Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-16	Sikeston	Mo	KELPRO INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending a metal tube using a machine when their little finger was crushed between the tube and the machine and was later amputated.
2021-11-04	Beeville	Tx	Lippert Components Incorporated	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading a tube into a bending machine. The machine activated and crushed his left index finger.
2021-11-02	Cocoa	Fl	Diamondback Towers dba Diamondback Marine	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding pipe into a bending machine when his right hand was pulled into the machine. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingers were crushed and amputated.
2021-10-30	Montgomeryville	Pa	Skyline Emissions, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A machine operator was feeding wire into a plate bending machine when their right hand made contact with in-running rollers resulting in crushing injuries that led to surgical amputation of the second and third digit fingertips.
2021-10-28	Marietta	Pa	Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on top of a wooden skid, bending over and pulling up on plastic straps wrapped around a bundle of cardboard (so that a forklift could slide its forks under the bundle. The straps snapped and the employee fell backward onto the concrete floor. He suffered a compression fracture to a lower-back vertebra.
2021-10-18	Ferris	Tx	ATCO Products, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On October 18, 2021, an employee was bending an air conditioning line on a CNC machine and amputated their left middle finger.
2021-10-12	Perrysburg	Oh	Walgreens Distribution Center	Head	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was loading a trailer with boxes of product. While bending over to place a box at floor level, the employee hit a stack of boxes. One fell from the stack and struck the employee in the back of the head.
2021-09-29	Brighton	Co	Wells Concrete	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was assisting with bending a rebar stirrup when their right thumb was caught between the stirrup, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-09-27	Fredericksburg	Pa	Farmer's Pride	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was bending over to pick up chicken parts from the floor in a leg deboning department. When he reached up and under the machine to get a chicken part, his hand was caught in the machine, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.
2021-09-16	Miles City	Mt	Valor Steel	Thigh(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a rebar bending machine. The rebar swung back on its long end and hit the employee's left leg, breaking the femur.
2021-08-18	Tucker	Ga	New South Construction Supply	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending rebar when his glove got caught in the machine and his left index finger was pinched, resulting in an amputation.
2021-08-11	Lewiston	Id	Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending a small breaker plate on a press brake. His right thumb was caught between the bent flange of the part and the punch. Part of his right thumb above the knuckle was amputated.
2021-07-01	North Ridgeville	Oh	Beckett Air, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On July 1, 2021, an employee was bending metal parts on a brake press when their right middle finger was caught in the point of operation and partially amputated.
2021-06-21	Green Bay	Wi	KI, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On June 21, 2021, an employee was operating a chair leg bending machine. The employee's fingers were caught between the die set and the leg of the chair to be bent; three of the employee's fingers were amputated. The machine was guarded at the time.
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.
2021-06-01	Austin	Tx	Builder's FirstSource	Knee(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
A temporary employee was bending down to pick up a lateral support block when his nail gun fired a nail into his right knee.
2021-05-11	New York	Ny	Danmar Interiors Inc.	Lumbar region	Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
An employee was bending down to pick up some studs near a ladder. Some sheetrock another employee (working 12 feet up the ladder) was holding slipped down and hit the employee as he bent over, striking and bruising his back. He was hospitalized.
2021-04-22	Roanoke	Al	Pierce Construction & Maintenance	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
An employee was holding a stake for concrete molding while a co-worker was driving the stake with a 10-pound hammer. The employee thought the co-worker was finished and grabbed the top of the stake to assist himself up from a kneeling/bending position when the hammer struck the end of the employee's right-hand pinky finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-04-16	Toledo	Oh	Carter-Waters Construction Materials - Toledo, OH	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was in front of a table bender rebar machine, bending rebar. The employee's left middle fingertip was caught in a hole in the rotating top. The fingertip was nicked, resulting in an amputation.
2021-03-15	Cordele	Ga	Marvair, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A press brake operator was bending small sheet metal parts when his left ring finger and middle finger were caught between the part being bent and the face of the upper bending die. The tips of each finger were crushed and the employee was hospitalized for surgical amputation of both fingertips.
2021-03-11	Rapid City	Sd	Horsley Specialties Inc.	Eye(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was bending over to pick up a dropped item when a broom handle punctured his right eye.
2021-03-03	San Antonio	Tx	Anemostat Door Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending metal in a 50-ton press brake. His finger was caught in a pinch point resulting in amputation of two fingertips and the loss of two fingernails.
2021-02-25	Riverside	Al	Harris Rebar Nufab, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a rebar-bending machine when his left index finger was caught between a bending pin and a piece of rebar. The finger was partially amputated.
2021-02-09	Englewood	Co	AMERICAN STAINLESS STEEL CORP.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working with a co-worker on a brake press bending stainless steel when he noticed one piece had not bent at a 90-degree angle. He went to hit it again at a small place in the middle, and when doing so, the machine crushed his fingers. The employee suffered a ring fingertip amputation and amputation of his middle finger.
2021-02-09	Bryan	Tx	McElroy Metal	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending a beam on a bending machine when the machine's foot pedal was pressed and the machine came into contact with the employee's fingers. The employee suffered fingertip amputations on his index and middle fingers.
2021-01-26	Holland	Oh	Sperling Heating & Ventilation Co. Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On January 26, 2021, an employee was operating a bending machine to fabricate various sizes of metal hangers. The employee's left hand was caught in the rollers while running the flat stock through the machine and four fingers were crushed and fractured.
2020-10-01	Braselton	Ga	Dayton Superior Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a bar support machine. The employee's left hand was caught and crushed in the bending area of the machine. Four fingers were amputated.
2020-09-30	Broomfield	Co	MKS Instruments Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was holding a part in place at the opening to a tube bending machine. The machine crushed three fingers on the employee's left hand. All three were medically amputated.
2020-09-29	Holyoke	Ma	International Container Co. LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On September 29, 2020, an employee's fingers on both hands were crushed in a press brake machine while bending steel pieces. Eight fingers were amputated. Six fingers were reattached.
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.
2020-09-15	Fairburn	Ga	All FAB Precision Sheetmetal Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending parts on a press brake when his hand got caught in the machine resulting in amputation of his right index finger.
2020-09-14	Dallas	Tx	Harris Rebar	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating the rebar bending machine and amputated his left index fingertip.
2020-09-02	Neenah	Wi	Bent Tubes LLC	Fingertip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was leaning over the laser sensors using his finger to check that a part was not rotating in the pipe bending machine when he slipped and fell into the clamp on the machine. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated.
2020-08-17	Hempstead	Ny	Pro Metal of NY Corp	Cranial region	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending metal to make air ducts and the machine caught the employee's hair.
2020-08-04	Perry	Fl	Lippert Components, Inc. dba Curt Group (UWS)	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On August 4, 2020, a machine operator was bending thin aluminum tread plate parts on a press brake when the tip of his right index finger got caught between the part and the bottom die. The employee suffered the amputation of half of his fingernail to his fingertip.
2020-07-23	Jamestown	New York	Jamestown Macadam, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee operating a rebar bending machine had his finger pinched between a piece of rebar and a fixed point on the rebar bending machine. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation without bone loss.
2020-07-23	Montpelier	Ohio	Dyco Manufacturing, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending a part in a hydraulic press brake. The employee's right middle finger was pinched between the part and the machine (not at the point of operation), causing a partial fingertip amputation.
2020-07-21	Colorado Springs	Colorado	Stresscon Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending rebar on a rebar bending machine when their finger was caught. The fingertip was crushed and was amputated at the hospital.
2020-06-17	Christiansted	Virgin Islan	Plaza Extra East	Multiple body parts	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a bottle blow molding machine when he dropped his cell phone through the front opening of the machine. He activated the machine to move forward and attempted to retrieve his cell phone. While bending over, he touched the stop button, which caused the machine to reverse into the home position. The employee then became pinned when the panel moved into the home position, injuring his left arm and upper torso on the left side.
2020-06-11	Jacksonville	Florida	Steelcon Supply Co	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On June 11, 2020, at 1:30 PM an employee was operating the radius bending machine. He was bending two pieces of rebar, when his glove got stuck between the two pieces and pulled his left hand into the machine's gears. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation and a fractured finger.
2020-06-03	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	General Mills Operations, LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee suffered a hernia while bending over to pick up a pallet.
2020-05-30	Eau Claire	Wisconsin	Curt Manufacturing, LLC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On May 30, 2020, an employee was bending parts on a press brake. The employee's left index finger was caught between a part and the bottom of the die. The finger was pinched, leading to the amputation of the fingertip.
2020-04-13	Wadsworth	Ohio	Clampco Products, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a bending machine, making bends into thin gauge stainless steel bands. As the employee loaded the end of a steel band into the machine's tooling, her finger slipped up the side of the band and was caught in the point of operation. The fingertip was amputated.
2020-04-07	Rapid City	South Dakota	Forterra Concrete Products, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending 3-foot long rebar on a rebar bending machine. He was bending to 90-degree angles, using the foot pedal for control. His finger was caught in a pinch point and was partially amputated.
2020-04-07	Wichita	Kansas	GLOBE ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading a tube into the collet of a bending machine when the grip closed on the employee's little finger, amputating the first joint.
2020-04-02	Mosinee	Wisconsin	G3 Industries Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee depressed the foot pedal on an air bending machine to bend parts. He rested his left hand on the area where the arm meets the bending roller, which controls the bending arm. When he released the foot pedal, the bending arm automatically returned to home position and his left thumb was pinched between the arm and the bending roller. His left thumb tip was amputated as a result.
2020-03-02	Kingwood	Texas	Wayne Electric, Inc.	Hand(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was moving a UPS cabinet off a pallet using a pallet jack. The pallet buckled and tipped toward the employee, bending his right hand back. He suffered two broken bones in the hand and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2020-02-27	Triadelphia	West Virgini	East Coast Metal Systems, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending gutter straps using a motorized folding machine. The machine clamed on his right middle and ring fingers, crushing them and amputating the fingertips.
2020-02-27	Oceanside	New York	Marshalls	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was standing on the floor and bending over to stock shelves at ground level. The employee fell and sustained a broken right ankle.
2020-02-21	Midland	Texas	Universal Pressure Pumping	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee was bending down to pick up a hose to connect to a pump to pressurize it when he felt pain. He was hospitalized and required surgery for a hernia.
2020-02-20	Freeport	Texas	Riviana Foods Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending a metal sheet on a flip forming and bending machine when his gloved hand was pulled in between the rollers, crushing his middle and index fingertips.
2020-02-13	Norman	Oklahoma	Johnson Controls, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
While holding a sheet metal part and bending it in a press brake, an employee's right ring fingertip was caught between the sheet metal part and the work rest. The right middle fingertip was amputated.
2020-02-04	Benton	Arkansas	Reed's Metals Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a bending machine. He was putting pieces of trim in the machine. His fingers were on the top of a metal piece when the machine was activated via the foot pedal. The machine amputated his left index finger and crushed his right index and middle fingers.
2020-01-28	Port Richey	Florida	S C Signature Construction and Roofing Corp	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was moving metal around a manual metal bending machine when his arms were caught in the machine, lacerating both arms.
2020-01-23	New Braunfels	Texas	Harris Rebar Nufab, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a stand-up rebar pipe bending machine. He was grabbing rebar when he was caught in the bending pen. His pinky finger was amputated and the middle and ring fingers were fractured.
2020-01-20	Bourbonnais	Illinois	Ambassador Steel Fabrication, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was helping an operator set up a rebar-bending machine. The employee's little finger was caught, broken, and lacerated between the rebar and a pin.
2020-01-20	Batesville	Arkansas	Bad Boy Mowers, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a hydraulic press brake when his right index finger went between the metal and the bending blade. The hydraulic press brake then cycled and severed his right index finger.
2020-01-18	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	Freshpet, Inc.	Lumbar region	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee was bending while using a hose to clean underneath a product cooker when the employee sprained/strained the lower back.
2020-01-17	Lawrenceville	Georgia	CMC REBAR GEORGIA	Face	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
On January 17, 2020, an employee was working on a double bender. While the first bend was being made on a piece of metal, the bending pin broke and struck the employee on the right side of his face, lacerating it.
2019-09-20	Tampa	Florida	MASONRY BUILDERS, INC.	Ankle(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was bending down, reaching through a tower frame for a work platform to bind straps and frames together in preparation for shipping. The frame flipped over and landed on his left ankle, dislocating and fracturing it. He was hospitalized.
2019-08-08	Tomah	Wisconsin	Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.	Brain	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was bending down into a receiving bin retrieving boxes when an empty box slid down the chute and hit the employee in the back of the head. The employee was hospitalized with swelling of an arterial vessel.
2019-08-05	Winter Haven	Florida	Manheim Remarketing, Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was bending over to remove a license plate from a car. He then stood up, lost his balance, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a contusion to the left side of the forehead, a subdural hematoma, and a laceration above the left eye.
2019-08-03	Conway	Arkansas	CORESLAB STRUCTURES (ARK) INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee loaded a piece of rebar onto a rebar bending machine. His finger was in a pinch point between the end of the rebar and a positive stop on the machine when the machine was cycled, resulting in an amputation of the upper portion of his left index finger.
2019-08-01	Tampa	Florida	Southwestern Suppliers, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A temporary employee was operating a rebar bending machine. His finger got stuck between the rebar and the pin for bending it and was injured.
2019-08-01	Tampa	Florida	Southwestern Suppliers, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working on an automated rebar bending machine when it severely lacerated his finger.
2019-07-29	Homer City	Pennsylvania	Somerset Steel Erection Company, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was bending over to pick up a crane outrigger pad when the outrigger retracted, catching the employee's left hand. The employee suffered a dislocation and laceration of the left wrist.
2019-07-18	Marysville	Ohio	Continental Contitech	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
While bending down and leaning forward to open a chuck on the fabric calendar, an employee released a lever manually (not powered). A tiny part then slid across and pinched their right pinky finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-07-05	Port Saint Lucie	Florida	Drexel Metals Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a bending machine when it cycled on his right hand, amputating the tip of his thumb above the knuckle.
2019-07-02	Enfield	Connecticut	Tesla, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
On July 2, 2019, an employee had been bending down to take temperature measurements from solar panels. The next morning, he awoke with a pinching sensation and pain. He was hospitalized with a herniated disc.
2019-06-28	Paris	Texas	TURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP, LLC	Head and trunk	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was removing a steel wedge from a bending clamp that was used to secure a steel pipe in a bending machine when the wedge came out with force and struck the employee in the head. The employee then fell from the steps he was working from and to the ground, fracturing his skull and back.
2019-06-18	Tucson	Arizona	Federal Bureau of Prisons-U.S. Penitentiary	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was performing short training (bending, squatting, hiding behind barricades) exercises at a firing range when he developed muscle cramps and tingling in his legs. He was hospitalized for a heat related illness.
2019-06-10	Chicago	Illinois	Costco Wholesale Corporation	Brain	Struck against stationary object or equipment
An employee was bending over to scan a product on the bottom of a cart when the employee's head hit the cart. The employee may have suffered a concussion.
2019-05-18	Tavares	Florida	Walgreens Co.	Eye(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was bending down to get something from a bottom counter when the employee's eye hit a metal bag holder, causing an eye injury.
2019-05-14	Terrell	Texas	Madix, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending (stamping) a part when her hand entered the die. The die came down and caught her hand between it and the press. She suffered four broken fingers.
2019-05-09	Selbyville	Delaware	Haines Fabrication & Machine, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding rebar into a rebar bending machine when the employee's glove became caught and was pulled into the conveyor belt, resulting in the amputation of the employee's left pinky and ring fingers.
2019-05-08	Sarasota	Florida	HD SUPPLY CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY, LTD.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending rebar on a fabrication/bending machine when his right pinky finger was caught between the two ends of a piece of rebar as the ends overlapped to form a circle. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
2019-04-29	Souderton	Pennsylvania	Guidemark Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee bent over to hook up the truck to a fire hydrant to load water. While bending over, he herniated a disc in his back.
2019-04-17	Conley	Georgia	Tindall Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a bar bending machine to bend rebar when their fingertip was amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time.
2019-04-11	Douglasville	Georgia	Randstad	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending sheet metal roof cleats on a folding machine. The ram came down on his hand, amputating the three middle fingers at the knuckle and crushing the little finger. He was hospitalized.
2019-04-01	Oshkosh	Wisconsin	Brickham Machining Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On April 1, 2019, an employee was bending tubes on a CNC tube bending machine when the employee's finger was caught between the dies and material, resulting in an amputation.
2019-03-22	Idaho Falls	Idaho	Oldcastle Infrastructure a CRH Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a rebar bending machine. The machine caught the employee's finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.
2019-03-18	Pascagoula	Mississippi	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Thigh(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was bending a piece of 1-inch-thick, 6-inch-wide, 6-foot-long flat steel in a press fitted with a four-way die. One of the fins on the die broke, allowing the steel to fall and strike the employee's right leg above the knee. The employee suffered a contusion and swelling and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2019-03-06	Bucks	Alabama	Vulcan Industrial	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Employees were cutting and bending metal using a manual sheet metal brake. The brake closed on an employee's left hand, causing the amputation of the index fingertip.
2019-02-28	Austell	Georgia	Miller-Clapperton Partnership	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Employees were operating a bending machine when an employee's left middle finger was pinched between the metal panel and the top of the tooling portion of the machine. The fingertip was severed.
2019-02-26	Lincoln	Alabama	New South Express, LLC	Wrist(s) and arm(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was caught between a cart and a powered industrial vehicle while bending down. The vehicle's handle pinned the employee's left arm against the cart, breaking the arm and wrist.
2019-02-16	Fargo	North Dakota	LME, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was bending down to move a box so that it would not be run over by a forklift. The forklift ran over the employee's foot, breaking bones.
2019-02-04	Mansfield	Ohio	Jay Industries, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On February 4, 2019, an employee's right index finger was caught in a pipe bending or tube bending machine and partially amputated.
2019-01-30	Alexandria	Louisiana	Tri-State Industries of LA	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading steel parts into a bending machine when the intake roller on the bending machine grabbed his glove and pulled his left hand into the roller, resulting in an amputation to his left index finger.
2019-01-28	Orlando	Florida	Orlando Regional Medical Center	Multiple body parts	Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
An employee was wearing a lead vest while bending down to troubleshoot ultrasound equipment when she felt pressure and pain in her lower back and legs, requiring hospitalization.
2019-01-25	Fryeburg	Maine	HD Supply Construction Supply, Ltd.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
While bending rebar, a piece of rebar sprung loose from the bending machine and struck an employee in the neck. The employee was hospitalized with a torn esophagus.
2019-01-16	Alliance	Ohio	W.J. Egli Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On January 16, 2019, an employee was bending sheet metal on a hydraulic press brake. The height adjustment guard had loosened and created a larger clearance between the sheet metal and the die. The press brake was activated via the foot pedal while the employee's fingers were in the point of operation. His left index finger was crushed, resulting in a partial amputation.
2019-01-04	Allentown	Pennsylvania	UTZ Quality Foods, LLC.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was bending down to lift a pallet when pain caused his back to seize up and he fell backwards. He suffered a back strain or possible disk injury, requiring hospitalization.
2018-09-26	Winona	Mississippi	Anel Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending a piece of metal in a hydraulic press. The metal shifted, striking and lacerating/amputating the tip of the employee's left index finger.
2018-08-21	Houston	Texas	Masterduct	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working at a press when his right hand was caught between the press and a fixture he was bending, resulting in a partial amputation of his right ring finger.
2018-08-20	Dallas	Texas	Cleaver-Brooks Sales & Service, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bending pipe on a tube bending machine when he attempted to adjust the tube. The tube bender then caught and crushed his left middle finger. The start button was activated at the time of the incident.
2018-08-09	Fall River	Massachusett	Steward Healthcare	Heart	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
On August 9, 2018, while bending over a patient's stretcher to draw blood, an employee developed back pain and difficulty breathing possibly related to a heart attack.
2018-07-24	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	Barry Callebaut USA, LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee was operating a turret truck that hit a piece of wood. While bending to retrieve the wood, he felt pain in his back. He was hospitalized.
2018-07-23	Akron	Ohio	Akron Polymer AProduct	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was adjusting a tube-bending machine when the machine cycled, causing a partial amputation to the tip of the employee's right ring finger. The machinery was not locked out at the time of the incident, and blocks designed for it were not being used.
2018-06-01	Ridgewood	New Jersey	The Valley Hospital	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee was bending down to pick up medications. On her way up, she experienced a sharp back pain/strain.
2018-04-22	Houston	Texas	Houston Methodist Hospital	Knee(s)	Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.
An employee was bending over to assist a patient dress. The patient put his weight on the employee's shoulders causing a strain to her left knee.