. The employee fell and suffered a fractured left hip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-25 | Frostproof | Florida | Lemon X corporation | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a stand up forklift and contacted the closing brackets on the corrugated baler machine. His left leg was caught between the forklift and the baler causing a fracture and laceration to his ankle and foot. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-21 | Omaha | Nebraska | International Paper Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was clearing a blockage of the top photo eye of a baler. A shear inside the hopper caused the amputation of the employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
2019-02-01 | Green Bay | Wisconsin | Services Plus, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading a cardboard baler and caught their left middle finger between the baler and the cardboard resulting in a partial amputation of the finger. | |||||
2019-01-30 | De Pere | Wisconsin | Festival Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On January 30, 2019, two employees were loading boxes into the baler. Once the boxes were loaded, the gate was lowered and one of the employee's fingers was caught in a pinch point resulting in the amputation of the left middle finger. | |||||
2018-09-25 | Haltom City | Texas | Harris Packaging Corporation | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was replacing a rotating belt on a baler when the belt pulled him in. His right arm was crushed, requiring surgical amputation. | |||||
2018-08-29 | Houston | Texas | TA Textiles, LLC. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was placing plastic film on top of a textile baling machine. The baler was activated and its top plate crushed the employee's right hand. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-08-28 | Pell City | Alabama | TCI of Alabama, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was attempting to remove a compressed can from a can crushing baler machine when the equipment's retaining pin malfunctioned and became loose, allowing the head plate to fall and crush the employee's right hand. The employee's right hand was fractured. | |||||
2018-08-08 | Martinsburg | West Virgini | Quad Graphics, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On 08/09/2018, an employee was installing a new baler when it shifted and he fell approximately 5'8" off the baler to the ground, suffering broken ribs, a broken collarbone, and a punctured lung. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-02 | Manhattan | Kansas | Dillons Westloop Store | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee had just used a baler to create a bale of cardboard when another employee approached with an electric pallet jack. The operator of the pallet jack then pinned the employee between the baler door and the finished bale of cardboard. The employee suffered a cracked pelvic bone. | |||||
2018-06-01 | Mcallen | Texas | Grand Rapids Foam Technologies, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading a baler to compress scape foam for disposal when his left arm was pinched/crushed between the bailer door and the bailer ram. | |||||
2018-05-26 | Dallas | Texas | 99 Cents Only Stores | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was closing the gate of a cardboard baler with her right hand. The gate closed onto her left hand. Her middle finger was amputated. | |||||
2018-05-11 | Dallas | Texas | Kroger Texas L.P. | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was walking to a cardboard baler with a cardboard box in his hands when he tripped and fell, fracturing his femur and hip. | |||||
2018-04-16 | Bremen | Georgia | Wna Bremen ( Inc. Boc) | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was placing cardboard on a cardboard baler when the pin that secures the press-down plate on the baler broke, allowing the plate to land on and break the employee's left arm. | |||||
2018-04-11 | Arlington | Texas | Packaging Corporation of America | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
A temporary employee was stacking material when the punching equipment line was stopped by other employees so they could address the recycling baler. The temporary employee went to the area around the shredder and was attempting to pull some material from underneath a conveyor when the employee's left hand was caught between the roller and the belt of the conveyor. The employee suffered a crushed left hand, fractured left thumb, and skin removal from the back of the left hand. | |||||
2018-04-10 | North Little Rock | Arkansas | Stericycle, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was dumping shredded paper into a horizontal baler when the wire tie mechanism malfunctioned and did not tie a wire around a bale. He was attempting to fix the issue when his left hand was caught and crushed in the wire tie mechanism, requiring hospitalization. The baler was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-02-06 | Plant City | Florida | PTR Baler and Compactor Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was replacing a hydraulic cylinder on a baler when the cylinder slipped from his hand and pinched his middle fingertip, amputating it (no bone loss). | |||||
2018-01-16 | Calumet City | Illinois | FP Stores | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was trying to close a baler door with two other employees. The two employees were pulling down on the door while the injured employee was pushing the paper into the baler. The door then pulled closed and pinched the employee's fingertips. The employee suffered two fingertip amputations. | |||||
2018-01-05 | Monett | Missouri | International Dehydrated Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was helping two other associates close a door to a cardboard baler. The injured employee and a coworker were pushing on the door while another was operating the baler controls. The injured employee instructed a coworker to close the hydraulic clamp that closes the door. The hydraulic clamp crushed the employee's four left-hand fingers (index through pinky) between the door and hydraulic clamp. The fingers were amputated. | |||||
2017-09-12 | Hot Springs | Arkansas | Aluma-Weld Inc | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was baling scrap aluminum. The employee attempted to dislodge a piece of aluminum while the baler was operating. The employee's arm was caught in the door resulting in a laceration to the employee's bicep. | |||||
2017-08-18 | Miami | Florida | Aldi (Florida) llc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was operating a baler when the baler door closed on and amputated the employee's left ring finger and possibly a second finger. | |||||
2017-08-14 | Greeley | Colorado | Parallel Products of Colorado, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
Two employees had shut down a can crusher because the auger was making a funny noise. The injured employee had climbed up to inspect the upper bearing and had set his right foot over to the baler to steady himself. The baler engaged and started down, and the bale ejector chain hook came down on his boot behind the steel toe. His right big toe was amputated. | |||||
2017-04-22 | Plano | Texas | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was cleaning the top of a baler and slipped off a stool fracturing the left wrist. | |||||
2017-04-21 | Springfield | Pennsylvania | BJ's Wholesale Club | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee caught a finger in a cardboard baler door causing a laceration that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2017-03-30 | Rochester | New York | CASCADES NEW YORK INC. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a baler machine. The employee installed a new spool of baling wire on the back of the machine and then threaded the new wire through the eyelets and was twisting the new wire onto the old wire when the machine cycled severing his left hand. The machine was not guarded at the time. | |||||
2017-03-29 | Luverne | Alabama | Fred's Stores of Tennessee, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was placing items into a baler (cardboard crusher). When she turned and walked away, she fell to the floor. She was hospitalized with a shattered tibia and fibula in her right leg. | |||||
2017-03-21 | Mansfield | Ohio | Metal Conversions, Ltd. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On March 21, 2017, an employee was using a baler to compress metal parts into a block. The employee's left foot was pushing some wire into the baler when the horizontal door caught the foot and amputated two toes. The baler was running at the time. | |||||
2017-03-21 | Twinsburg | Ohio | Kimble Company | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was accessing the top of a baler when the ladder he was on kicked out. He then grabbed the structure next to him and injured his shoulder, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2017-03-18 | Lagrange | Georgia | TRINIDAD-BENHAM CORP. | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to clear a jam in a small metal scrap baler. The baler engaged while the employee's left foot was in the machine resulting in amputation of the foot at the ankle. | |||||
2017-02-22 | South Bay | Florida | Florida Crystals Food Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was preparing to eject a cardboard bale from a baler when both of the employee's hands became stuck in the ejector chain. The employee's left-hand thumb and pinky finger were bruised, ring and index fingers were smashed, and middle finger was amputated. The employee's right-hand pinky, ring, and middle fingertips were amputated. The right index finger was smashed and the thumb was bruised. | |||||
2017-02-10 | Edwardsville | Illinois | Westrock | Upper extremities | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A temporary employee was operating the cardboard baler when it jammed. The employee's arm was caught in the machine while trying to unjam it. The employee was admitted to the hospital for his injuries. | |||||
2017-01-04 | Joplin | Missouri | AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was threading bale wire through a paper scrap baler when the baler was activated. The employee's index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2017-01-04 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Big Lots Stores Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was stocking shelves and loading a baler with empty cardboard boxes. She was pulling a rope attached to the baler door to close it when her left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated in the door. | |||||
2016-10-22 | Lithonia | Georgia | International Paper Company | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee suffered multiple fractures and tissue damage to his arm when he opened the guard of a scrap baler. The baler was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
2016-09-26 | Scott City | Missouri | ISI ENVIRONMENTAL & RECYCLING LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attempting to stuff cardboard back into the chamber of a horizontal baler when it crushed her right hand. | |||||
2016-09-23 | Omaha | Nebraska | Quad Packaging, Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was working with a coworker to clear some scrap paper that was blocking a sensor on the baler and preventing the baler door from closing. The door could only be raised or lowered using the manual controls. While the employee was clearing the scrap paper from the sensor, his coworker activated the controls to lower the door. The door closed on his left hand, causing multiple metacarpal fractures and lacerations. | |||||
2016-09-08 | Fort Worth | Texas | Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was standing between a parked forklift and the discharge side of an automatic-ejecting baler. The baler pushed out a bale and pinned the employee's calf between the bale and the fork of the forklift, lacerating the employee's lower leg. | |||||
2016-08-30 | Mason | Ohio | Whole Foods Maket | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding banding material into the baler and pinched a finger between the baler and the chain amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2016-08-15 | Warwick | Rhode Island | JAY PACKAGING GROUP INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was troubleshooting the baler machine. When he opened the electrical controller for the baler, he received an electrical shock to his right hand. | |||||
2016-08-13 | Fort Worth | Texas | Pratt Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working at the baler/hogger shredding up corrugated boxes when a jam occurred. The employee used a metal pipe to try and clear/unjam the hogger when his right hand was pinned between the pipe and hogger's door frame, fracturing his third, fourth, and fifth fingers. | |||||
2016-08-02 | Dallas | Texas | Dallas Waste Disposal and Recycling, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was conducting maintenance on a baler when the baler's plunger struck his back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-08-02 | Chatsworth | Georgia | Lonesome Oak Trading Company | Lower leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was ejecting a bale from a baler. He was standing in front of the bale while pushing the button to eject it. The bale began to come out and his right ankle was caught underneath it, breaking his right lower leg. | |||||
2016-07-30 | Somerset | New Jersey | OZBURN HESSEY LOGISTICS (OHL) | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee's hand was crushed while engaging the locking clamp device on the baler door. | |||||
2016-07-17 | Twinsburg | Ohio | Kimble Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting a malfunction on the walking floor near the baler and amputated the left thumb when the door closed on his hand. | |||||
2016-06-24 | New York | New York | Duane Reade | Fingertip(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was attempting to unjam a hand tool that was lodged in the baler crush plate and baler wall. When the jammed hand tool came loose, it struck the employee's left index finger, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2016-06-24 | Lorain | Ohio | Cascade Management Services, Inc. | Pelvis | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
On or about June 24, 2016, an employee was helping to remove a cardboard bale from a baler when the bale became displaced and struck the employee, pushing him to the ground. He suffered a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2016-06-16 | Warrenton | Missouri | JV MANUFACTURING, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was disconnecting the existing power source to the cardboard balers when the employee received an electric shock, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-06-02 | Willacoochee | Georgia | WILLACOOCHEE INDUSTRIAL FABRICS, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a baler. When he hit the hydraulic switch for compaction, the baler door was pushed open and hit his right ribcage, fracturing four ribs requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-02-17 | Newport | Arkansas | Shearers Food LLC | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was putting cardboard into the baler. His hand was caught in the baler door while closing it. The employee's left hand was dislocated, fractured, and lacerated. | |||||
2016-02-15 | Lufkin | Texas | QG Printing II Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A employee was cleaning the sensing eye on the baler when the baler cycled and caught the employee's right middle fingertip resulting a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
2016-01-14 | Garland | Texas | Kroger Texas L.P. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was manually pulling down the gate on a cardboard baler when the gate crushed the employee's left index fingertip. | |||||
2015-12-30 | Tobyhanna | Pennsylvania | Walmart Distribution Center 6080 | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
Employee A was filling a cardboard baler when Employee B turned on the baler. The hydraulic drive door caught employee A's left arm and amputated it below the elbow. | |||||
2015-10-15 | Pontotoc | Mississippi | Pepsi Beverage Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was lowering the gate on a baler when the fifth digit on her left hand got crushed, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2015-10-07 | Dallas | Texas | RPG Innovations LLC | Forearm(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a wrench to tighten a bolt on a baler. When the bolt broke loose, his right forearm struck the edge of his tool cart and fractured. | |||||
2015-09-24 | Bristol | Pennsylvania | Eagle Equipment Corporation | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
On 9/24/15, an employee was doing electrical service work to the motor of a vertical cardboard baler. The power to the motor was not turned off at the time. He received an electric shock when he grabbed the live 208 power cord and sustained burns to his hands, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-07-30 | Milford | Pennsylvania | Econo-Pak | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee operating a baler-compactor was injured at 2:52 PM on July 30, 2015. The employee's right hand was caught between the machine and a raised bucket. The employee was hospitalized overnight and required surgery to amputate two right-hand fingers. | |||||
2015-07-15 | Siloam Springs | Arkansas | PIPELIFE JET STREAM INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was placing a piece of pipe on a baler table when the pipe began to roll off the table. The employee tried to catch the rolling pipe and caught his finger between the baler table and the pipe. | |||||
2015-07-02 | Round Rock | Texas | Joann's Fabrics | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee's right middle fingertip was amputated while closing the gate to the baler. | |||||
2015-06-27 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Walmart | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee's left pinky finger was amputated while working with the baler machine. | |||||
2015-06-09 | Neenah | Wisconsin | Outlook Group Corp | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee's hand got caught while trying to clear a jam in a baler. | |||||
2015-05-20 | Hot Springs | Arkansas | Sears Store #2126 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was using the baler compactor and he manually closed the gate on his right ring finger. The injury resulted in a partial amputation of the right ring finger up to the first knuckle. | |||||
2015-05-12 | Richland Hills | Texas | Amalgamate Processing, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was standing near a baler machine. A coworker bumped the baler with a forklift, causing the baler door to fall off and hit the employee on the foot. | |||||
2015-05-01 | Birmingham | Alabama | Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a baler when some cardboard got stuck. This affected the operation of the baler. The employee used a hook to dislodge the cardboard. The baler caught the hook and pulled the employee's right hand against the frame of the baler injuring his hand. The employee was sent to the hospital and kept overnight due to his injuries. | |||||
2015-02-25 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Trader Joe's Company Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's fingertip was amputated while operating a baler in the back room of the store. The employee was lowering the baler gate when it slammed on the employee's fingertip. The employee was seen in the emergency room, where it was discovered that the fingertip could not be reattached. | |||||
2015-02-24 | Marmora | New Jersey | Village Shop-Rite | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
Employee's finger was caught between a baler and power jack; employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-01-18 | Appleton | Wisconsin | Great Northern Corporation | Trunk | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On or about January 18, 2015 at noon, an employee was working on a baler rotary valve. The employee slipped and fell approximately 48" hitting the mid-section. |