| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-10 | Jacksonville | Fl | The Florida School Book Depository, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On June 10, 2021, an employee was stacking a pallet full of textbooks onto a rack about 12 feet high using a reach truck. The employee got out of the reach truck to check on the pallet of books when the books fell toward him. As he ran to get away, he fell on the floor and a book hit his right leg, resulting in a fracture to his right ankle that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-04-30 | Covington | La | Mele Printing, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a stapling machine to staple books together. His left hand slipped into the machine, which broke his ring finger. | |||||
| 2020-06-30 | Forest Park | Georgia | VIATECH PUBLISHING SOLUTIONS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| At about 12:30 p.m. on June 30, 2020, an employee was adjusting the position of books on a cutting machine. The clamp cycled and came down on the employee's hand, causing a partial finger amputation. | |||||
| 2020-04-28 | Dallas | Texas | ThriftBooks | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| The injured employee was loading books into a gondola from a protected hydraulic tipper and transporting the gondola to a staging area with the assistance of another employee. While putting the gondola bin in the staging area, the injured employee removed his hand from the handles and placed them on the top rail. His right pinky finger was then caught and pinched between the bin on his gondola and a second gondola's bin. As a result, the employee's right pinky finger was amputated at the top joi | |||||
| 2019-01-02 | Avon | Connecticut | Trend Offset Printing Services, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was watching a folder start up when printed books started jamming in the press equipment. He was attempting to pull the jammed paper out when his left hand was pulled in between the tape roller and jaw cylinder. His left hand was crushed, suffering lacerations and fractures. | |||||
| 2018-04-19 | Girard | Illinois | R and R Bindery Services | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was dropping books into a binding machine and pinched the tip of her right middle finger in the clamp resulting in fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2016-01-07 | Bartlett | Texas | US Post Office | Thoracic region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee was lifting a tub containing mail and phone books to place it into a hamper when she felt a sharp pain in her upper left torso. She suffered a muscle strain. | |||||
| 2015-11-16 | Saint Charles | Missouri | Coca-Cola Enterprises | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was cleaning out her desk in preparation for her department's relocation. She kneeled on the corner of her desk to reach the bookshelf located above. The corner where she was kneeling broke, and she hit her head on the corner of the desk. She was hospitalized with a head laceration and back injury. | |||||
| 2015-07-22 | Boulder | Colorado | DK Printing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was stapling books using the stapling machine and suffered a left ring finger amputation. | |||||