| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-17 | Tulsa | Ok | Lektron Branding Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing a mast guard from a forklift to repair several bends in the guard. While removing the bolts on the guard, the guard fell and crushed the employee's right middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2021-11-11 | Leola | Pa | 3B Services, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was removing bolts from a boiler door. The employee fell to the ground, suffering a chipped bone in the elbow as well as a possible triceps injury and a possible concussion. | |||||
| 2021-11-09 | Wellington | Fl | Excell Refrigeration, Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was on a rooftop, screwing down a bolt with a wrench. The wrench slipped. He lost his balance and fell onto the screw, which lacerated the inside of his right hand. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-11-04 | San Antonio | Tx | VT San Antonio Aerospace, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was aligning a brace on the landing gear of an airplane to bolt into place. The brace was moved and his right middle finger was caught in the bolt hole. The fingertip was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-11-04 | Oberlin | Oh | Green Circle Growers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On November 4, 2021, an employee attempted to unbolt a lamp post that was attached to a pulley system and tethered to a forklift. While the load was suspended, the employee reached under the lamp post to remove a nut and bolt. The load shifted and the lamp post landed on the employee's hand crushing their fingers and resulting in a partial finger amputation. | |||||
| 2021-11-02 | Campbellsport | Wi | Tom's Quality Millwork & Hardwoods Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was on his hands and knees to line up a jack plate and arbor plate and screw a bolt through the plates. The employee had his right thumb positioned on top of the jack plate when the arbor plate slipped down approximately 2 inches and pinched the tip of the employee's right thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-10-21 | Cherokee | Al | Alabama Painting Inc. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking into a machine shop area. He fell and hit a ball bearing press that was bolted to the floor. He suffered lacerations to the left forearm and hand and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-10-12 | Russells Point | Oh | HONDA TRANSMISSION MANUFACTURING | Multiple head locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On October 12, 2021, an employee was reaching to retrieve a dropped bolt starter, which had landed in a tray under the rollers on an assembly line. The rollers caught the employee's bangs and removed skin from the employee's hair line to below the nose. | |||||
| 2021-10-07 | Thomasboro | Il | Altamont Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two employees were rotating a machine component (a heavy, steel machine part roughly in the shape of a rectangular bar) so it could be reinstalled. As they used a die cart lift to move the part from blocks to the machine table surface, the part continued to turn quickly; a protruding bolt caught the tip of one employee's left index finger against the steel work surface. About 4-5 millimeters of the finger were amputated. | |||||
| 2021-10-04 | Crosby | Nd | Brigade Energy Services LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| Two employees were removing a well head bolt using hammers. The hammers hit each other, causing one hammer to shatter. A fragment of the hammer went under an employee's safety glasses, causing an injury to their left eye. | |||||
| 2021-10-01 | Columbus | Oh | WF Automotive of Columbus, LLC | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was assisting a co-worker in removing the center bolt from the strut cap of a strut/spring assembly while the assembly was mounted and compressed on a spring compressor tool. When the bolt was free, the strut cap flew up and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a fractured septum and cheekbone, as well as a laceration on the upper-left cheek. | |||||
| 2021-09-24 | Girard | Oh | TA Operating, LLC | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a pneumatic tool to remove U-bolts on a truck. The tool pinned his left hand, causing a fluid buildup injury. | |||||
| 2021-09-24 | Eight Mile | Al | McInnis Construction LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was drilling out an anchor bolt when debris struck his eye, resulting in an eye injury. | |||||
| 2021-09-14 | Pensacola Beach | Fl | Piera Plus | Skull | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was standing on a 8-foot folding ladder, installing bolts on a pavilion. He fell 5 feet to the ground and suffered a fractured skull. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-09-13 | Grove City | Pa | GE Transportation, a Wabtec Company | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a de-tensioner to loosen a bolt that was installed in a locomotive engine casing. The reaction arm slipped off the main bolt and caught the employee's hand against the engine block. The employee sustained fractured bones in the hand that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 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 | Tulsa | Ok | Axel Royal, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was replacing a tank pump. He was utilizing a pry bar to help manipulate two flanges to better position a new gasket between them. His left index finger was in the bottom bolt hole of the flange when the pry bar slipped, causing the flanges to come together and amputate the end of his left index finger above the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-09-09 | Tallmadge | Oh | Trans-Foam Inc | Knee(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was standing behind another employee who was tightening the blade on a bandsaw. A piece of metal from the tensioner spring bolt struck the employee in the knee. | |||||
| 2021-09-09 | Dubois | Pa | Dave Roman Excavating, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An employee was replacing a water-line. While unbolting a fitting on an unused PVC waterline, the PVC pipe blew apart and the employee was struck by pieces of the pipe and sustained a broken tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2021-09-09 | Kissimmee | Fl | Krush Acquisitions | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee and a mechanic were tightening up the compression bolts on a faulty hydraulic line when the line ruptured and hot hydraulic fluid covered the employee's upper body, resulting in thermal burns to their upper body. | |||||
| 2021-08-31 | Orlando | Fl | Ceco Concrete Construction, L.L.C. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On August 31, 2021, an employee was removing a bolt in order to remove a section of some scaffolding. A scaffold fell off a nearby forklift and landed on the employee's left leg, causing multiple fractures. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-08-28 | Summerville | Ga | Mohawk Industries, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was sweeping up broken bottles when she slipped on a plastic bottle and fell, her right leg striking an anchor bolt next to a support plate. She suffered a laceration and fracture to the right knee. | |||||
| 2021-08-26 | South Plainfield | Nj | Harris Realty Company, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee was lifting a bucket of bolts weighing approximately 60 to 70 pounds when they suffered an inguinal hernia that required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-08-23 | Hereford | Tx | Caviness Beef Packers, LTD | Thigh(s) | Struck by animal |
| An employee was about to use a captive bolt gun to stun a bull that was down in a cattle pen. The bull got up and knocked the employee to the ground; the stun gun went off and struck the employee in the left thigh. The employee suffered a broken femur. | |||||
| 2021-08-18 | Mandan | Nd | Edling Electric, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was grinding bolts on the base of a street light. The grinder bound up and spun out of his hands, causing a 2-inch cut on his upper left leg. | |||||
| 2021-08-17 | Duncannon | Pa | Noaker¿s Auto Body LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was dismantling a vehicle. When the employee struck a bolt with a hammer, a piece of metal went into the employee's eye. | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 2021-08-12 | Cincinnati | Oh | Intelligrated Systems, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a cordless drill with a tap bit to widen an oblong opening for a specified bolt size when their left glove caught on the tap bit, resulting in a partial amputation of the thumb pad with no bone loss. | |||||
| 2021-08-07 | Montrose | Ny | Department of Veterans Affairs, Hudson Valley Health Care System, FDR Campus | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a handheld grinder to grind bolts off of a water shut-off valve when the grinder kicked back and contacted his right hand and wrist, resulting in lacerations. | |||||
| 2021-08-05 | Alliance | Ne | Progress Rail (Alliance) | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| The injured employee was working on an open-top coal car replacing a piece that supports the sides of the car. The injured employee and a co-worker each had a side of the support. As the co-worker unbolted his side, he lost his grip, and the support swung down on the side of the injured employee, amputating their right ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-08-02 | Sharon | Pa | Gulf Coast Dismantling and Salvage, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was cutting a piece of steel with a torch. About 40 feet away, an excavator with a grapple attachment was pulling apart two other pieces of steel that were connected with bolts. When those two pieces were pulled apart, the bolts broke and one of the pieces flew out the side of the grapple. It struck the employee in the hand and right leg, causing hand fractures and lacerations and a broken femur. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-07-27 | Mcville | Nd | AAA Construction Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was working from a ladder, installing the nuts on bolts that ran through a piece of sheet metal. The sheet metal slipped and knocked him off the ladder to the concrete about 8 feet below. He struck his head on the concrete, suffering head injuries. | |||||
| 2021-07-23 | Cambria | Il | Ameren Illinois | Upper and lower limb(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| A substation employee was removing bolts from a recloser bushing. The employee's hand made contact with an energized wire, causing electrical burns to the employee's hand and leg. | |||||
| 2021-07-21 | Henderson | Co | Liberty Oilfield Services | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| A mechanic was on top of the HHP in Bay 1 drilling out broken bolts. Another operator was running the overhead crane using a handheld remote, moving it from the south side of the HHP to the north side to pick up a fluid end. As the crane moved over the top of the HHP, it struck the mechanic, knocking him off the HHP onto the cement floor of the shop 13 feet below. The injured employee was hospitalized for broken ribs, a sprained wrist and stitches to the face. | |||||
| 2021-07-20 | Chillicothe | Oh | Kenworth Truck Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was setting the 5th wheel onto a truck body. A hoist moved and its hook caught on the 5th wheel. The employee's left index finger was caught in a bolt hole and the fingertip was amputated just below the nailbed. | |||||
| 2021-07-20 | Macon | Ga | B & D Industrial | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was lowering machinery into a vat of caustic chemical using an electric hoist and crane. An I-bolt (screwed into the heavy machinery and also being held by the hoist) broke, and the machinery dropped into the vat. Caustic splashed the employee's clothing, who suffered burns and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-07-08 | Huntingdon Valley | Pa | General Flange & Forge, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was sharpening a long bolt with a grinding machine. The bolt slipped and the employee sustained lacerations to their ring and pinky finger as well as an open fracture and a nail bed injury. | |||||
| 2021-07-02 | Omaha | Ne | Mission Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was assembling a vertical dough lift machine which required four bolts to assemble. The employee installed the top two bolts. While attempting to align the holes and install the bottom two bolts, the machine shifted and the employee's left little finger was caught in a pinch point resulting in amputation after the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-06-29 | Decatur | Al | Tractor and Equipment Company | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was removing a bolt from a radiator using a universal joint and an impact tool. When the impact tool was engaged, the universal joint spun and cut his hand, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2021-06-28 | Stirrat | Wv | B.M.S. Natural Resources, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was removing bolts on a belt drive. When a bolt was removed, the belt drive twisted loose, swung upward, and hit the employee, breaking his leg. | |||||
| 2021-06-11 | Atchison | Ks | BUNGE MILLING INC. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee had been troubleshooting an extruder machine. The employee was struck by steam that came through a bolt hole and sustained second degree burns to the neck. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-06-08 | Strasburg | Oh | Tremcar USA, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was unpacking two suspensions that were bolted together with a razor-sharp angle bracket. While the employee was using a box end wrench to unscrew the bolt, the suspensions shifted and caught the employee's right index finger. The fingertip was amputated behind the nail. | |||||
| 2021-06-05 | Baird | Tx | Blattner Energy Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a torquing tool to torque down bolts on the blades in a wind turbine. As he began to tighten a nut, his finger became caught between the torquing tool and the wall of the hub. The employee sustained an avulsion fracture to a finger. | |||||
| 2021-06-04 | Bloomingdale | Oh | Patterson-UTI Energy Inc | Fingertip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking across the rig floor carrying a large bolt, called a connecting pin, when he tripped on an object and fell to the floor. The bolt impacted the end of his left ring finger and amputated the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-06-03 | Houston | Tx | B&J Wholesale LLC | Multiple leg locations | Struck by object or equipment |
| Employees were disassembling a flange test adapter on equipment after it had undergone hydrostatic pressure testing. The injured employee was loosening the bolts holding the test flange to the equipment when pressurized water (22,000 psi) escaped and struck his upper legs, causing severe lacerations to both thighs. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-06-03 | Galena Park | Tx | SOUTHEAST TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing a bolt from a window covering when the window came down, crushing their left pinky finger and resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-05-07 | Manitowoc | Wi | Skana Aluminum Co | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was helping a maintenance worker install the upper portion of a coil car back into place using a hoist. This part weighs about 1,000 pounds. While seating the upper section onto the mounting bolts, the employees were working to loosen a bolt. The injured employee’s right hand was on an impact wrench and his other hand was on the nut. As it was loosening, the upper portion of the coil unit came loose and caught the injured employee’s hand against the lower portion of the coil block. T | |||||
| 2021-05-03 | Topeka | Ks | The J.M. Smucker Company | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A maintenance employee was adjusting conveyor tracking bolts at the bottom frame of the conveyor when he began to feel dizzy and grabbed the frame to balance himself. The employee's hand contacted the moving conveyor, resulting in broken bones in his hand that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2021-04-23 | Pompano Beach | Fl | Alsco Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was working on a scissor lift near a hook conveyor belt system when a cord from the conveyor belt got stuck on a bolt of the scissor lift causing the lift to fall over. The employee fell from a height of 12 feet to the concrete floor below and sustained a fractured pelvis, broken ribs, an abrasion on a lung, and chipped vertebrae. | |||||
| 2021-04-22 | Clarkesville | Ga | PENSKE TRUCK LEASING CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Two employees were working on a boom truck that had outriggers and a leaking hydraulic cylinder. The injured employee had removed the hydraulic cylinder, rebuilt it, and reinstalled it. While verifying that the repair was correct, a bolt fell into the frame rail. As the injured employee reached to retrieve the bolt, the hydraulic cylinder went into motion resulting in amputation of the first knuckle from the right index finger. | |||||
| 2021-04-21 | Highland Mills | Ny | D'Annunzio & Sons Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| A water main line failed while being pressure-tested. It sent a bolt flying that struck an employee, causing internal injuries. | |||||
| 2021-04-20 | Empire | La | Daybrook Fisheries, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were attempting to remove a metal box from the outside of a building. On employee cut the top two bolts holding the box to the building, so that the bottom two box could act as a fulcrum as the box fell. The other employee was walking the box down, hand over hand, when it fell. Its top left corner struck him in the head, neck, and right shoulder, and he was briefly pinned under the box. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-04-15 | Laurel | Mt | CUST-O-FAB Specialty Services, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee and a co-worker were loosening nuts and bolts on a 24-inch, 300-pound flange with hydraulic torque equipment and a reaction arm. The hydraulic torque equipment was not functioning due to pump issues. The co-worker went to inspect it when the pump kicked on and engaged the torquing equipment. The torquing equipment moved the reaction arm, which struck the employee's right-hand index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-04-06 | Lancaster | Tx | BLAKEMAN STEEL | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was removing bolts from a joist assembly when a joist fell and struck the employee, breaking their ankle. | |||||
| 2021-04-06 | Anderson | Mo | Roxell USA Agile Manufacturing CTB, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was troubleshooting a prototype poultry ventilation fan, trying to point out a loose bolt or vibration. His left pinky finger contacted the moving fan blade resulting in a revision amputation. | |||||
| 2021-04-01 | Brownsville | Tx | All Star Metals, L.L.C. | Foot (feet) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was removing a bolt from an engine block when the block sank due to rain and crushed the employee's foot, resulting in broken bones. | |||||
| 2021-04-01 | Chalmette | La | Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC | Hip(s) | Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle |
| An employee was moving a barge upriver, using a winch and cable to give slack in the mooring lines so they could be removed. As the cable reeled in on the winch, it caught the employee's life vest and pulled him into the winch pulley bolted to a stanchion. He suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-03-31 | Middleburg | Fl | Petticoat-Schmitt Civil Contractors, Inc. | Pelvic region | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee sustained a puncture injury to the pelvic area after tripping and falling on 4-inch concrete anchor bolts. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-03-17 | Houston | Tx | NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a torque gun to loosen a bonnet bolt on a blowout preventer door. The torque gun swung around and struck his left middle finger, causing the amputation of half of the finger. | |||||
| 2021-03-15 | Pleasanton | Tx | MidCentral Energy Services, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a hydraulic torque wrench to loosen the nuts that held a pump's fluid end to the stay rod bolts. His right little finger was caught between the wrench and a nut that the wrench was braced against. His finger was crushed, and he was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-03-11 | Newport | Ar | Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two employees were tightening down bolts on a press punch block. As the last bolt was being tightened down, the wrench slipped and part of the press block fell on the hand of the employee holding up the press block. The employee's left ring finger was pinched between the ratchet tool and a punch that was hanging down, causing an amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-03-09 | Springfield | Mo | PAUL MUELLER COMPANY | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was using a plasma cutter on a steel plate that weighed approximately 1140 lbs. A bolt that was holding the steel plate in position broke, causing the steel plate to fall on top of the employee. The employee sustained fractured L5 and S1 vertebrae and a fractured pelvic bone. | |||||
| 2021-03-05 | Valdosta | Ga | JACUZZI, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was tightening a bolt holding a pulley. The bolt snapped, releasing the pulley and the cable. The cable snapped and caught the employee's fingers against a guard, causing the amputation of the left index finger at the last joint and a laceration and fracture of the left middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-03-04 | East Saint Louis | Il | Concrete Supply Company of Illinois | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| Two employees were working on a threaded rod. The first employee was checking one end while the second was turning the other end with a rachet when the bolt broke, causing the pulley to move and crush the first employee's left index finger resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-03-04 | Elgin | Il | Dynacast, LLC | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee fell over the bolt that held down a barrier. The employee suffered a broken wrist. | |||||
| 2021-03-03 | West Memphis | Ar | F&M MAFCO, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was removing a track bolt on a crane using a pry bar and a wrench. As he loosened the wrench, the pry bar slipped, causing the chain to fall and pinch the employee's left thumb between the chain and the bolt. The employee sustained an amputation to the left thumb tip. | |||||
| 2021-03-03 | Christiansted | Vi | Vivot Equipment Corporation | Brain | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee had attached a crane sling to an 8-inch pipe, and the crane was holding the pipe with minimal tension while bolts were removed from its lower flange. The pipe came loose and knocked the employee off the trailer to the ground 6 feet below. The back of the employee's head struck the trailer after the fall, causing a head injury. | |||||
| 2021-02-25 | Middleton | Nh | Middleton Building Supply Inc. | Wrist(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
| An employee was loosening a bolt with a wrench. The wrench slipped off the bolt and a piece of metal lacerated the employee's wrist. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery to repair an artery. | |||||
| 2021-02-25 | Boise | Id | Railworks Track Systems | Lower leg(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee was installing a railroad bumping post. As he loosened a nut on a bolt so the bolt could be re-seated, the bumping post collapsed and his right leg was pinned between two pieces of it. He suffered fractures to the tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2021-02-24 | Richmond | Va | Sustainable Modular Management | Skull | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was inside a building on a 6-foot stepladder, using a chain come-along to draw the building together at the top so a bolt could be installed to hold it together. The chain released, swung back, and struck the employee's head, knocking him off the ladder. He suffered a skull fracture. | |||||
| 2021-02-23 | Ames | Ok | BLATTNER ENERGY INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was removing bolts from a crane to disconnect the crane from a wind tower. When the crane was being lifted up, the employee's left hand caught on a bolt and was pulled into the bolt, resulting in an amputated thumb and ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-02-20 | Albertville | Al | Emmaus Foods LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was working on top of a grading platform, replacing a faulty spring on a shaker. As the employee knocked on a bolt to get to the spring, the shaker dislodged and fell. It amputated the tip of the employee's right middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-02-09 | Grand Prairie | Tx | Fruit of the Earth | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee opened an access door to adjust the tension on a belt for a bag sealer machine. During that task, the access door strut failed and he attempted to tighten the door strut bolt with a wrench. The employee's hand slipped from the wrench and the tip of his right ring finger came into contact with the belt gears located just below the door strut, resulting in an open fracture and amputation. | |||||
| 2021-01-29 | Colliersville | Ny | JETT INDUSTRIES INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| Two employees were drilling holes using a hammer drill in order to install anchor bolts. One employee was operating the drill while the injured employee was standing next to the drill and guiding it. The injured employee's right glove got caught in the drill bit, twisting his hand and causing a partial amputation to the right thumb. | |||||
| 2021-01-27 | Sidney | Mt | Sidney Sugars, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was removing lag bolts from a man cover, waiting for the slurry tank to drain. When all but two bolts were removed, the access door opened up spilling liquid lime onto the employee. The employee sustained burns to both feet. | |||||
| 2021-01-23 | Delta | Oh | Schiltz Cranes, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| Two employees were removing a sheave cover on a 310-ton crane in order to reeve the hook block. The hook block was located on stands 7-8 feet above the ground. One employee was removing a sheave cover from above while the other was removing bolts from below. The employee below was struck by the sheave cover and sustained fractured vertebrae, a fractured right ankle, an injury to the ACL and patella on the left knee, as well as a dislocated hip. | |||||
| 2021-01-22 | Buzzards Bay | Ma | Harvest Energy Services Inc. | Hip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was working inside the hub of a wind turbine, tightening bolts for the fan blades, when he suffered a crushing injury from an accumulator. His hip was broken and he was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-01-20 | Hatfield | Pa | Clemens Food Group | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a ladder re-installing a shaft assembly and bolting it to a polisher machine. As the employee was retrieving the bolts from his pocket, the rigging point on the shaft failed and struck the ladder causing it to tip over. The employee fell backwards off the ladder onto the ground and the shaft assembly struck his right lower leg. The employee suffered an impact injury to their lower right leg and a back injury from the fall to the floor. | |||||
| 2021-01-19 | Middleburg | Fl | Service Electric Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On January 19, 2021, an employee was loosening the nut on an auger retention bolt with his right hand while supporting himself with his left hand against a drilling machine when a bar on the machine came down and pinned his hand. His hand became caught and he suffered the amputation of his left thumb and ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-01-18 | Fort Smith | Ar | OK Foods | Forearm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using a motor-driven lift to raise a tank of chicken to dump into another machine. The chain being turned by the motor misfed and stopped the lift, causing the motor to shake and loosen the bolts that anchored it to its housing. The employee lowered the tank, reset it on the lift, and began to raise it again when the motor fell approximately 10 feet from its housing and struck the employee's right forearm, resulting in a fracture and laceration. | |||||
| 2020-10-19 | Inez | Tx | Hawkins Lease Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was trying to bolt up approximately 15 feet of pipe to a spool piece coming out of the pump intake. As he was trying to insert a gasket, the spool piece dropped on his hand and amputated part of his pinky finger. | |||||
| 2020-10-15 | Baytown | Tx | Gulf Coast Tanks & Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Crew members where unbolting a 40-foot riser pipe in order to separate the pipe in two pieces. When the bolts where removed, the pipes fell apart. The cable used to secure the bottom pipe caught an employee's left hand and pinched it between the pipe and the cable. causing a laceration to the middle finger and injury to the index finger. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-10-09 | Braintree | Ma | Wollaston Alloys | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was attempting to line up machined holes in a repaired gear box assembly's base plate to bolt it into the gear box cabinet. The gear box assembly was being raised into position and the employee was correcting the alignment when the gear box assembly shifted and caught his right hand between the upper interior cabinet and the gear box assembly resulting in amputation of the ring and middle fingertips. | |||||
| 2020-10-09 | Warren | Pa | United Refining Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| While working in the Rigger Shop, an employee was using channel lock pliers to disconnect two pieces of pipe that were bolted together. The pipe was raised by a crane. When the top bolt was removed, a portion of the pipe was pulled upward, and the other portion fell to floor. The employee's finger was pinched between lower handle of pliers and the portion of pipe supported by the crane. The employee suffered an amputation to his left ring finger. | |||||
| 2020-10-08 | Newport News | Va | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing bolts from the diving door of a submarine using an air-driven impact wrench. When he removed the final bolt, the door swung down, pushing the impact wrench down on his hand. His thumb was pinched between the impact wrench and a support beam under the submarine. The employee sustained an amputation to the left thumb that included bone loss. | |||||
| 2020-10-06 | Sulphur | La | Turner Industries Group | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was tightening bolts on a flange attached to a pipe. The employee was repositioning the pipe by moving the trunnion back and forth to allow access to the bolts on the flange. The trunnion moved towards the employee and he tried to grab the base plate to try and hold it up. The base plate struck the ground and caught the top of his left hand between the plate and the ground causing fingertip amputations to his left middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2020-10-05 | Saint Louis | Mo | MCCARTHY | Head and neck | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee sustained head and neck injuries while removing a form panel that was used to form a pilaster as part of a concrete wall system. There were 12 clamping bolts originally holding the wall in place while the concrete was poured. Six clamping bolts had been removed prior to the employee ascending the wall. The employee's task was to remove four of the remaining clamping bolts while ascending the wall and then connect the rigging from the crane to the panel so it could be hoisted out of t | |||||
| 2020-09-25 | Ashland | Oh | Liquibox Corp. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was preparing to put the nip on the railing system. The nip did not roll in straight. While rolling the nip back out, the bolts broke and the nip fell onto the employee's left foot fracturing it. | |||||
| 2020-09-25 | Tampa | Fl | Great Dane Trailers | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee removed a semi-refrigeration unit from the semi-trailer to repair it. After repair, the employee was putting it back on the semi-trailer, but the bolts did not line up. As the employee tried to adjust the bolts, his left index finger was caught between the refrigeration unit and the semi-trailer resulting in amputation of his nail and a quarter inch of his finger. | |||||
| 2020-09-21 | Baytown | Tx | JSW Steel USA | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employees were performing maintenance on a crimp press. The employees were using an impact (pneumatic) wrench to remove bolts from a vertically positioned cylinder in the crimp press. The injured employee was supporting the weight of the impact wrench to keep it steady. His fingers were underneath the vertically positioned impact wrench, away from the nut being removed. When the final nut was loosened, the cylinder slid down and crushed his pinky finger between the back/bottom of the impact wren | |||||
| 2020-09-17 | Lake Jackson | Tx | Evoqua Water Technologies | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was loosening Allen bolts on a generator system when a seal failed on a line connected to the generator, exposing the employee to leaking chlorine dioxide. | |||||
| 2020-09-08 | Middleburg | Fl | Leware Construction Company of Florida, Inc | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was working with a crane when a bolt broke and the cheek plate fell off and struck his left leg. His leg was fractured in two places and required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-09-08 | Conway | Ar | KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP., CONWAY MILLS | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee removed the floor anchor bolts on an arbor press. While moving the press manually, it tipped over and struck the employee on the shin and ankle. | |||||
| 2020-09-07 | Fort Morgan | Co | Western Sugar Cooperative | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Two maintenance employees were inspecting the Omega coupling on the high melter pump. During inspection, the employees realized the shaft on the pump was broken rather than the coupling. The maintenance supervisor was going to locate a rebuilt seal assembly for the pump. The employees started removing the seal assembly from the pump. As one of the employees removed the base plate bolts from the pump, the head pressure from the high melter tank pushed the seal assembly out of the pump casing and | |||||
| 2020-09-04 | Somerville | Ma | Superior Contracting Services | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was removing electrical conduits and a junction box from the exterior of a building. While on a 12-foot A-frame ladder, the employee removed the cover from the junction box and was loosening the anchor bolts within the empty junction box when the entire box and six conduit pipes broke free from the wall and struck the ladder. The ladder tipped over and the employee fell approximately 9 to 10 feet onto the asphalt ground, breaking his ankle. The conduit pipes then fell on him. The bro | |||||
| 2020-09-01 | Henry | Il | Mexichem Specialty Resins, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| On September 1, 2020, at approximately 10:00 a.m., an employee was getting ready to clean hot water and resin from a strainer when a bolt became loose as he was standing over the system. He was then sprayed with hot material through the cap on top of system. He received first and second degree burns on his right and left thighs, lower body, right and left arms, abdomen, chest, and left ear and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-08-21 | Gainesville | Ga | Martin Docks, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was tightening bolts on the handrail system of a boat dock under construction. The employee fell from the dock's roof, landed on the construction platform, and then fell to the ground. The employee suffered contusions and lacerations to the head, neck, left arm, and left leg, as well as a wrist fracture that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-08-17 | Tomball | Tx | Peterson Beckner Industries, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was guiding a steel stair suspended from a crane hook into place to be connected with bolts. He used his sleever bar to guide and make sure the stair riser cleared the opening in the steel, but the top stair riser got hung up on the support beam. He pushed the stair riser with his foot. A clip angle on the stair got caught on the employee's pant leg and the stair swung back and caught the employee's right leg between the stair and the steel support beam. The leg was fractured above t | |||||