Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-02	El Paso	Tx	Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.	Jaw, chin	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee parked a forklift inside a trailer while unloading freight. The employee was adjusting deck bars loaded with freight when a deck bar and freight fell, knocking the employee into the forklift blades. The employee sustained a fractured jaw and lacerations on their mouth; the employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-28	Solon	Oh	Republic Steel Wire Processing LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was unjamming bars in a wire-drawing machine. His left little finger was crushed between two of the bars in the machine, and he suffered an avulsion and amputation to the finger.
2021-09-27	El Paso	Tx	Alliance Riggers & Constructors LTD	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
The injured employee was waiting for rigged up material to be taken away by the crane. A second employee lifted rebars with a forklift. Some rebars were under an H-type steel beam weighing 2500 lbs. and when lifted they tipped the steel beam over on to another beam next to it in a domino effect motion. The beam struck the injured employee and fractured both lower legs.
2021-08-05	Cicero	Il	Corey Steel Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On August 5, 2021, an employee was operating a crane by remote control to move bundles of steel bars for packaging. A bar from one of the bundles came loose and the employee's right hand was caught between the bar and the remote control, resulting in a partial amputation of the middle finger.
2021-07-01	Freeport	Tx	Gulf Stream Marine, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
A load of cargo from a vessel was being landed on the dock. The injured employee walked towards the load in order to unhook the rigging, when one of the 4-ton round steel bars rolled and came to rest on his left foot. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left ankle.
2021-06-29	Jacksonville	Fl	Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On June 29, 2021, an employee was unloading materials from a flat bed truck using an overhead crane and a nylon sling. While positioning the nylon sling to hoist a stack of 6"x12' aluminum round bars that was on top of 5"x12' rectangular flat bars, the round bars shifted, rolled back, and pinned the employee's left middle finger between a round bar and a flat bar, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-06-29	Coffeyville	Ks	CSE Enterprises	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was installing capacitor wires for switchgear and checking the wire length. During this process, the employee's hand contacted one of the vertical busbars, resulting in a severe electrical burn between their right thumb and index finger that required hospitalization.
2021-06-04	Lilburn	Ga	Lori's Transportation & Excavation, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Exposure to harmful substances or environments
While cleaning the bars to the tack spray, some tack spray material landed on the employee's shirt and burned his chest.
2021-05-28	Strattanville	Pa	Champion Modular, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A mobile scaffold had fallen over and come to rest against a catwalk. A team of 10 to 12 employees were trying to right it when it moved off the catwalk, then fell to the ground. One of its crossbars struck an employee, who was trapped between the scaffold and the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with back injuries.
2021-05-21	Boaz	Al	Parker Hannifin Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A half-ton jib crane was being used to move a bundle of 1 3/8 inch hex bars into a storage rack. The material rolled, and an employee's right middle and ring fingers were caught between the bars. Both fingertips were amputated.
2021-05-12	Dayton	Oh	New Dimension Metals Corp.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was working on a circular saw, cutting cold steel bars. A bar got caught and the employee reached to help release it. The circular saw cut the tip of the employee's right middle finger, causing an amputation to the fingertip.
2021-03-30	York	Pa	ES3 LLC	Multiple body parts	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
An employee was operating a pallet jack when his load hit a bin, causing the pallet jack to swerve into racking. The handlebars of the jack got caught in the racking and pinned the employee. The employee sustained fractures to the right ankle, the pelvis, and the sacrum.
2021-03-23	Franklin Park	Il	Nelsen Steel and Wire Company, Incorporated	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using an overhead crane to load a bundle of hexagonal bars onto the conveyor belt of a die bench machine. When the employee unstrapped the bundle, a hexagonal bar moved and crushed the tip of his left thumb against another bar resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-03-05	South Plainfield	Nj	Estes Express Line	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was moving logistic bars in a trailer. A forklift moved and struck his leg, breaking it.
2021-02-11	Frederick	Co	Axelson Machine Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was cutting metal banding from a bundle of aluminum bars when a bar fell, smashing the employee's finger against a rack and resulting in amputation.
2021-01-27	Troy	Al	HB & G Building Products Inc	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a group of metal bars. As he placed them on a table, they caught his fingers and amputated his left middle and ring fingertips.
2021-01-26	Cape Girardeau	Mo	KIEFNER BROTHERS INC.	Hip(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was driving a concrete cart. As the cart turned from a street into a parking lot, it hit the concrete lip at the drive entrance. The handlebars jarred, hitting the employee in the side and causing him to fall off the cart. He landed on the concrete and suffered a broken left hip.
2021-01-14	Philadelphia	Pa	Northeast Building Products LLC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was assembling a window on a glazing table. His right little fingertip was pinched between two metal guide bars that met at a 90-degree angle. The fingertip was amputated.
2020-10-16	Chicago Heights	Il	MORGAN LI INTERNATIONAL, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a press machine to press the metal bars. While he was putting a new bar in the press was activated and the machine caught his right index finger and caused an amputation.
2020-10-04	Stephenville	Tx	Schrieber Foods, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was performing scheduled maintenance on the side seal heater section of a filler. He was manually moving the heater bars back and forth when the cylinder engaged and retracted back from a closed position, pinching his finger between the heat bar and the frame of the sealer. He sustained an amputation to a finger.
2020-09-18	Orlando	Fl	Halliday Products, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending bars when their fingers were caught in rollers and amputated.
2020-07-30	Newport News	Virginia	Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been tack-welding boundary bars for insulation on the deck. The employee experienced severe cramps and was hospitalized for dehydration and an acute kidney injury.
2020-07-22	Mcconnelsville	Ohio	GEORGE J. IGEL & COMPANY, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
A road project was utilizing two excavator mounted drilling attachments, which have telescoping Kelly bars to make the drill bit go down into the ground. Two mechanics came out to inspect the Kelly bars. The injured mechanic was facing the excavator operator and signaled the operator to raise the boom, but the Kelly bar raised/collapsed instead. The injured mechanic’s right hand slipped into the inner and outer Kelly bars of the drill and the first, middle, and ring fingers were injured. The top
2020-07-18	Jacksonville	Florida	Imeson Distribution Center, Inc.	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
On July 18, 2020, a temporary employee, who is supervised by Imeson Distribution Center, was dissembling racks. The employee was using a platform on a forklift to reach the first rack's crossbars. The employee fell 5 to 6 feet from the forklift to the ground. He was hospitalized with a broken left elbow.
2020-06-27	Sidney	Ohio	Area Energy & Electric, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
On June 27, 2020, an employee was tying a new breaker into a busway. As he was about to hook up the ground wires, the ground wire touched one of the energized bus bars; an arc flash caused second-degree burns to the employee's neck, face, right hand, and arm.
2020-06-12	Franklin Park	Illinois	Midwest Foods Manufacturing, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A maintenance employee was attempting to clear a jam on a conveyor. The employee's hand was between the conveyor bars when the equipment moved and cut the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
2020-04-27	Orwigsburg	Pennsylvania	Carpenter Technology	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unjamming and realigning steel bars on a bar straightener. Her left hand was caught between a steel bar and a roller, and the middle fingertip was amputated.
2020-02-25	Montgomery	Alabama	Carriage Hills Animal Clinic & Pet Motel, P.C.	Fingertip(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was closing the cage door after walking the dog and the dog jumped up on door. As the employee went to close the door to prevent the dog from escaping, the dog bit her hand through the cage bars. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated and required surgery.
2020-02-18	Birmingham	Alabama	B & M Drywall, LLC	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was framing a soffit at the top of a scaffold. He pushed himself using bars attached to a desk as leverage. The scaffold started to roll too fast, and when he tried to stop it, he fell approximately 5 feet from the top of the scaffold onto the concrete floor. He suffered a cut on the head, a right knee and lower leg fracture, and a left knee fracture.
2020-02-05	Wylie	Texas	Tower Extrusions	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was pulling a cart loaded with aluminum bars inside. A caster hung up on the floor and the cart tipped over onto his right leg. He suffered a broken right femur.
2020-01-28	Janesville	Wisconsin	Schneider National Bulk Carriers, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading empty carts into a semi-trailer using the lift gate mounted on the rear of the trailer. While he was riding the lift gate up and demonstrating this process to a trainee, he tried to reposition his feet, shifting from one foot to the other. In doing so, he stepped over the lip at the side of the lift gate. His foot then hooked onto one of the bars that allows the lift gate to travel up and down and his leg became caught, causing a scrape and swelling to the calf. He was ho
2020-01-24	Quakertown	Pennsylvania	Penn Stainless Products	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving a bundle of stainless steel bars. The bars cut the bundle's strap and dropped onto the employee's left foot, causing broken bones.
2020-01-16	Koshkonong	Missouri	BYO OPERATIONS, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to clear debris from a grinder machine. His left hand was holding the vacuum hose as the plastic bag was about to be sucked into the machine. As he was trying to move it, his fingers slipped through the bars and the grinder paddles amputated three fingertips.
2020-01-15	Rogers	Arkansas	HILAND DAIRY FOODS, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was in the back of a truck taking load bars down when he slipped and fell onto the truck trailer floor, fracturing his left hip.
2019-08-21	Steelton	Pennsylvania	ARCELOR MITTAL	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was walking over a transfer surface for hot steel bars when the employee fell towards the hot bar. The employee's right leg came in contact with the hot bar, receiving second and third degree burns from the knee down and above the ankle. The employee also received a burn on the left wrist.
2019-07-15	Plantsville	Connecticut	REX FORGE DIVISION	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was placing a cable around a stack of steel bars when a 4x4 supporting the stack broke and the stack rolled down, pinning and breaking the employee's leg.
2019-07-03	Muskego	Wisconsin	Montevideo Technology, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using a hoist to lower round stock into a module after a grinding operation. He was controlling the hoist pendant in his left hand and guiding the lifting sling with his right middle finger. The sling was being pulled up by the hoist, its loose end drawn through the bars. The bars were not separated at each end to have space for the sling to move freely and they rolled, pinching his finger. The sling was then drawn through the bars with his finger still attached. His finger was t
2019-06-25	Houston	Texas	Grocery Supply	Multiple head locations	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was closing the trailer bay door while operating a dock jeep and got his head stuck between the safety bars of the dock jeep and the trailer bay door. He suffered multiple facial fractures and a right temporal intracranial skull fracture.
2019-06-13	Mesa Verde National Park	Colorado	National Park Service	Hip(s)	Fall from pedal cycle
An employee was riding a bike to go on patrol. As he was coming around the corner, a gust of wind began to blow off his hat. He used his right hand to keep his hat on and accidentally hit the front brake with his left hand. He then went over the handlebars and fractured the top of his left hip at the socket. He was hospitalized.
2019-06-12	Tampa	Florida	Tampa Bay Steel Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was banding a bundle of cut flat steel bars with an overhead crane when the bundle slipped out of the hoist chains and fell onto the employee's right middle finger, crushing and breaking it.
2019-05-09	Walworth	Wisconsin	Miniature Precision Components, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on the doorway less than four feet high while setting up a press. The employee was stepping across tie bars and fell to the floor below. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured femur and wrist.
2019-04-22	Dalhart	Texas	Dalhart Cattle Feeders	Leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was standing on top of an auger cleaning the beater bars in the silage box. Two coworkers were outside of the box replacing a gearbox. After replacement, they tested the gearbox, which caused the auger to turn on and pull the injured employee's left leg into the auger. The employee suffered left leg lacerations.
2019-02-21	Gurnee	Illinois	Carey Electric Contracting, Inc.	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on an 8-foot stepladder when one of the spreader bars broke causing the ladder to twist and turn throwing the employee off the ladder. The employee suffered a broken right arm.
2019-02-15	Norcross	Georgia	Garden Films Production, LLC	Multiple body parts	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was rehearsing a motorcycle stunt for a motion picture: a maneuver in which the motorcycle was stopped on the front wheel with a sidecar attached. The motorcycle's handlebars locked to the left, causing the motorcycle to tip over and the sidecar to strike the employee. It broke the employee's left ankle and collarbone, as well as two ribs.
2019-02-14	Auburn	New York	Cayuga Milk Ingredients, LLC	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
Employees were pulling electrical wires to facilitate the installation of a new air compressor. While pulling wires, the wall/barrier inside of an electrical cabinet contacted buss bars located in an adjacent cabinet creating an electrical arc blast. One Cayuga Milk Ingredients, LLC employee and two contractor employees were burned on the hands, neck, back and face. Two of the employees were hospitalized.
2019-02-06	Hazelwood	Missouri	NATURE'S BAKERY, LLC	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was feeding fig bars onto a line/conveyor belt. The employee was walking along the conveyor belt line to address a jam when the employee tripped on the leg of a chair and fell to the ground, fracturing an ankle.
2019-01-17	Cleveland	Ohio	Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving steel flat bars from the forks of a forklift by hand when the material shifted and caught the employee's right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.
2019-01-11	Cincinnati	Ohio	Consolidated Metal Products, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a chamfer machine that bevels metal bars when the machine jammed. The employee was attempting to remove the jam by pushing on the bars when the machine engaged and amputated the employee's fingertip.
2019-01-04	Pasadena	Texas	PPA Industries	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was attempting to remove a piece of cardboard from a conveyor when one of his left-hand fingers was pinched between the bars and the cross member.
2018-08-31	Lisman	Alabama	Tanner Construction Co. Inc.	Hand(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was removing metal bars from the base of a hammer cage being held up by a crane when the cable holding up the hammer snapped. The hammer dropped and pinned the employee's left hand, which had to be amputated at the wrist.
2018-08-30	Pompano Beach	Florida	Pilot Steel, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
An employee was loading rebars in a box-type trailer when one of the rebar hooks caught his finger. The tip of his middle finger was amputated.
2018-08-27	Orlando	Florida	Beyel Brothers, Inc	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off his truck to the ground while getting bars and chains to tie down his load, fracturing a leg.
2018-07-06	Rankin	Texas	Long Wolf Well Servicing LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
A Lone Star Wolf Service employee was testing tubing going into a well when he began helping an operator who was lowering testing bars and pressuring them up for testing. After a couple of repetition runs of inserting the testing gun into the testing bar eye and hydrotesting the tube, the operator lowered the bars a bit more to have a complete seal. At the time, the injured employee's hand was on the testing gun handles, and his right index finger was pinched between the wiper cup and the testi
2018-06-21	Atlanta	Georgia	Berkel & Company Contractors Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were installing center bars, plates, and nuts on cased micropiles. As one employee was holding the center bar with a pipe wrench, the injured employee went to lift the plate. The wrench was released which caused the nut to catch and pull the plate down. The employee's right ring finger was caught between the plate and the casing; the first digit was amputated.
2018-05-30	Everson	Pennsylvania	MLP Steel, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting steel bars on the ironworker machine. The end of a bar raised up and amputated the employee's middle fingertip.
2018-05-11	Fort Worth	Texas	Clear Channel	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was descending a 20-foot extension ladder that was secured at the top and had an employee holding it at the bottom. The employee missed a step and fell down the ladder while holding onto the side bars. The employee hit the ground, fracturing the left leg and both ankles.
2018-05-07	Harrison	Arkansas	Innovative Formulations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was dumping powdered sugar into a portable oscillating blender. A tag was dropped into the machine. The employee attempted to remove the tag and the blender pulled the employee's left hand between the metal bars and a screen, resulting in two broken fingers. The machine was running at the time.
2018-05-03	Jacksonville	Florida	Crown Products Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding metal into a power roller when his glove was caught between the roller bars and his left pinky and ring fingers were crushed by the roller bars.
2018-04-18	Clearwater	Florida	Paramedics Plus, LLC	Thoracic region	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was undergoing SWAT paramedic training. He was on the monkey bars when he swung his feet up, slipped and fell about 7 feet off of the monkey bars, and landed on his head. He fractured his D6 and D7 vertebrae, requiring surgery.
2018-04-02	Sparta	Wisconsin	Century Foods International, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a packaging machine when the machine started. The employee's right index finger was then caught between the machine's sealer bars, resulting in amputation.
2018-02-02	Imperial	Pennsylvania	Arlo Steel Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was loading steel bars onto a loader and pinched their left hand between a bar and the frame of the loader resulting in amputation of the left middle fingertip.
2018-01-31	Reading	Pennsylvania	Carpenter Technology Corporation	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
On January 31, 2018, an employee was processing returned product (a 3-bar bundle of 6-inch diameter round 120-inch long steel bars). He was cutting the metal straps that secured the bundle to the pallet. When he cut the fourth and final strap, the top bar sank down between the two bottom bars and one of the bars rolled onto his foot, fracturing his first and second metatarsals. He was hospitalized.
2018-01-23	Richardson	Texas	Zachry Construction Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
An employee was screwing a mechanical bar into rebar in concrete but was having trouble threading the bars. He used a drill to try to get the bar to go in, and caught the glove of another employee in the drill. This caused the injured employee's left hand to spin around breaking his left pinky and index fingers and dislocating his ring and middle fingers.
2017-10-04	Tulsa	Oklahoma	Tulsack, Inc.	Elbow(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was attempting to adjust forming bars on a paper bag machine when his arm was caught by the rubber rollers and pulled into the forming bars. He suffered a broken elbow and lacerations, requiring hospitalization.
2017-09-11	Bourbonnais	Illinois	Systems Plant Services, Inc.	Pelvis	Struck by falling object or equipment
Employees were removing slag with bars. A large chunk of slag fell and pinned one employee against a wall. The employee injured his pelvis and was admitted to the hospital.
2017-08-28	Clearwater	Florida	DYNAMET INC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was trying to figure out why the bars were not feeding into an ultrasonic testing machine. A fixed guard was missing and he saw a belt that looked like it was loose. As he was attempting to inspect it, his right hand was caught by the pulley on the machine's belt drive, amputating the flesh on his index fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.
2017-08-14	Fort Payne	Alabama	The Heil Co., Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting steel bars with a horizontal bandsaw when the blade amputated his right small finger.
2017-08-04	Plantsville	Connecticut	The J.J. Ryan Corporation Rex Forge Division	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was guiding a load of steel bars when his fingers were caught between the bars, crushing and partially amputating his left ring finger.
2017-08-02	Springfield	Massachusett	Estes Express Lines	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was unloading freight in back of the trailer. Freight on load bars had shifted during transit. While removing the load bar that was bracing a crate, the crate tipped toward the employee and fell off the load bars. The crate landed on his leg and pinched his finger between the crate and the floor of the trailer. The employee sustained a right ring fingertip amputation.
2017-08-01	Browning	Montana	Bureau of Indian Affairs, Blackfeet Agency	Multiple body parts	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
While operating an ATV on rough terrain, an employee was ejected over the handle bars. The employee was hospitalized for a broken clavicle and three broken ribs.
2017-05-01	San Pedro	California	Ports America	Multiple face locations	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was loosening turnbuckles to remove lashing bars from containers when one of the bars came loose and fell and struck the employee's mouth. The employee suffered a fractured jaw and broken teeth.
2017-04-20	Dayton	Ohio	New Dimension Metals Corp.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was unloading steel bars from a truck. The employee was prying bundles apart with a pry bar when the tool slipped and the employee fell off the truck, suffering a broken hip.
2017-04-18	Elsa	Texas	Cenizo Corporation	Hand(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was helping to clean the topping bars of a carrot harvester when his hand was caught in the topping bars. The employee received a severe laceration to his right hand resulting in hospitalization.
2017-03-28	Chicago	Illinois	JERNBERG INDUSTRIES, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was cutting a band from a bundle when the bars started to roll. The employee tried to brace himself, but his hand went out toward the bars and his fingertip was pinched and partially amputated between two bars.
2017-01-24	Alice	Texas	Dixie Iron Works, LTD.	Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was picking up steel bars in the holding area to move to another area. The bars were strapped on one end where his hand was and one of the bars moved pinching his right pinky finger resulting in a split of the fingernail to the bone.
2017-01-04	Menomonee Falls	Wisconsin	Inventix Manufacturing, LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was moving a cart of zinc bars/ingots to a reclaim furnace to be melted down. The cart wheels were caught in pit holes on the floor, causing the cart to tip over and the bars of ingots to fall on his left leg. He suffered a compound fracture and was hospitalized.
2016-10-24	Sonoita	Arizona	U.S. Customs and Border Protection	Wrist(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was riding an ATV when he came to a terrain that induced a sudden stop. He was thrown over the handle bars and landed on the ground, dislocating his wrists and requiring surgery.
2016-10-19	Brunswick	Maine	General Dynamics	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
During repositioning of a load of angle bars, an employee caught his fingers in the bundle of iron resulting in a fingertip amputation and lacerations/fractures to two other fingers.
2016-10-04	Canton	Ohio	TimkenSteel Corporation	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to unjam two steel bars on a conveyor when the photo sensor sensed movement and began to cycle, causing the employee's right hand to be dragged into the conveyor. The employee suffered a fractured right hand and was hospitalized overnight. The machine was not locked out at the time.
2016-09-26	Claremore	Oklahoma	UPCO, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was operating a pendant crane to move a bundle of 20 sinker bars onto a stack that was eight levels high. As he was unstrapping the hook from the bundle, a banding from another bundle beneath had become undone, causing the bundle of rods to collapse. He was caught in the fallen bundle of rods, causing multiple fractures to both legs. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2016-08-31	Edison	New Jersey	Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was disassembling a metal workstation and caught a finger between metal bars resulting in a fractured and lacerated left index finger.
2016-08-13	Pompano Beach	Florida	Carpenter Contractors of America Inc	Lower leg(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee operating a forklift was lifting a small dumpster on a 1- to 2-degree slope when the forklift tipped over. The employee jumped out of the forklift during the descent and was struck on the right calf by the overhead bars, suffering tissue and ligament damage.
2016-07-29	Atlanta	Georgia	STANDARD CONCRETE PRODUCTS, INC	Brain	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was adjusting a lifting hook in order to pick up some rebars and was struck in the head by the hook resulting in hospitalization for a concussion.
2016-07-26	Hanover Park	Illinois	Round Ground, Inc.	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On or about July 27, 2016, an employee was opening a bundle of bars on a side loader forklift. The bars rolled off the front of the forks and landed on top of his right foot behind the steel toe. Part of the foot and toes were amputated due to infection.
2016-07-15	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	World Wide Metric Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was guiding the forklift operator while unloading steel bars from the delivery truck. The strap holding the steel bars together snapped and the steel bars fell on his foot.
2016-07-14	Crystal River	Florida	Case Atlantic Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was attempting to adjust the bars on a drill rig but the drill rig rotated and hit the employee. The employee was caught between the drill rig and the casing, suffering abdominal trauma.
2016-06-27	Ashland	New Hampshir	ROCHESTER SHOE TREE CO., INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's left index finger was amputated while operating a wood chop saw to cut pant bars for hangers.
2016-06-21	New York	New York	INTERPHASE ELECTRIC CORP.	Fingertip(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was trying to move a scaffold when it collapsed. The cross member detached from the scaffold and the employee's right hand was caught between the crossbars, amputating the pinky and ring fingertips.
2016-06-16	Mesa	Arizona	U.S. POSTAL SERVICE A&DC	Upper arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was delivering a package to a residence. She held the package over a wrought iron gate with her right hand then stuck her left arm through the bars of the gate to lower the package to the ground. The gate opened electronically and the employee's upper left arm was caught and fractured in the gate.
2016-03-09	Clarksville	Arkansas	TYSON FOODS, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
Employees were putting a new tire on a loader/forklift. Two employees were using pry bars to manipulate the split rim in order to get the tire to seal correctly around the rim. The injured employee was manipulating the spare tire. One of the pry bars slipped while the injured employee was positioning the tire, amputating his right ring fingertip.
2016-02-05	Turbotville	Pennsylvania	Muncy Machine & Tool Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was lifting a bundle of bars with an overhead crane. The employee was steadying the load with his ungloved left hand. The load of bars shifted and pinched his finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation of his left ring finger.
2016-02-01	Delta	Ohio	GLENN HUNTER & ASSOCIATES INC.	Foot (feet)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On February 1, 2016, an employee was performing maintenance on a crushing machine when the rotary blow bars spun and pinched the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized with broken foot bones.
2015-12-20	Rochester	New York	Tuesday Morning	Head and neck	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was carrying rivet bars, dropped one, tripped over it, and then fell face-first into wooden shelves. The employee sustained a fractured nose, teeth, and possible fractured neck.
2015-10-28	Tampa	Florida	Architectural Testing, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was in the warehouse area attaching extension bars to the forklift. The extension bars are for longer skids. The extension bar slid off his hand and his right hand got caught between the extension bar and the fork causing the partial amputation of his ring finger.
2015-10-06	Houston	Texas	Admiral Linen Service, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On October 6, 2015, at approximately 3:30 PM, an employee was helping a coworker roll a full linen rack into his truck. The employee was pushing the rack while the coworker was pulling, and the linen rack began to sway to the right. The employee reached over the right side of the rack and attempted to control it with his left hand. He was not able to stop the rack from swaying to the right. His left hand was on the outside right of the rack, and his right hand was placed on the middle bars of th
2015-09-30	Frisco	Texas	Allied Insulation & Supply, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was loading insulation into an insulation blower machine. The employee's left arm was injured when it got caught in the equipment's metal bars.
2015-07-15	Lebanon	Missouri	LARSON FARM AND LAWN	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was working on a skid steer. He had the loader raised. No loader locks, steel bars, or chains were being used to secure the loader in the raised position. The loader came down, pinning him between the boom and the skid steer. He fell to the ground. He was hospitalized for treatment of two cracked vertebrae and broken ribs.
2015-06-14	Houston	Texas	Cooper T. Smith	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was disconnecting a set of spreader bars from a crane while working on the dock. During the process, an extension bar gained momentum and struck the employee, knocking the employee to the ground. The employee suffered a head injury and was hospitalized for testing, with results of intracranial bleeding.
2015-05-14	Garden Valley	Idaho	IDAHO POWER COMPANY	Nonclassifiable	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was side loading an ATV onto a one-ton flatbed truck. When loading the employee felt the wheels slip, hit the gas and subsequently traveled across the bed of the truck and hit the 4" bump rail. The ATV flipped and propelled the employee over the handle bars and to the ground and the ATV fell on the employee.
2015-04-20	Broomfield	Colorado	Care Free of Colorado	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee had his left thumb tip amputated while performing final assembly on an awning. His left thumb was caught in the winding machine which wraps the awning cloth onto the metal bars that hold the awning.