Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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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. |