Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-05 | Gardendale | Al | Republic Services | Multiple body parts | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a hydroseeding machine, attached to a bulldozer, to plant grass on a slope at a landfill. The hitch connecting the hydroseeding machine to the bulldozer broke, and the hydroseeding machine rolled down the slope with the employee on it. The employee suffered broken and bruised ribs, a broken shoulder, and a cut on the ear. | |||||
2021-09-21 | Monroe | La | Condrey Farms | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
A rented bulldozer was being returned to a facility. It developed issues going in reverse while being backed off a trailer. While its operator was investigating the problem, an employee of Condrey Farms moved to pick up the last chain used to bind the dozer to the trailer during transport. One of the dozer tracks engaged, making the dozer spin on the trailer, and the front blade of the dozer pinned the employee against the front blade of a parked dozer next to the trailer. The employee suffered | |||||
2021-08-20 | Austell | Ga | YANCEY BROS. CO. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell off a bulldozer while changing a condenser. The employee landed about 7 feet below, suffering five broken ribs and a collapsed lung. | |||||
2021-04-14 | Birdsboro | Pa | Western Berks Landfill | Head | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was moving debris with a bulldozer. A metal bar flew up and came through the bulldozer's right-side window, lacerating the employee's head. | |||||
2021-03-08 | Yellowstone National Park | Wy | Yellowstone National Park | Head | Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway |
An employee was operating a bulldozer on a road when it slid on ice, then rolled a full 360° down an embankment and came to rest with its tracks wedged in rocks. The employee was found outside of the vehicle with a gash on his head and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-01 | Columbus | Oh | I.H. Schlezinger, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving railroad cars with a bulldozer so the operator could finish loading them. The employee got off the bulldozer to adjust railcar couplers. One of the railcars moved and the employee was pinched between railcar couplers. The employee sustained a fracture to the left pelvic area and torn ligaments in the left leg and left hip. | |||||
2020-09-21 | Jonesboro | Ar | SHANNON KEE CONSTRUCTION, LLC | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking beside a 12-ton bulldozer, holding a dirt grading rod. The bulldozer, moving in reverse, struck and fractured his left femur and right foot. | |||||
2020-03-25 | Riverview | Florida | Ring Power, Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
The employee was torqueing bolts on the sprocket of a bulldozer, using a handheld torque gun. The employee's fingertip was caught and crushed between a bolt and the torque gun's reaction arm. | |||||
2020-02-06 | Beckley | West Virgini | Beckley Garbage Disposal, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee jumped down from a garbage truck and was pushed into a garbage pile by a bulldozer. The employee suffered a broken femur and lacerations from the dozer's bucket. | |||||
2019-08-06 | Tioga | North Dakota | Minnesota Limited, LLC | Thigh(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
While stepping onto the track of a bulldozer, an employee sustained a bilateral quadriceps tendon rupture. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-03 | Sycamore | Pennsylvania | Hoffman Construction Services LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was changing the elevated blade on a bulldozer when the blade slipped, resulting in a full left middle finger amputation. | |||||
2019-06-04 | Rosharon | Texas | Williams Brothers Construction | Ankle(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
Wire wrapped around a bulldozer operator's ankle, breaking it. | |||||
2018-08-27 | Claremore | Oklahoma | Will Rogers Downs | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee's hand was slammed in a bulldozer door as he left the vehicle. The employee's right ring and little fingers were injured; at the hospital, the tip of the little finger was amputated below the first joint. | |||||
2018-08-20 | Jacksonville | Florida | Saiia Construction Co LLC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was operating a bulldozer in a pond where hydrogen sulfide had been detected by monitoring devices. The employee was found unconscious and required hospitalization. Personal protective equipment was not worn at the time. | |||||
2018-07-26 | North Olmsted | Ohio | Fabrizi Trucking and Paving Co. Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was cleaning the tracks of a bulldozer when he fell to the pavement and suffered an intestinal injury. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-06-20 | Lubbock | Texas | Bee Equipment Sales, LTD | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was working on a bulldozer. His left hand was caught and smashed between the track and its frame. | |||||
2018-06-12 | Pauls Valley | Oklahoma | WCA Waste Corporation | Knee(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
A temporary employee was hooking a chain to an excavator bucket when the excavator bucket moved toward the right side of a bulldozer. The employee's right leg was pinned between the excavator bucket and a part of the bulldozer causing a fracture at the knee. | |||||
2018-06-12 | Lantana | Florida | R & D PAVING, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
The employee was engaged in paving operations. He walked into the ditch and was struck by the bulldozer causing a fractured shin. | |||||
2018-05-22 | Odessa | Texas | Kirby-Smith Machinery, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee removed a belly pan to work on a bulldozer component. As the employee was re-installing the belly pan, it fell and pinned the employee's arm to the ground. The employee sustained a broken arm. | |||||
2018-01-01 | Montcalm | West Virgini | Wayrich, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
On January 1, 2018, at approximately 12:15 p.m., an employee was operating a bulldozer to build a logging road above a high wall when the bank gave way. The dozer slid and rolled at least once. The employee sustained a fractured right femur and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-09-21 | Kenner | Louisiana | ResCare | Head and trunk | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was using a portable toilet when a nearby bulldozer reversed and struck him, injuring his head, chest, and pelvis. | |||||
2017-09-12 | Dallas | Texas | Munilla Construction Management Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was driving a bulldozer. When it drove on an unlevel surface (about 2 feet difference), his foot slipped off the gas pedal and he fell out of the cab hitting his mouth and nose on the side mirror. The employee fell on the tracks of the bulldozer and it ran over his arm and leg resulting in a fractured femur. | |||||
2017-06-24 | Saint Augustine | Florida | Superior Construction Company Southeast, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was inspecting the tracks of a bulldozer. When he placed his hands on a slit fence, his left forearm was bitten by a poisonous water moccasin. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-05-11 | Kane | Pennsylvania | Plants and Goodwin, Inc. | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was exiting the cab of a bulldozer. The employee slipped on the track while stepping down. The employee's lower left leg became lodged between the track and the bulldozer's blade, fracturing the tibia, fibula, and patella. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2017-04-27 | Brookhaven | Mississippi | ODDEE SMITH CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED | Lumbar region | Ran off driving surface, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a bulldozer to clear debris when the bulldozer fell into an 8-foot pit. He sustained two fractured vertebrae in the lower back. | |||||
2017-04-20 | Carrabelle | Florida | Roberts and Roberts, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was servicing a bulldozer and attempting to grease a fitting located between the blade and the bulldozer. He slipped and his right ring finger was caught and amputated in a pinch point between the bulldozer and the blade. | |||||
2017-02-14 | Oxford | Mississippi | Trey Construction, Inc | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking across the jobsite when a reversing bulldozer struck him, breaking his right leg and dislocating his left hip. | |||||
2016-09-29 | South Point | Ohio | Superior Marine Ways, Inc. | Skull | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
On September 29, 2016, an employee was helping to install a torque (transmission) on a large bulldozer using chain hoists when one of the hoists gave way, allowing the transmission to come down and strike the employee's head and face. The employee suffered forehead lacerations, facial trauma, and a skull fracture. | |||||
2016-08-09 | Avery | Idaho | Verton Kienke Logging | Multiple sole locations | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was standing/stepping on the tracks of a bulldozer when the tracks moved, crushing the employee's heel bone and tearing the surrounding tissue. | |||||
2016-07-20 | Pensacola | Florida | Bellview Site Contractors, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was kneeling down on the ground shooting grade at an active construction jobsite when he was struck by a backing bulldozer, fracturing his ankle. | |||||
2016-06-13 | Newark | Arkansas | J A Riggs Tractor Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was installing a large lift cylinder on a bulldozer. While he was trying to align the cylinder, it slipped, crushing his left ring finger under the pry bar he was using to position the cylinder. He was hospitalized overnight and required surgery. | |||||
2015-12-10 | Jackson | Mississippi | Briggs Equipment, Inc. | Neck and back | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a low boy trailer while loading a bulldozer onto the trailer. The employee suffered a head laceration and fractured vertebrae in the neck and upper back. | |||||
2015-12-02 | Deland | Florida | S. Lee LLC | Multiple body parts | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was operating a bulldozer to conduct site preparation work. Coworkers found him unconscious on the ground near the bulldozer with neck and arm injuries. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-10-28 | Mckinney | Texas | RDO Equipment Company | Wrist(s) | Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c. |
An employee was working on extracting an angle cylinder pin from an 850K bulldozer when a piece of metal separated from the pin and cut the employee's wrist. | |||||
2015-09-01 | Williston | North Dakota | Drakin Oilfield Construction, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was climbing into a bulldozer when wind caused the door to shut on and amputate his thumb. | |||||
2015-08-13 | Andalusia | Illinois | Valley Group Inc. | Skull | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a bulldozer to unload it off a trailer onto a dirt shoulder. The bulldozer rolled onto its side and struck the employee. The employee suffered a skull fracture. | |||||
2015-07-29 | Wellsville | Ohio | Associated Pipe Line Contractors | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
On or about July 29, 2015 an employee operating a side boom crane was injured when his right ankle was caught between the wench of a backing bulldozer and the bumper of the boom. The side boom crane operator was attempting to hook up the wench at the time of the accident. | |||||
2015-05-08 | Mobile | Alabama | HO Weaver and Sons | Ankle(s) | Slip or trip without fall, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a fuel-loop maintenance truck. While fueling a bulldozer, he stepped over the fuel hose with his left foot. His right foot twisted and broke at the ankle. |