| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-10 | Fort Lupton | Co | Golden Aluminum, Inc. | Leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was draining a filter bowl of molten metal during a cast shutdown when the molten metal spilled from the bowl onto the employee's legs, resulting in burns to the backside of his legs. | |||||
| 2021-08-05 | Lowville | Ny | QubicaAMF Worldwide, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a cheek plate line making bowling pins. The employee tried to grab a falling bowling pin when a moving chain contacted their left hand, resulting in amputation of the ring finger down to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-04-14 | Aliquippa | Pa | KTA-Tator, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee installed a nitrogen supply line containing a particulate filter, pressure gauge, and pressure relief valve for a dual gas inlet gas booster system. When the employee pressurized the supply line, the particulate filter failed, causing the quick-disconnect metal bowl guard to become airborne and strike the employee's left pinky and ring fingers, resulting in broken bones. | |||||
| 2021-04-10 | Lake Buena Vista | Fl | Walt Disney Parks and Resorts US, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| At about 6:45 a.m. on April 10, 2021, an employee was scraping down the inside of a mixing bowl when the mixer dough hook caught his index finger. He suffered a broken finger and a cut. | |||||
| 2021-01-13 | San Antonio | Tx | SAN ANTONIO ZOO | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
| While replacing a venomous snake's water bowl, the snake struck an employee from the opposite side of the exhibit and bit their finger. | |||||
| 2020-09-21 | Oxford | Pa | ABM | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee stepped onto a rolling ladder while cleaning a mixing bowl on an elevated bread line. The employee fell 4 feet, suffering a severe injury to the right knee that required hospitalization for surgery. | |||||
| 2020-09-10 | Deland | Fl | Country Pure Foods | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was flushing the line of a machine. Her earplug fell into the bowl and when she went to retrieve it, the blades amputated her right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-04-16 | Houston | Texas | Star Steel Companies LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
| An employee was performing a quality control check when his finger struck against a sharp object in a bean bowl mixer, resulting in a partial finger amputation. | |||||
| 2020-03-05 | Cleveland | Ohio | Reserve Square Apartments, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| On 3/5/2020, a custodian was cleaning a toilet. The employee placed bleach in the toilet and then added a germicidal bowl cleanser chemical to the toilet. A chemical reaction occurred and the employee had an asthma attack. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-07-18 | Bensenville | Illinois | Chicago White Metal Casting, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| While an employee was moving a bowl ladle with an automatic control, molten metal splashed from the bowl ladle and landed on the employee's feet. The employee sustained burns to both feet. | |||||
| 2019-07-13 | Atlanta | Georgia | A Piece of Cake | Foot (feet) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was lowering an industrial mixing bowl. The mixing bowl malfunctioned and continued to lower, crushing the employee's foot. | |||||
| 2019-06-26 | Bay Saint Louis | Mississippi | DAK Americas Mississippi, Inc. | Face | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was assisting in the removal of a monomer pump bowl when he was sprayed with hot monomer (a slurry of PET plastic) and sustained a second degree burn to the lower face. | |||||
| 2019-06-03 | Fenton | Missouri | CRACKER BARREL | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level |
| A server was carrying a bowl of cornbread and fell resulting in a fracture of the distal humerus and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-05-22 | Townsend | Delaware | HMA Concrete LLC | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was standing on top of a conveyor belt that feeds the main bowl in the concrete plant trying to adjust the pulley. He was trying to loosen clamps or bolts when the belt started and the employee's right leg was caught in the belt opening resulting in amputation of the employee's right foot. | |||||
| 2018-09-16 | Youngstown | Ohio | Exal Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's finger was caught in an opening at the bottom of a sorting bowl when the bowl engaged. The finger was amputated to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-08-29 | Rockland | Massachusett | Athena Rehab | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee slid a bowl of hot butter, which splashed and burned the employee's left forearm. | |||||
| 2018-07-30 | Lowville | New York | QubicaAMF Worldwide, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was putting bases on bowling pins. His left index finger was caught and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-06-28 | Urbana | Ohio | Shaffer Manufacturing | Knee(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| The employee was sitting at the machine lowering the bowl on a spindle while welding areas of the mixer bowl. The lip of the mixer bowl became trapped on top of his knee, pushing his foot (which was operating a speed pedal) downward and trapping his lower leg. The employee required assistance to remove him from the machine. The employee sustained a right knee sprain. | |||||
| 2018-06-06 | Seabrook | Texas | Tarantino Properties, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
| An employee was carrying a toilet bowl to the dumpster for disposal. It slipped from the edge of the dumpster and shattered. The employee was hospitalized for lacerations to his right forearm. | |||||
| 2018-01-10 | Miami | Florida | Krispy Kreme of South Florida | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On 01/10/2018, at 08:00 AM, an employee was operating a dough mixer when she attempted to check the color of the cinnamon inside the mixer with her right hand. The mixer paddle then pinned her right hand against the side of the mixer bowl, fracturing her right wrist and requiring hospitalization. The mixer was still running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-09-26 | New York | New York | TGI Fridays | Wrist(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was attempting to catch a falling glass bowl when it broke in his hand, lacerating his wrist and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2017-08-21 | Rochester | New York | Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee was operating a 40-quart dough mixer. When the mixing was complete, the employee picked up the steel mixing bowl with the dough in it, which weighed approximately 40 pounds. The employee then suffered an incarcerated hernia, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-05-22 | Florida | New York | Hawkins Chemical, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was checking a leak at the bottom of a fluid bed machine. He was pushing the bowl back into the machine to prevent powder from leaking when his right ring finger was caught between the bowl and the machine, amputating his fingertip at the first knuckle. The machine was not running or powered on at the time. | |||||
| 2017-01-25 | Lonoke | Arkansas | Remington Arms, LLC | Multiple body parts | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working at the centerfire priming area removing or cleaning excess primers out of the primer bowl when the primers exploded and the employee suffered multiple injuries including first degree burns and abrasions to the forearms, chest, and face. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-01-04 | Forsyth | Georgia | Pallet One, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a pallet machine and was trying to clear a nail that was jammed in a nail bowl when the nailer came down and amputated the employee's left pinky fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2016-10-06 | New Albany | Ohio | KDC-Tritech Laboratories | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to unjam a turret machine when his right ring finger was caught and partially amputated between the turret wheel and the side of the bowl. | |||||
| 2016-05-08 | Scranton | Pennsylvania | Vycom | Skull | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a mixing bowl when the bowl motor was actuated. The employee suffered skull fractures, lacerations and soft tissue damage and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-03-15 | Carlisle | Pennsylvania | Bimbo Bakery USA | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was connecting steam lines to an icing bowl when her right forearm was caught and crushed between the lifting arm and the icing bowl. She sustained forearm tissue damage that required surgery and overnight hospitalization. The steam lines were not fully connected at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-03-07 | Orlando | Florida | Bakery Express of Central Florida, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a mixer when the bowl fell from the guard. The employee's finger was caught in the mixer, amputating his left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-09-11 | Zanesville | Ohio | Carl Rittberger Sr. Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee reached into a bowl chopper while the machine was running and amputated three fingers on his right hand. | |||||
| 2015-04-22 | Stuart | Florida | Stuart Bowl LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee suffered an amputation when their left hand (fifth digit) got stuck in a belt behind one of the bowling machines. | |||||
| 2015-04-15 | Orlando | Florida | Randstad | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee reached into a mixing bowl attached to a dough mixer and broke two fingers. | |||||
| 2015-04-01 | Orlando | Florida | Hyatt Corporation | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was pouring hot caramel from a bowl to a pan. The caramel spilled, causing the employee to sustain second and third degree burns to both hands. | |||||
| 2015-03-31 | Mentor | Ohio | Bowling Entertainment Group LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On or about 3/31/2015, at approximately 9:00 p.m., an employee's left arm got caught in a bowling pin resetting machine. The employee reached into the side of the machine to adjust a pin and the machine cycled. The machine was not de-energized at the time of the incident. The employee sustained soft tissue injuries and was hospitalized. | |||||