DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-10-02PittstonPaBall Metal Beverage Container CorporationFingertip(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.
2021-07-23M C B H Kaneohe BayHiDefense 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.
2021-07-16RemlapAlCross Metals LLCFingertip(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.
2021-06-02ChicagoIlMahzel 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.
2021-04-06HuntsvilleAlCOSTCO Wholesale CorporationFingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A baler door closed on an employee's finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-02-25CalhounGaEngineered Floors, LLCFingertip(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.
2021-01-21WestervilleOhColumbus 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.
2021-01-21StatesboroGaOllie'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.
2021-01-14FlorenceAlAmerican Excelsior CompanyFinger(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.
2020-10-08HixtonWiNorthern 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.
2020-09-29FairfieldNjImperia Foods Inc.NonclassifiablePedestrian 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.
2020-09-24FairbornOhKrogerForearm(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.
2020-08-11DenverCoGFL 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.
2020-07-15RochesterNew YorkTops MarketWrist(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.
2020-06-10WinnebagoIllinoisSullivan's FoodsFinger(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.
2020-05-14MonroeLouisianaWAGNER INDUSTRIES INCHand(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.
2020-05-14BucyrusOhioDiamond 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.
2020-03-12GulfportMississippiPilot Travel Center, LLCFingertip(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.
2019-08-19AlbertvilleAlabamaMITCHELL 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.
2019-07-18OrlandoFloridaU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Multiple face locationsStruck 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.
2019-07-10ClevelandOhioRocky Fork Equipment LLCHip(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.
2019-07-09WillistonFloridaSleepy Creek Lands, LLC.Chest, except internal location of diseases or disordersStruck 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.
2019-07-06BryantArkansasWALMART STORE #3230Hip(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.
2019-06-09BellmawrNew JerseyInternational PaperArm(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.
2019-05-30StamfordConnecticutTrader Joe'sFinger(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.
2019-05-25O FallonIllinoisSchnuck 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.
2019-04-19MenashaWisconsinDura-Fibre, LLCHand(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.
2019-04-09OldsmarFloridaMicon Packaging IncFinger(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.
2019-03-19SchaumburgIllinoisNation Pizza Products, LLCFingertip(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.
2019-02-27Lock HavenPennsylvaniaWeis Markets, IncorporatedHip(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.
2019-02-25FrostproofFloridaLemon 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.
2019-02-21OmahaNebraskaInternational 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.
2019-02-01Green BayWisconsinServices 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.
2019-01-30De PereWisconsinFestival FoodsFinger(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.
2018-09-25Haltom CityTexasHarris Packaging CorporationArm(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.
2018-08-29HoustonTexasTA 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.
2018-08-28Pell CityAlabamaTCI of Alabama, LLCHand(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.
2018-08-08MartinsburgWest VirginiQuad Graphics, Inc.Chest, except internal location of diseases or disordersOther 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.
2018-07-02ManhattanKansasDillons Westloop StorePelvisPedestrian 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.
2018-06-01McallenTexasGrand 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.
2018-05-26DallasTexas99 Cents Only StoresFinger(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.
2018-05-11DallasTexasKroger 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.
2018-04-16BremenGeorgiaWna 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.
2018-04-11ArlingtonTexasPackaging Corporation of AmericaHand(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.
2018-04-10North Little RockArkansasStericycle, 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.
2018-02-06Plant CityFloridaPTR Baler and Compactor CompanyFingertip(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).
2018-01-16Calumet CityIllinoisFP StoresFingertip(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.
2018-01-05MonettMissouriInternational 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.
2017-09-12Hot SpringsArkansasAluma-Weld IncUpper 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.
2017-08-18MiamiFloridaAldi (Florida) llcFinger(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.
2017-08-14GreeleyColoradoParallel Products of Colorado, LLCToes(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.
2017-04-22PlanoTexasLowe's Home Centers, LLCWrist(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.
2017-04-21SpringfieldPennsylvaniaBJ's Wholesale ClubFinger(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.
2017-03-30RochesterNew YorkCASCADES 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.
2017-03-29LuverneAlabamaFred'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.
2017-03-21MansfieldOhioMetal 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.
2017-03-21TwinsburgOhioKimble CompanyShoulder(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.
2017-03-18LagrangeGeorgiaTRINIDAD-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.
2017-02-22South BayFloridaFlorida 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.
2017-02-10EdwardsvilleIllinoisWestrockUpper extremitiesCaught 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.
2017-01-04JoplinMissouriAJM PACKAGING CORPORATIONFingertip(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.
2017-01-04PittsburghPennsylvaniaBig 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.
2016-10-22LithoniaGeorgiaInternational Paper CompanyArm(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.
2016-09-26Scott CityMissouriISI ENVIRONMENTAL & RECYCLING LLCHand(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.
2016-09-23OmahaNebraskaQuad 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.
2016-09-08Fort WorthTexasAllied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLCLower 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.
2016-08-30MasonOhioWhole Foods MaketFingertip(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.
2016-08-15WarwickRhode IslandJAY PACKAGING GROUP INC.BODY SYSTEMSDirect 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.
2016-08-13Fort WorthTexasPratt IndustriesFinger(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.
2016-08-02DallasTexasDallas Waste Disposal and Recycling, Inc.Back, including spine, spinal cordCaught 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.
2016-08-02ChatsworthGeorgiaLonesome Oak Trading CompanyLower 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.
2016-07-30SomersetNew JerseyOZBURN 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.
2016-07-17TwinsburgOhioKimble CompanyFinger(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.
2016-06-24New YorkNew YorkDuane ReadeFingertip(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.
2016-06-24LorainOhioCascade Management Services, Inc.PelvisFall 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.
2016-06-16WarrentonMissouriJV MANUFACTURING, INC.BODY SYSTEMSDirect 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.
2016-06-02WillacoocheeGeorgiaWILLACOOCHEE INDUSTRIAL FABRICS, INC.Chest, except internal location of diseases or disordersStruck 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.
2016-02-17NewportArkansasShearers Food LLCHand(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.
2016-02-15LufkinTexasQG 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.
2016-01-14GarlandTexasKroger 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.
2015-12-30TobyhannaPennsylvaniaWalmart 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.
2015-10-15PontotocMississippiPepsi Beverage CompanyFinger(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.
2015-10-07DallasTexasRPG Innovations LLCForearm(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.
2015-09-24BristolPennsylvaniaEagle Equipment CorporationHand(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.
2015-07-30MilfordPennsylvaniaEcono-PakFinger(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.
2015-07-15Siloam SpringsArkansasPIPELIFE 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.
2015-07-02Round RockTexasJoann'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.
2015-06-27TuscaloosaAlabamaWalmartFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's left pinky finger was amputated while working with the baler machine.
2015-06-09NeenahWisconsinOutlook Group CorpHand(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.
2015-05-20Hot SpringsArkansasSears Store #2126Finger(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.
2015-05-12Richland HillsTexasAmalgamate 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.
2015-05-01BirminghamAlabamaCoca-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.
2015-02-25PittsburghPennsylvaniaTrader 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.
2015-02-24MarmoraNew JerseyVillage Shop-RiteFinger(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.
2015-01-18AppletonWisconsinGreat Northern CorporationTrunkOther 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.