Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-12	Somerset	Nj	L'Oreal USA	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was removing bottles of product off a conveyor belt. The tip of her left little finger was caught by a cleat on the belt, and the fingertip was amputated.
2021-10-14	Lantana	Fl	FLORIDA MENTOR	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was trying to calm an aggressive resident. The resident threw a sports drink bottle at the employee's abdomen, resulting in internal injuries.
2021-09-08	Boardman	Oh	ATC Healthcare Services	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking back to her office, carrying three bottles, when she tripped and fell over a floor tile that was missing a piece. She fell on her right knee, left arm, and left elbow; she was hospitalized, requiring surgery to the arm.
2021-09-07	Lafayette	La	Republic Services	Arm(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was moving a 96-gallon residential cart when chemical fluids spilled out of a bottle onto his left arm. The arm was burned.
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.
2021-08-28	Lincoln	Nh	Loon Moutain Resort	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level
An employee was walking on a rocky surface and fell backward while picking up a water bottle on the ground. The employee suffered an injury and was hospitalized.
2021-07-22	North Bend	Oh	Baleco International	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was breaking down a malformed bottle with a box cutter. The box cutter slipped and amputated the side of the employee's left thumb.
2021-06-18	Manitowoc	Wi	Kerry Ingredients	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On June 18, 2021, an employee was carrying sample bottles from the fume hood to the work station when they slipped on water on the floor and fell, resulting in a dislocated left knee and shattered left knee cap that required hospitalization.
2021-06-10	West Roxbury	Ma	Valvoline Oil Change	BODY SYSTEMS	Ingestion of harmful substance
An employee drank from an electrolyte solution bottle in the refrigerator that had been filled with degreaser. The employee became sick and was hospitalized.
2021-05-10	Powderly	Tx	U.S. Xpress, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee picked up a case of water bottles and felt pain in his back.
2021-04-16	Barberton	Oh	MALCO PRODUCTS INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was helping to get bottle spray trigger caps moving through the orienter machine when his right ring fingertip got caught between two spinning belts. The employee sustained an amputation to his finger.
2021-03-18	Gonzales	Tx	Finlays Americas	Fingertip(s)	Injured by object breaking in hand
An employee was helping to lift a pallet of glass bottles that were stacked on top of each other in approximately 11 layers. The employee assisted with splitting the layers in half when the pressure on the pallets caused one of the bottles to break. The employee suffered a laceration on his right ring finger that resulted in a fingertip amputation.
2021-03-03	New Iberia	La	Musson Patout Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was using denatured alcohol to remove glue from a vehicle. The employee lit a small amount of the alcohol on fire, which ignited the vapor from the alcohol bottle and caused the bottle to explode. The employee sustained second and third degree burns on his upper left torso.
2021-01-26	Houston	Tx	H-E-B, LP	Wrist(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was part of a sanitation team and was cleaning the milk filler line when her wrist was pinned under a bottle cap turret. The employee's right wrist was fractured and crushed.
2021-01-18	Oklahoma City	Ok	CLEMENTS FOODS COMPANY	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing a bottle that was stuck on the production line when his right pinky finger was caught between the conveyer belt and a pole that directs the bottles to the filling station, resulting in amputation.
2021-01-04	Port Arthur	Tx	Chevron Lubricants	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was filling a refrigerator with bottled water when the employee slipped and fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip that required surgery.
2020-10-20	Berwick	Pa	Dollar Tree Distribution, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Ingestion of harmful substance
On October 20, 2020, at approximately 7:35PM, an employee was placing boxes of bleach onto a conveyor system. The bottom of a box broke causing bottles of bleach to fall out. One bottle struck the conveyor and broke open splashing bleach into the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
2020-10-06	Brunswick	Ga	Speedco, Inc.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
An employee was performing maintenance work underneath a recreational vehicle (RV). Pressure released from a hydraulic bottle jack that was elevating the RV off the ground. The RV struck the employee's chest resulting in a fractured collarbone.
2020-09-29	Florence	Al	Walmart, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was straightening a counter in a hardware department. A bottle of liquid drain opener fell, and its cap and seal broke. The liquid spilled onto the employee, causing chemical burns to her right leg, face, and arms. She was hospitalized.
2020-09-08	Ellijay	Ga	PDQ Manufacturing Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against object or equipment
An employee was putting bottles in boxes on a production line. A carton became lodged in the taping portion of the carton erector. He was trying to unjam the carton when it ripped, causing his right hand to pass over the cutting mechanism and the protective cover on the cutting blade to pull back. The blade cut off the tip of his middle finger.
2020-09-01	Topeka	Ks	Reece Construction Co., Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was on an H-pile in the center span of a bridge, walking towards the pier cap to retrieve his water bottle. The employee went to step up and stumbled onto rebar which impaled him.
2020-08-19	Houston	Tx	H-E-B, LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was cleaning bottles in the trimmer section of a blow mold machine when the employee's finger was caught in the machinery, resulting in a transphalangeal amputation of the right ring finger.
2020-08-18	Jasper	Fl	Johansen Automotive, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Ingestion of harmful substance
At 11:35 a.m. on August 18, 2020, an employee was poisoned after drinking from a drink bottle containing a chemical.
2020-08-11	Geneva	Ny	Henkel Corporation	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking with an armful of bottled product. The employee tripped over an ankle-high fan cord and fell to the concrete floor, suffering head injuries.
2020-08-05	La Crosse	Wi	Kwik Trip, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing routine maintenance on a running bottle conveyor when the rag she was holding got pulled into the conveyor, injuring her left hand and causing a partial amputation of the left thumb. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-07-29	Denver	Colorado	Advanced Stucco Design Inc	BODY SYSTEMS	Ingestion of harmful substance
An employee drank from an unlabeled water bottle sitting next to another employee's water bottle. The bottle the employee drank from contained solvent. The employee began vomiting, then felt better, but began coughing up blood the next morning and was hospitalized.
2020-07-29	Bridgeton	Nj	Ardagh Glass Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working as an apprentice operator on a shop bottle forming machine and was hospitalized due to heat stress/dehydration.
2020-07-25	Broad Brook	Connecticut	Key Human Services, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was mopping the floor. While carrying the mop, bucket, and a bottle down the stairs, she slipped on the fifth or sixth steps from the bottom. She fell backwards and hit the back of her head. She was hospitalized for a possible head injury.
2020-07-22	Madison	Alabama	Trade-Mark Industrial LLC	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was connecting a 90 psi, half-inch air hose to a bottle. The hose released from the tank and struck the employee in the neck, lacerating it. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-07-17	Orlando	Florida	Disney Parks, Entertainment and Products	Upper arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
At approximately 1:33 PM on July 17, 2020, an employee was walking toward a water dispenser to refill her water bottle when she tripped over a safety mat and fell to the floor, breaking her humerus. She was hospitalized.
2020-07-06	Deland	Florida	Forterra Pipe And Precast, LLC	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
On July 6, 2020, a mobile equipment operator was operating an overhead crane inside a building and felt light-headed. The employee then took a 15-minute break and drank a bottle of water. After the break the employee was standing and fell to the ground breaking his left ankle. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.
2020-07-02	El Paso	Texas	Rendons Mobiler Home Transport	Hand(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
On July 2, 2020, an employee using a hydraulic bottle jack on a mobile home trailer frame suffered a crushed hand and was hospitalized.
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.
2020-06-16	Wolfeboro Falls	New Hampshir	Sunday Paving & Sealing, Inc.	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was elevated in the bucket of a back hoe and was using a bottle jack to straighten the body of a dump truck under repair. The bottle jack became dislodged and struck the employee in the face. The employee was propelled backwards and hit the back of their head against the bucket of the back hoe, sustaining a head injury.
2020-05-29	Auburndale	Florida	Oldcastle Inc.	Hand(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was carrying a propane cylinder bottle in the storage area. He was walking and removing the cylinder from the storage cage when he lost his balance upon turning and fell. The cylinder fell on his left hand, causing fractures.
2020-05-09	Bartlett	Illinois	Axium Packaging LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee went to clean the belt of a trimmer on a machine that is used to make plastic bottles. The belt caught the rag, pulling his right index finger and pinching it in the equipment. As a result, he sustained a partial amputation of the right index fingertip (no bone loss).
2020-04-30	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	St Luke's Hospital	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting a case of bottled water when she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. She was hospitalized and required surgery for a hernia.
2020-03-23	Columbus	Ohio	Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee had locked out a plastic bottle grinder and was clearing jammed material when a finger on his left hand was caught between two blades. The fingertip was amputated.
2020-03-17	Atlanta	Georgia	Altium Packaging LP	Brain	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was on an extension ladder, clearing a bottle jam in an overhead conveyor. The employee fell off the ladder to the floor about 12 feet below, suffering a head injury.
2020-03-16	Portage	Wisconsin	TA Operating LLC	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While preparing to mop the area an employee stepped over a case of water bottles, tripped, and fell to the ground resulting in fractures to the left wrist and hip.
2020-02-26	Atlanta	Georgia	Altium Packaging LP	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While removing jammed bottles from a detabber machine, the operator's glove was caught in the ejection belt conveyor pulling his hand toward the belt. The employee's left ringer fingertip was amputated.
2020-02-26	Littleton	Colorado	Costco	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was stocking shelves, tripped over a pallet, and fell onto a case of wine bottles. The employee suffered fractured ribs and a punctured left lung.
2020-02-23	Clayton	New Jersey	Aleris Rolled Products, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using a spray bottle to clean a coating machine. The employee dropped the spray bottle, and when he reached for it, his hand was caught in the machine. His hand was crushed and lacerated. The machine was running at the time.
2020-02-21	Palm Coast	Florida	Sunbelt Chemicals Corp.	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was reaching with a push stick to adjust an empty plastic bottle that was stuck about 14 feet overhead. A forklift backed out of an 18-wheeler trailer and struck the employee's right leg, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized and the employee's right foot was medically amputated.
2020-02-05	Mendon	New York	Active USA, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee poured a diesel fuel additive into his truck to prevent the fuel from gelling up in extremely cold weather. Afterwards, he placed the half-emptied bottle in the cab of the truck. While driving the truck he became ill due to exposure to the diesel fuel additive.
2020-01-27	Navasota	Texas	CForce Bottling Company LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing a stuck bottle from a conveyor. The conveyor caught his right index finger and amputated the tip.
2020-01-22	Conroe	Texas	WMC Steel	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was repairing a flexible cable tray on a production machine. The tray was raised using a bottle jack. The bottle jack kicked out while the employee's finger was in an alignment hole on the flexible cable tray, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.
2020-01-21	Parshall	North Dakota	Spotted Hawk Development, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Ingestion of harmful substance
An employee mistakenly drank methanol that was in a soft drink bottle and sustained poisoning.
2020-01-14	Shrewsbury	Massachusett	Price Chopper Operating Co. of Massachusetts, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c.
An employee drank liquid from a water bottle. The employee sustained chemical burns to the lips, mouth, throat, and legs and was hospitalized. A coworker had intentionally substituted the injured employee's water bottle with a water bottle containing sulfuric acid.
2020-01-13	Toledo	Ohio	Midwest Terminals of Toledo - International, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Ingestion of harmful substance
On January 10, 2020, an employee finished drinking a bottle of sports drink and set it down empty in a maintenance shop before leaving for the weekend. The bottle was then used to hold brake cleaner. On January 3, the employee refilled the bottle with water, began drinking, and became nauseated and vomited after the first few gulps. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-09-17	Columbus	Ohio	Lane Aviation	Nonclassifiable	Fire
On September 17, 2019, an employee was filling an oxygen bottle when it caught on fire. The employee was burned and hospitalized.
2019-09-06	Waco	Texas	Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.	Wrist(s)	Injured by object breaking in hand
An employee was putting bottles on a pallet. A bottle broke, lacerating his left wrist.
2019-09-05	Henryetta	Oklahoma	Anchor Glass Container Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was training on swabbing a bottle in a bottle forming machine when two of their fingertips were amputated by the machine.
2019-09-05	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Two laboratory employees were re-stocking chemicals on shelves. While moving a 4-liter glass bottle of acetonitrile the bottle dropped and broke, splashing them with acetonitrile.
2019-08-20	Largo	Florida	Kiewit Water Facilities South Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving oxygen-compressed air cylinders when one started to tip and fell onto another bottle where his finger was. His finger was caught between the two bottles, fracturing his left pinky finger and knuckle.
2019-08-15	Boise	Idaho	Norco, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was blowing down acetylene bottles. The acetylene ignited and the employee's arms and legs were burned.
2019-08-14	Topeka	Kansas	CAPITOL CONCRETE PRODUCTS INC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working near the slat conveyor. When he attempted to retrieve his drink bottle, his right pinky finger was pinched in the conveyor. As a result, his right pinky fingertip was amputated. The slat conveyor was guarded at the time of the incident.
2019-07-29	Norcross	Georgia	Metro Public Safety Group LLC	Skull	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
A Metro Public Safety security officer was following someone through a store. As the guard turned a corner, the person they were following struck the guard's face and head with two thick glass bottles, causing a skull fracture.
2019-07-28	Avon	Ohio	Cleveland Clinic Rehabilitation Hospitals	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
On July 28, 2019, an employee was bent over at the waist to access bottles on a low shelf in a kitchen. An opening cooler door struck her and she fell to the floor, breaking her right hip.
2019-07-17	Kansas City	Missouri	SDI	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While an employee was observing and lubricating a chain-driven conveyor belt, a spray bottle he was holding slipped out of his hand. As he attempted to catch the spray bottle, two of his fingers contacted the moving conveyor belt resulting in the partial amputation of his index and middle fingers.
2019-07-10	Hillsborough	New Jersey	Pretium Packaging, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was setting up a new product line for plastic bottles. The employee's finger was caught in a mold, causing an amputation.
2019-07-01	Lima	Ohio	Lima Memorial Health Systems	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
On July 1, 2019, an employee cleaning a room sprayed cleaning material that was in a spray bottle. The employee inhaled the mist from the spray and suffered an asthma attack, requiring hospitalization.
2019-06-20	Kansas City	Missouri	Missouri Organic Recycling	Eye(s)	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
An employee was changing a tire on a company truck with a bottle jack when the jack started to slip. Another employee pulled the injured employee out from under the truck before it fell off the jack. The trailer hitch on the truck struck and broke the employee's left eye socket and lacerated his nose.
2019-06-15	Houston	Texas	Longhorn Glass Manufacturing, L.P.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On 6/15/2019, an employee was observing glass-making machines, removing jammed bottles, performing housekeeping, and lubricating equipment when he began feeling weak and dizzy from heat stress. He was hospitalized with dehydration and acute kidney failure.
2019-06-15	Plainfield	Illinois	Diageo Global	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
An employee was cleaning bottles of consumer alcohol with a rag and disposing of broken glass. The employee ingested a 3-millimeter piece of glass and was hospitalized.
2019-06-14	Atlanta	Georgia	Blackjack Paving, Sealcoatin & Stripping LLC	Brain	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was loading a bottle of water into a cooler in the back of a work truck when another employee entered the driver seat of the vehicle to move it. When the second employee moved the truck forward, the injured employee fell out of the truck and hit his head on the ground, suffering head trauma.
2019-06-07	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was cleaning and restacking 2-liter bottles when the employee's foot became tangled in shrink wrap. The employee fell onto the concrete floor and suffered a hip fracture.
2019-05-29	Jacksonville	Florida	Revlon, Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was standing at her work station doing spray bottle quality control when she turned around and fell fracturing her right leg.
2019-05-08	Carlisle	Pennsylvania	Allen Distribution	Eye(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was running the floor scrubber while other employees were cleaning up glass bottles. One glass bottle was put in the hopper and shattered. A glass fragment hit an employee's head and went into the employee's left eye causing a laceration to the cornea.
2019-04-24	Chicago	Illinois	Hi-Tek Environmental, Inc. dba STAT Analysis Corporation	Head and trunk	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was working in a laboratory and was pouring 1:1 HN03 (nitric acid) out of a 1000ml flask into a 4-liter reagent bottle inside a fume hood when the neck of the 1000ml flask broke and HN03 splashed onto the employee's chest and face. The employee was hospitalized for chemical burns to the chest and face.
2019-04-12	Ottawa	Ohio	SILGAN PLASTICS CORP.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On April 12, 2019, an employee was removing a jammed bottle from a bottle takeout device machine on a line. A cylinder closed on the employee's right little finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.
2019-04-11	Frisco	Texas	Straight Line Painting	BODY SYSTEMS	Ingestion of harmful substance
An employee was performing putty work and final painting work when he reached for a water bottle. After drinking from the water bottle he began to vomit. The employee had ingested paint thinner and was hospitalized.
2019-04-03	Oak Creek	Wisconsin	Stella & Chewy's LLC	Foot (feet)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was filling chemical bottles with sanitizer when the sanitizer entered the employee's boot and caused a severe chemical burn to the top of his foot. He was hospitalized.
2019-03-26	Orlando	Florida	DS SERVICES OF AMERICA, INC	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was retrieving a bottle cap from a de-capper machine. The mechanism caught the employee's right hand, lacerating it. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-03-08	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	CLEMENTS FOODS COMPANY	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a bottle descrambler. A bottle flew at him and as he tried to deflect the bottle away his right hand was caught in the machine resulting in amputation of the ring fingertip without bone loss.
2019-02-16	Darien	Illinois	Jewel Food Store, Inc. #123	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Injured by object breaking in hand
On February 16, 2019, an employee was placing a liquor bottle on a shelf. The bottle broke and lacerated his right palm. He was hospitalized.
2019-02-14	Fremont	Ohio	Graham Packaging	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a forklift and backed into a pallet of packaged bottles. As she stepped out of the forklift the product fell onto her. Her right lower leg was caught between the pallet and the floor causing injury to the lower leg.
2019-01-30	Saraland	Alabama	GPS Hospitality Partners II, LLC	Multiple face locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was pouring drain cleaner from the manufacturer's bottle into a clogged floor drain when some of the solution splashed onto his face and into his left eye. He was hospitalized due to chemical burns.
2019-01-25	Flora	Illinois	SILGAN PLASTIC CORPORATION	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
At approximately 11:00 p.m., on 1/25/2019, an employee pulled a bottle from a running machine for a required quality check and caught his left index finger in the machine resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.
2019-01-02	Arlington	Texas	Novinium, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was removing an injection bottle from a riser pole using an extended fiberglass pole when he felt a strain in his chest.
2018-09-27	Fort Myers	Florida	Service Contracting Solutions	BODY SYSTEMS	Ingestion of harmful substance
While painting, an employee went to drink water out of a plastic bottle, but the bottle contained a chemical called xylene. The employee ingested the chemical and was hospitalized.
2018-09-25	Cambridge	Ohio	Colgate Palmolive Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a bottle jam from a trimmer reamer when the machine cycled and the employee's hand was caught in the machinery, fracturing four fingers and severely lacerating his hand and fingers.
2018-08-30	Staten Island	New York	Trader Joe's - Store 559	Hand(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was holding a box of product when the bottom of the box gave out. Glass bottles fell to the ground and lacerated the employee' right hand. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
2018-08-20	Albany	Georgia	JLA International, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee heated up a 500 mL bottle of violet red in a mug in the microwave. Upon removal, the heated glass bottle was shaken and shattered. The heated liquid contacted the employee, causing second and third degree burns to the face, neck, and right wrist.
2018-08-02	Waco	Texas	Owens-Brockway Glass Container	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was working at the back of a bottle-making machine, adjusting one of its parameters. His hand was caught between the arm and frame of the machine, and his left ring finger was amputated at the first joint.
2018-07-26	Fort Worth	Texas	VCA Lakeside Animal Hospital	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance
An employee was drawing meloxicam out of a bottle and poked her thumb with the needle. The employee woke up the next day and her hand was swollen. She was hospitalized for infection and surgery.
2018-07-24	Safety Harbor	Florida	DS Services of America, Inc.	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Injured by object breaking in hand
An employee was pulling a 5-gallon glass water bottle out from a holder. The bottle shattered, lacerating the employee's right little finger and severing nerves and two arteries in his hand.
2018-07-07	Warrensburg	New York	Price Chopper	Tooth (teeth)	Fall on same level
At about 8:00 a.m. on July 7, 2018, an employee was walking in a Price Chopper bottle return area when he fell for an unknown reason, striking his face. He suffered facial injuries and several of his teeth were knocked out. He was hospitalized.
2018-06-25	Plentywood	Montana	Taqa North Usa, Inc	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee suffered a back injury while reaching into a cooler to retrieve a water bottle.
2018-06-25	Cambridge	Ohio	Colgate Palmolive Company	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On June 25, 2018, an employee was fixing a leak in a liquid dish bottle labeler when the machine started up, fracturing both of the employee's hands.
2018-06-16	Burlington	New Jersey	GARELICK FARMS, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clear a jam on a plastic bottle trimmer on the blow mold machine when the trimmer lacerated and fractured the employee's right thumb, requiring hospitalization.
2018-06-13	Lithia Springs	Georgia	Pirate Staffing	Lip(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
A temporary employee slid bottles of cleaning fluid down the line with his hand and some of the liquid splashed onto his face, causing his lips to swell.
2018-06-12	Canton	Ohio	SUPERIOR DAIRY, INC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was working in the blow molding area making bottles when the machine jammed. As the employee tried to clear the jam, his index fingertip was amputated by the trimmer.
2018-06-01	Dayton	New Jersey	Harvest Hill Beverage Company	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was setting up bottles for filling. A bottle fell; while the employee was trying to remove it, their arm was caught and bruised by a depalletizer.
2018-05-31	Birmingham	Alabama	Good People Brewing Company	Hand(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee changed the regulator on an oxygen cylinder from an empty bottle to full. When the employee opened the gate valve to supply the oxygen, an ignition occurred and the gate valve ejected from the bottle, striking the employee. The employee suffered a fracture and laceration to the right hand and a contusion to the sternum.
2018-05-02	Pearland	Texas	Packaging Service Co., Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was manually helping a production line lead at a capper machine apply caps to bottles of windshield washer fluid when he noticed that a cap had fallen into the machine's chain and sprocket. He was attempting to remove the cap when the chain and sprocket amputated four of his right fingers. The machine was guarded at the time.
2018-05-01	Fort Collins	Colorado	Transpro Inc	Cheek(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was walking through the shop when she stopped to watch a mechanic doing maintenance on a truck. The mechanic was changing the rear spring axle on the front of the vehicle. The bottle jack was keeping the spring open to pull out the pins. As the mechanic was tapping the pins out, the bottle jack shifted and shot out, hitting the employee and injuring her right cheek.
2018-04-17	Millville	New Jersey	Amcore Rigid Plastics	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was removing bottles from inside a blow mold flamer machine when her right middle fingertip was cut by a chain and sprocket, resulting in an amputation.
2018-03-29	El Paso	Texas	Coca Cola Southwest Beverages LLC	Eye(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee dropped a case of 8 oz. glass bottles on top of another case of product while building orders. One of the glass bottles inside the case burst and pieces of glass shot up and struck his right eyelid, causing a laceration. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2018-03-26	Odessa	Texas	1st Staffing Group USA, LTD	BODY SYSTEMS	Ingestion of harmful substance
An employee transferred paint thinner into a water bottle and placed it on his working station. After working for a while, he became thirsty and drank out of the water bottle.