Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-13 | Orlando | Fl | Baker Concrete Construction, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was working from a scaffold platform when an I-beam fell and struck their finger, pinching it between the I-beam and the scaffolding frame. The employee's finger was amputated. | |||||
2021-11-11 | Austin | Tx | Palm Harbor Homes | Multiple back regions | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
An employee was cutting a 12-inch steel I-beam. A spark from the employee's cutting torch lit the employee's jacket on fire. The employee suffered burns to the upper and lower back. | |||||
2021-11-11 | Pitts | Ga | Pitts Gin Co Inc | Head and trunk | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning up cotton from around a conveyor belt. He fell onto the belt, passed under an auger that was over the belt, and hit a metal support beam with his head. He continued down the conveyor and a piece of metal overhead struck his left eye. He suffered trauma to the eye, as well as chest fractures. | |||||
2021-11-10 | Quincy | Il | Michelmann Steel Construction Company | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
On November 10, 2021, an employee was moving a 15-foot steel beam with an overhead crane. The beam begun to swing, fell, and struck the employee. The employee suffered chin and shoulder lacerations and a broken collarbone and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-11-01 | Scottsbluff | Ne | R & C Welding Fab Trucking and Crane Service, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was signaling to a forklift operator on a flat car unloading steel beams. The load shifted on the car and the employee fell off the car, resulting in neck vertebrae fractures. | |||||
2021-10-28 | New York | Ny | Skanska Penn Station Constructors a Joint Venture | Multiple body parts | Struck by object or equipment |
A beam struck an ironworker during a demolition. The ironworker suffered skull, neck, and wrist fractures, as well as lacerations to the head and leg. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Mobile | Al | C - D Welding Construction Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was rigging high beams using a crane hook when the hook got hooked onto another beam, causing the beam to tip over and hit the employee on the back of his right leg, resulting in a broken ankle. | |||||
2021-10-23 | Huntsville | Al | Williams Erection Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was connecting a structural steel beam when the beam became stuck on surrounding iron while being lowered into position by a tower crane. The employee dislodged the iron and the beam fell, pinching the employee's left ring fingertip and amputating it at the distal joint. | |||||
2021-10-21 | Lebanon | Oh | Alro Steel Corp. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was helping a boom operator set a steel beam onto posts. The beam fell and struck the employee on the right side. He suffered a dislocated femur, a broken shoulder, and a jaw fracture. | |||||
2021-10-21 | Oklahoma City | Ok | ATC Drivetrain, LLC | Lumbar region | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was assisting in an inventory count by removing a pallet of goods from the second-to-top shelf of an inventory rack using a forklift. The employee's forklift struck the cross beam of the shelf above and the pallet became unstable. A few boxes fell off the pallet, striking the forklift's protective cage. The employee then exited the forklift to move away from the scene and another pallet fell striking the employee's lower back. The employee sustained an abrasion and hematoma to the lo | |||||
2021-10-21 | Hamilton | Nj | ISC Structures | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion and bodily reaction |
An employee was strapping steel beams onto a truck bed when they suffered a back injury and became immobilized. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-14 | Valley | Ne | Jennings Plant Services | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment |
Three employees were manually moving an I-beam. The I-beam tipped over onto one employee, striking him in the torso. He sustained internal injuries to the midsection and pelvis. | |||||
2021-10-13 | Washington | Dc | KGS Construction Services, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was unloading steel I-beams from a truck. A beam slipped and fell onto the employee's left foot, injuring it. | |||||
2021-10-11 | Saint Louis | Mo | Cauttrell Enterprises, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was standing beside a stack of steel beams that had been lifted with an overhead crane. After trying to move the chain with the hook away from under the stack, the employee raised the crane. The chain hooked back onto the beams, causing them to fall onto the employee and to fracture both legs. | |||||
2021-10-09 | Adairsville | Ga | VMC Specialty Alloys, LLC | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was injured when two, 19-inch diameter, 16-foot-long aluminum billets weighing approximately 7,000 - 10,000 pounds each, rolled off the forks of a fork truck while he was stacking steel I-beams as spacers so that the aluminum billets could be placed in the homogenization oven. The fork truck lost hydraulic power to the forks which were holding the billets. This caused them to tilt forward (down) and strike the employee. The billets had an approximate average temperature of at least | |||||
2021-10-04 | Minocqua | Wi | Nimsgern Steel Corp. | Lower leg(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was unloading steel I-beams from a drill machine using an overhead crane when a stack of seven I-beams tipped over onto the employee, resulting in two broken legs below the knee that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-10-03 | Shenandoah | Tx | TNT Crane & Rigging INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was standing next to the outrigger beam of a crane. The beam retracted and pulled the employee's hand in-between two pieces of metal, resulting in amputation of the right ring fingertip. | |||||
2021-09-29 | Chicago | Il | WALSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY II LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was trying to move a 900-pound bridge beam bearing. His left middle finger was pinched between the bearing and the dunnage it had been sitting on, and was partially amputated. | |||||
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. | |||||
2021-09-21 | Stennis Space Center | Ms | Syncom Space Services, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a forklift and opened the door to access the battery bank. As the employee started sliding the battery bank out, his right ring finger was caught between the forklift and a structural beam resulting in a fracture and a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-09-21 | Chanute | Ks | Optimus Industries LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using C- and L-clamps to secure two half-inch steel plates, measuring 12 feet by 12 feet and weighing 400 pounds each. The steel plates were on a beam frame table. A plate moved, resulting in the amputation of the employee's left index finger between the first and second knuckles. | |||||
2021-09-16 | Plainfield | Nj | Kenvil United Corp. | Leg(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
An employee stepped on a steel beam and it rolled onto his leg. He was taken to the hospital, where he had surgery for a compound leg fracture. | |||||
2021-09-14 | Hastings | Ne | Cooperative Producers, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Sudden start or stop, nonroadway |
An employee was riding in a telehandler's basket, preparing to clean a duct. The forks of the telehandler caught on a beam. The telehandler then backed up. This caused the force on the forks to be released, which jostled the employee. The side of his body bumped into the basket railing and he suffered three broken ribs and a punctured lung. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-14 | Peoria | Il | O'Brien Steel Service Co. | Forearm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
At about 3:30 p.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee was riding on the step used to access the cab of a powered industrial vehicle, observing the vehicle's operator for training purposes. The vehicle was traveling through an aisleway of a racking system used to store lengths of steel beams/poles. The employee's right arm struck the steel shelf arms of the racking system resulting in a fractured radius and ulna. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-12 | Cumming | Ga | TysonFoods | Scalp | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
An employee was measuring a pipe for a job. The employee stood up after taking the measurement and hit his head on a support beam. The employee sustained a laceration to the scalp. | |||||
2021-09-11 | Katy | Tx | Hy-Tek Material Handling, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was installing an I-beam, lining up a pin to insert into a bolt hole. The I-Beam tipped, struck one of his fingers, and amputated the tip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-10 | Weston | Fl | V&M ERECTORS, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employee fell about 40 feet from a manlift while setting a steel beam and was hospitalized for multiple sprains. | |||||
2021-09-09 | Miami | Fl | D & D Welding & Fabrication, LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
The injured employee was unloading a truck and staging materials while flagging/directing a forklift. As the operator shifted the load, the forks of the forklift bumped a steel beam that was staged on top of wood dunnage. The beam shifted and fell onto the injured employee's left foot. The employee sustained 15 fractures to his foot that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2021-09-09 | Missouri City | Tx | Texas Plumbing Supply | Wrist(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee in the warehouse was operating a reach lift truck, picking orders for delivery. The lift truck pinned his left wrist against a material rack beam. The employee's wrist required surgery. | |||||
2021-09-02 | West Memphis | Ar | FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was mounting a tugger and engaged the throttle. The tugger spun backward in a circle and pinned her left leg against a short beam and desk which resulted in fractures to the leg. | |||||
2021-08-30 | Atlanta | Ga | GSE Steel LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was carrying a steel beam for steel sheeting attachments. The employee fell over 17 feet from a steel support beam to a lower level and sustained broken arms and ribs. | |||||
2021-08-30 | New Braunfels | Tx | Walmart Distribution Center | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving a forklift when the back of her heel was crushed between the forklift and a steel roof beam. She suffered an injury to the left ankle and Achilles tendon. | |||||
2021-08-28 | Winter Haven | Fl | Superior Rigging & Erecting Co. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was installing a column and a beam from a grated deck that was 15 feet high. The employee fell to the floor through an opening in the grating that was 4x4 feet and had been removed to stand up the column. The employee suffered a broken back that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-08-27 | Philadelphia | Pa | MTHT LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was connecting steel while 20 feet above the ground when they fell off the beam, resulting in injuries that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-08-23 | Wauconda | Il | Fidelitone, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
An employee was backing up a forklift to line up and put a pallet of product in a storage rack, when he struck a rack beam. The beam dislodged and hit him in the back. He was hospitalized for a contusion. | |||||
2021-08-23 | La Crosse | Wi | Gillette Pepsi, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was reversing a forklift out of a pick location and struck a plastic barrier around the steel support beams. The employee's right little finger was crushed between the forklift and the barrier, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-08-23 | Kingfisher | Ok | Power Rig LLC | Foot (feet) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping rig up a drilling rig. While he was driving a securement pin on an upper spreader beam, another spreader beam (stacked on the first one) slid over and struck his left foot. The foot was broken. | |||||
2021-08-16 | Yonges Island | Sc | Stevens Towing Co.,Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
Two employees were lifting a 59-pound piece of steel plate into the engine room of a vessel. One of the employees, standing on the ground, lifted the plate up to the other and released it. As the other employee was lifting it into the vessel, it fell down through a hole. The first employee's left ring and middle fingers were caught between the plate's edge and a steel I-beam. Both fingers suffered multiple compound fractures; the little finger and half the ring finger were medically amputated th | |||||
2021-08-14 | Melville | Ny | In & Out Welders, Inc. | Tooth (teeth) | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
The injured employee was working in the platform of an aerial lift approximately 40 feet above the ground. Another employee was extending the boom of a telehandler with an iron girder truss attached to the forks. As the telehandler operator was lifting the iron girder truss, he simultaneously lifted the left-side outrigger. The length and weight of the girder truss caused the telehandler to tip on its side, striking a support beam. The support beam broke from the anchor bolts, causing the suppor | |||||
2021-08-11 | Chicago | Il | Mariani Enterprises, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on the tongue of a trailer and slipped on the wet beam. Their right foot went between two of the beams while they fell to the side, resulting in a broken lower right leg. | |||||
2021-08-10 | Easton | Ma | Brait Builders Corporation | Hand(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee's left hand was broken as the employee helped move a beam into place. | |||||
2021-08-10 | Sapulpa | Ok | Manhattan Construction Company | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employee was putting a bridge beam in place. When the beam struck the pier, the employee who was holding a 4 x 4 to cushion the beam was knocked off the pier and fell over 40 feet to the ground, resulting in two broken arms and a fractured back that left the employee paralyzed from the waist down. The employee's harness was not connected at the time. | |||||
2021-08-01 | Dodge City | Ks | BNSF (Dodge City) | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A crew was loading material into the bed of a boom truck with a tag line on one end. An employee was steadying a bundle of I-beams as they were being hoisted onto a boom truck. The load shifted and pinched his right middle finger, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2021-07-29 | Port Saint Lucie | Fl | Complete Electric, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was installing a pipe through a wall. The employee's hand was caught against a metal wall beam, resulting in the amputation of his fingertip. | |||||
2021-07-26 | Kingsbury | Tx | Meridian Construction | Wrist(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was spray-painting a square iron beam when it rolled onto the employee's right wrist, causing a severe cut to the wrist. | |||||
2021-07-22 | Newberry | Fl | Swamp Heating and Air LLC | Coccygeal region | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was walking on the main wooden beam inside the attic of a newly built one-story house. When he stepped onto the cross member beam, it gave way. He lost his balance, hit an extension ladder, and fell 10 feet to the concrete floor in the garage. He suffered a broken tailbone and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-21 | Bronx | Ny | El Sol Contracting | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was working at a demolition site. A steel beam struck the employee's lower right leg, breaking it. | |||||
2021-07-18 | Wausau | Wi | O'Brien Steel Service Co. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee slipped a separator over the end of the beam and was using a 10-ton overhead crane to lift the beam. As the employee was placing a wood block in place, the separator slipped off the end of the beam, and the beam fell onto the employee's left index finger. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-07-15 | Trenton | Nj | THOMAS LINDSTROM & COMPANY INC. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was leaning against a steel beam when the steel beam and the employee both fell approximately 5 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured wrist. | |||||
2021-07-15 | Bossier City | La | RANGER STEEL ERECTORS, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was installing a beam when he fell about 15 feet along with the beam he was hooked up to, resulting in multiple broken bones and lacerations. | |||||
2021-07-14 | Newnan | Ga | Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was performing maintenance activities on a drive train when they were caught between a tensioner and a beam, resulting in fractured ribs and a fractured sternum. | |||||
2021-07-09 | Kosciusko | Ms | Attala Steel Industries, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was flipping an I-beam when it landed on his left little finger and ring finger. The little fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-07-08 | Lighthouse Point | Fl | WOODWORKING SPECIALISTS, INC. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was unloading a truck when a wood beam fell off the truck onto the employee's left leg and fractured it. | |||||
2021-07-06 | Macon | Ga | Tractor Supply Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating material handling equipment and caught her left hand between the equipment and an electrical outlet on a beam. The employee's left index and middle fingers were lacerated, resulting in partial amputations to both fingers. | |||||
2021-07-05 | Dudley | Ma | Industrial Transfer & Storage, Inc | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A hydraulic lift was being used to move an I-beam. It failed, and an I-beam hit an employee in the chest. He then fell and his face struck the ground. | |||||
2021-07-01 | Mission | Tx | Walmart, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was moving a section of warehouse rack beams when one section slipped from his hand and struck his foot. The employee sustained a broken right foot requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-06-30 | Rittman | Oh | PENSKE TRUCK LEASING CO LP OF WASHINGTON | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A delivery driver was unloading a flatbed trailer at a delivery site when a steel beam fell from the trailer and struck the driver and fractured their leg. | |||||
2021-06-30 | Dayton | Oh | Jordan Mechanical and Technical Corp. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
A temporary employee was using a hammer and punch to pre-punch holes in a 500 lbs. beam that was on two sawhorses. A forklift impacted one of the sawhorses, knocking the beam onto the employee's left foo and fracturing it. | |||||
2021-06-24 | Weimar | Tx | J Bar B Foods | Ankle(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was walking between pallet racks when he hit his head on a horizontal beam on one of the racks, causing him to twist his right ankle, resulting in a fracture. | |||||
2021-06-24 | Dansville | Ny | LMC Industrial Contractors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was deburring a metal beam with a hand scraper. During the de-burring process, the steel beam material was advanced by the CNC machine, pinching the employee's left ring finger between the bottom of the beam and the top of a roller. The employee suffered a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-06-20 | Wentzville | Mo | icon Mechanical Construction and Engineering LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Three employees had just retrieved a wooden beam from under a section of ductwork. One of them was bending over to pick it up when the duct section shifted and a piece of angle iron slid off it onto that employee's left thumb. The thumb was broken and the employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
2021-06-16 | Binghamton | Ny | WILLIAM H. LANE INCORPORATED | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on an 8-foot step ladder applying grout around a beam. The employee fell to the floor 68 inches below, suffering a dislocated hip, a femur fracture, and a head laceration. | |||||
2021-06-07 | Bozeman | Mt | apollo mechanical | Hand(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was installing a 16-inch pipe, which was hanging off the ground. He tripped and caught himself on the pipe; the pipe then swung, and his left hand was caught and fractured between it and an I-beam. | |||||
2021-06-02 | Lockport | Il | Lockport Steel Fabricators, LLC | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On June 2, 2021, at 8:20 a.m., an employee was driving a forklift uphill that was holding bundles of beams that became unstable. With the forks on the ground, the employee attempted to move a board that was part of the load supporting the stack of bundles, causing one bundle to fall and pin the employee's leg between it and a bundle that had previously fallen. The employee was hospitalized due to a contusion to the left knee and leg. | |||||
2021-05-28 | Blasdell | Ny | Estes Express Line #083 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was backing down a dock with a large skid on the forks of his forklift. The forklift struck an upright I-beam. The employee's right hand was caught between the I-beam and the right rear upright post of the forklift's protective cage, causing the amputation of his pinky, middle, and ring fingers. | |||||
2021-05-27 | Alburtis | Pa | BMS Logistics, Inc | Head | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
An employee was operating a forklift when it struck a support beam. The employee suffered a head laceration. | |||||
2021-05-25 | Binghamton | Ny | AMERICAN IRON & CRANE, INC. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell from a steel beam 10-15 feet above the ground while taking measurements at a baseball stadium. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis and fractured vertebrae. | |||||
2021-05-24 | Sylvania | Oh | GREAT LAKES CONSTRUCTION CO. | Pelvis | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
On May 24, 2021, an employee was removing rigging from a 2,000- to 3,000-pound beam sitting on a hilltop. The beam jostled loose and rolled over him, breaking his pelvis. | |||||
2021-05-23 | York | Pa | Kinsley Construction Incorporated | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was loading steel beams onto a truck. The employee fell from the truck to the ground, suffering a broken pelvis. | |||||
2021-05-18 | Camp Crook | Sd | Grangaard Construction, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was cutting bolts from a bridge during a bridge demolition. When the bolts were cut, the employee was pinned between a beam and the aerial lift. When the lift was moved to unpin the employee, they fell to the ground below. The employee suffered a broken leg and pelvis. | |||||
2021-05-06 | Jack | Al | Wayne Farms LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack and began to walk backward. After several steps, he backed into a support beam for poultry processing equipment. The load then moved forward and the handle of the pallet jack struck the employee's abdomen. The employee's stomach was injured and he required surgery. | |||||
2021-05-05 | Erie | Pa | C.H.A.T. of PA, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was tearing down a rack/pallet. When he bent down to pick up a beam from the floor, another beam fell and struck his eye resulting in crushing injuries to the eye. | |||||
2021-04-22 | Greenland | Nh | Novel Iron Works, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was cutting dunnage on the back of a trailer using a chainsaw. When he stepped back after finishing, his foot caught a steel beam and he fell off the trailer to the ground. He suffered a broken right scapula and broken ribs and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-21 | Lockbourne | Oh | MTD PRODUCTS INC. | Head | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a lift truck through a warehouse. The truck struck a vertical I-beam, and the employee's head was lacerated on the truck's overhead guard. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-17 | San Antonio | Tx | MID CITIES ERECTORS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving steel beams to the ground when his hand got caught between two beams resulting in broken fingers. | |||||
2021-04-15 | Canton | Oh | Universal Refractories Corporation | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was remote-operating a crane at about midnight. A steel beam fell and hit him in the head, knocking him into something hot. He suffered a concussion, a wound on the back of the head that required staples, and burns. | |||||
2021-04-12 | Richland | Pa | RIGIDPLY RAFTERS, INCORPORATED | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was performing maintenance on the RF generator portion of a beam press. The employee contacted a live electrical conductor and electricity entered the employee's flashlight and exited the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized for electric shock. | |||||
2021-04-10 | Cincinnati | Oh | XPO Logistics Freight | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was unloading a trailer using a forklift. He left the forklift and removed a strap securing freight to the wall on a deck over other freight. One or more of the four beams running from one side of the trailer to the other failed, and the freight fell forward onto him. He suffered a broken fibula and tibia. | |||||
2021-04-07 | Mobile | Al | Alafab, Inc | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was drilling holes in C-channel beams that were 16 feet long and weighed approximately 400 pounds. The employee placed three beams on saw horses. After drilling holes, he manually flipped them over. When the employee flipped the third beam it landed at an angle and fell off the saw horses and struck and fractured the employee's right leg and left ankle. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on his left ankle. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Atlanta | Ga | Fly & Form Structures, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
On April 6, 2021, an employee was prying off formwork from an elevated beam and had one hand placed on a shoring frame head. When the 4x4 board came loose, one end of the board hit the employee's pinky finger resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Pensacola | Fl | Bell Steel Company Inc. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A temporary employee was moving a 2' x 20' steel beam weighting between 2500 & 3000 lbs. using an overhead crane. The employee sat the steel beam on stands with chains and lifted one end of the beam with the crane when a chain caught and pulled the beam off the stands. One end of the beam landed on the employee's left foot and ankle causing crushing injuries including broken bones that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Borger | Tx | Conner Industries | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a metal grate when his finger was pinched between the grate and an I-beam, amputating his left middle fingertip. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Channelview | Tx | Ship Channel Constructors | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee was helping secure bridge beams that were being set when a beam broke. Concrete pieces of the beam fell and one piece struck the employee, knocking him off the column he was standing on. The employee was wearing a harness and his lanyard deployed, curtailing the fall. The employee swung back into the column, resulting in a fractured rib and lacerated spleen. | |||||
2021-04-05 | Jacksonville | Fl | Pearl Welding & Repair Inc | Eye(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was installing a beam with a chain fall when it fell and hit the employee on the top of his eye. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-05 | Angleton | Tx | Garland Insulation | Multiple trunk locations | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was in an attic when they tripped over a beam and fell to the floor, sustaining lacerations to the rib area and blunt force trauma to the abdomen. | |||||
2021-03-25 | New Kensington | Pa | Spectrum Environmental, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee had been cleaning up debris on a roof. The employee fell through the roof substrate and hit his leg on a steel beam inside the building. The employee sustained a laceration to the right leg and a broken fibula. | |||||
2021-03-25 | Rochester | Nh | S.L. CHASSE WELDING & FABRICATING, INC. | Leg(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was installing structural steel. The beam the employee was sitting on dislodged and fell off the support it was on causing the employee to fall 10 feet. The employee was hospitalized with a leg laceration. | |||||
2021-03-24 | Jacksonville | Fl | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
On March 24, 2021, an employee was using a push cart to move packages inside the building. As he was turning left, his thumb was caught between the cart and one of the building's metal support beams. He sustained a compound fracture to his left thumb and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-24 | Tampa | Fl | Gulf Marine Repair Corporation | Eye(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee welded an I-beam into place. The employee then turned to the left and struck his left eye against the I-beam, sustaining an eye injury. | |||||
2021-03-23 | Tallahassee | Fl | Lyneer Staffing Solutions, LLC. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On March 23, 2021, a temporary employee was working from a beam when he fell to the floor 4 or 5 feet below, suffering a fracture to his tailbone and hip. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-21 | Roseland | La | Smitty's Supply, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was diagnosing issues with a palletizer. As he was working to realign the row-former and removing bolts on a guard to access the counterweight mechanism, the counterweight actuated. He was caught between the row-former and a steel support beam and suffered broken ribs. | |||||
2021-03-20 | Pascagoula | Ms | VT Halter Marine | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was positioning a steel beam to be welded. As the beam was being lifted to turn over, it got caught on rollers. It came loose while the employee was trying to dislodge it, and his left hand was caught between the beam and a roller. He suffered amputations to the first and middle fingers just below the nails. | |||||
2021-03-18 | Danville | Il | McLane Midwest, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
On March 18, 2021, an employee was hospitalized after their foot was crushed between a forklift and a steel beam. | |||||
2021-03-18 | New York | Ny | LiRo Group | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was performing a post-remediation inspection. As he looked up at metal beams, cross-members and columns with a flashlight, he fell through a floor opening onto a bunch of boxes (filled with filters) on the floor below. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-15 | Ponca City | Ok | Warrior Steel, LLC | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was connecting beams to columns during steel construction. While walking from one point to another, he lost his balance and fell to the ground about 13 feet below. He suffered a broken left elbow. | |||||
2021-03-12 | Bay Harbor Islands | Fl | Rizzani de Eccher USA Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was attempting to move a steel form panel with a crane when the spreader beam became tangled with a rebar cage. As the load began lifting, the tension from the chains making contact with the rebar cage allowed the load to swing toward the employee, trapping him between the steel form and a solid staircasing and resulting in an injury to his left leg. | |||||
2021-03-12 | Topeka | Ks | Reser's Fine Foods | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
An employee was repairing a belt on a conveyor. He turned and struck his head on an overhead beam and then fell back into the conveyor he was working on, sustaining a back injury. | |||||
2021-03-08 | Rochester | Ny | SRS Distribution - B&L Wholesale Supply Rochester | Knee(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking in a warehouse under a low beam. The employee's head grazed the beam, causing the employee to lose balance and fall to the floor. The employee sustained an injury to their right knee. | |||||
2021-03-08 | Searcy | Ar | Lowe's Home Improvement | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee was operating an order picker in the receiving area. She stopped and dismounted in order to retrieve an appliance when the order picker moved backward, pinning her against a beam connecting two aisles of racking. The employee sustained a rib injury. | |||||
2021-03-08 | Fargo | Nd | Red Cedar Steel Erectors Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was connecting two steel beams when his right ring finger was caught between the beams, resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertip. |