| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-09 | Daytona Beach | Fl | B. Braun Medical, Inc. | Skull | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On January 9, 2021, an employee was buffing a floor with an orbital buffer. The cord wrapped around his ankle and he fell backward, fracturing his skull. | |||||
| 2020-10-03 | Lamesa | Tx | Dean Hagler Ltd | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was operating a buffer inside the electrical room to buff paint thinner onto the floor. The resulting vapor found an ignition source and an explosion occurred. The employee sustained burns to 43% of his body. | |||||
| 2020-04-04 | Sedalia | Missouri | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was in a buffer room, putting pallets away using a forklift. His hand was caught between his forklift and another forklift, and he suffered fractures to the left ring and little fingers and a lacerated palm. | |||||
| 2018-03-29 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Trinity Structural Towers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was preparing to buff the inside of a flange. He set the buffer down inside the tower while the section was being rotated. He noticed that the buffer cord was going to be pinched between the tower section and a stop, so he attempted to grab the cord. The tower section then amputated his right little finger at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-06-13 | Lima | Ohio | Kellermeyer Bergensons Services LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Fall on same level |
| An employee was replacing an empty propane tank on a propane floor buffer. While placing the empty tank in the propane cage, the employee fell to the concrete working surface, injuring the left side of his body and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-05-16 | Topeka | Kansas | Resers Fine Foods Inc | Heel(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a standup forklift in the warehouse when he struck a bump post that buffers pallet racks. His left heel was caught between the post and the lift, de-gloving his heel pad. His foot was outside the driver compartment at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-03-21 | New York | New York | Weill Cornell Medicine | Leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was recovering a glass container from an autoclave when the hot phosphate buffer saline solution erupted from the autoclave and burned the employee's legs. Proper PPE was not worn at the time. | |||||
| 2017-02-20 | Marengo | Illinois | Thomson Linear, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a buffer machine when his right hand was caught between the die and the rollers resulting in a crushing injury to the ring and pinky fingers. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-02-15 | Winter Park | Florida | Walk on Wood of Central Florida, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was operating a floor buffer on the second floor when he stepped back and fell from the upper level, which had no guardrails in place. He suffered a head injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-09-17 | Ormond Beach | Florida | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was removing the cutting wheel from the impact buffer when the impact buffer engaged, cutting his left index finger's tendon below the knuckle. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2016-04-04 | Friendswood | Texas | Friendswood TRS, LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee had been working on stripping and waxing the floor when the floor buffer machine made a loud noise. The employee bent over to make an adjustment to the machine and fell on the floor, fracturing the left leg. | |||||
| 2016-03-26 | Romeoville | Illinois | Rotadyne Roll Group | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was changing sandpaper on a buffer machine when his hand slipped and was cut by the machine. He was hospitalized and received stitches. | |||||
| 2016-03-03 | Midland | Texas | Fluid Delivery Solutions | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was helping unravel hose when his hand was placed in the buffer zone between the trailer and hose. His right middle finger was caught between the hose and the trailer, resulting in the traumatic amputation of his fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-10-07 | Maumee | Ohio | ProMedica | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On October 7, 2015, an employee operating a floor buffer machine suffered a fingertip amputation when the pinky finger became caught between the machine handle and a door handle. | |||||
| 2015-05-07 | Geismar | Louisiana | Trimac Transportation | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was buffing out a valve on a trailer with a buffer when a piece of metal dislodged from the buffing disc and flew under his safety glasses into his eye. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-05-03 | Brownwood | Texas | Superior Essex Communications LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee was working on the buffering lines running a cable. The jacket came off while he was trying to restring the machine. He pulled the yarn and the dance arm became loose pulling the yarn and causing it to tighten. The yarn tightened around his right middle finger causing an above the bone amputation. | |||||
| 2015-02-13 | Baytown | Texas | BCFS Health and Human Services | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| Employee was buffing floor using a propane buffer when the employee experienced upper respiratory discomfort because of fumes caused by the buffer. | |||||