Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-25 | Onalaska | Wi | Kwik Trip, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee opened a roller grill cabinet door to retrieve soup cups. After they removed the soup cups, they turned and fell over the door, resulting in a fractured right hip. | |||||
2021-10-05 | Dallas | Tx | American Woodmark Corporation | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was adding a pallet of kitchen cabinets to a wrapper machine. The machine's rotating arm struck the employee in the chest, and the employee was hospitalized for liver and kidney injuries. | |||||
2021-09-21 | Lake City | Fl | Townhomes, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On September 21, 2021, an employee had finished cleaning the floor and cabinets inside a newly manufactured home. She then started descending a distance of 4 feet from the manufactured home floor to the production floor using a 6-foot A-frame ladder. She fell and hit her head on the production floor. She was found unconscious with bleeding from the head. She was hospitalized with a head injury. | |||||
2021-09-16 | Allentown | Pa | AAA East Central - Marcon Boulevard | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was using a ladder. The employee stepped on a file cabinet, fell, and suffered a broken leg. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-11 | Morrisville | Pa | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was working inside a bank at a drive-through. A car struck the building and drove through an exterior wall, causing bricks and a metal cabinet to fall onto the employee. The employee suffered injuries to a hip, the jaw, and a shoulder. | |||||
2021-08-11 | Downers Grove | Il | T.J. Maxx & HomeGoods | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over an open cabinet door in a store, fell, and suffered a broken left femur. | |||||
2021-08-05 | Edon | Oh | PLAS-TEC Corp. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
On August 5, 2021, an employee was checking an injection molding machine when they were shocked by a live wire in the machine's electrical cabinet. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-26 | Pflugerville | Tx | HOLT Truck Centers Pflugerville | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was reaching for a timing belt that was on the peg board when they fell off a 14-inch-tall cabinet and suffered a broken left hip. | |||||
2021-06-29 | Fort Meade | Md | National Security Agency | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
The injured employee was assisting a co-worker in moving a wheeled cabinet through a door jamb. One of the cabinet's wheels malfunctioned and the cabinet tipped in towards the door frame. The injured employee was caught between the door frame and the cabinet resulting in a fractured right femur. | |||||
2021-06-22 | Humble | Tx | J-Kraft, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working from the second rung of a 4-foot A-frame step ladder. He lost his balance and his foot went into an open cabinet drawer. He then fell to the ground, twisting and breaking his right leg. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-06-21 | Williamsport | Pa | UPMC Susquehanna | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Roadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was standing while providing care to a patient in the back of a moving ambulance. The ambulance made a turn and the employee fell onto wooden cabinets mounted on the wall of the ambulance. The employee suffered back trauma that resulted in hemothorax, that required medical treatment. | |||||
2021-06-02 | Portage | Wi | Portage Plastics Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was fixing a grinder. The space was limited and he could not open the grinder electrical door all the way. After checking voltage and replacing a fuse, he stood up to shut the main disconnect off and the cabinet door shut slowly, pushing his hand inside and shocking him. He was then held to the grinder. He was shocked, resulting in the amputation of his left pinky and ring fingers, as well as a thumb injury that required a skin graft. | |||||
2021-05-27 | Bismarck | Nd | Roers West Construction LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a table saw to cut cabinet filler boards. The saw amputated their left thumb between the fingernail and knuckle. | |||||
2021-05-11 | Providence | Ri | Roger Williams Medical Center | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was working in a filing room, tripped over a box of copy paper and fell into a filing cabinet injuring her left upper arm. | |||||
2021-05-08 | Buffalo | Wv | Nitro Construction Services, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee installed two 30-amp bus plugs and a 200-amp bus plug. While drilling through the cabinet with a hole saw to install conduit, the hole saw made contact with two phases of the bus, causing an arc flash/blast. The employee sustained electrical burns to the torso, arms, and head. | |||||
2021-04-28 | Holdrege | Ne | IES Commercial Inc. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was installing a stud for a dead end cap in a sectionalizer cabinet. An arc blast caused second-degree burns to the employee's face, neck, right elbow, and thigh. | |||||
2021-04-15 | Decatur | Il | Decatur Memorial Hospital | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
While performing a medical examination on a patient, an employee stood up and struck their head on a hanging cabinet, resulting in paresthesia related to a head injury. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Coppell | Tx | United Supermarkets, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was preparing demo samples when the employee tripped over an open lower cabinet door and fell to the floor, resulting in injuries to the shoulder and hip. | |||||
2021-04-05 | East Bernard | Tx | Leedo Cabinetry | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was building wooden cabinets using a staple gun and sustained injuries to their left hand. | |||||
2021-02-15 | Kansas City | Ks | ASAP Cabinets and Granite, LLC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was transporting cabinets from the truck on the first floor to the third floor. The employee fell in an unguarded stairwell and broke three ribs, three teeth, the right wrist, and nose. | |||||
2021-02-09 | Saint Charles | Il | R.R. DONNELLEY | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
On February 9, 2021, a temporary employee struck an R.R. Donnelley employee with his fist causing him to fall and hit his head on a metal cabinet. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion. | |||||
2021-02-04 | West Union | Wv | MPLX G&P | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was manually repositioning a metal cabinet in a wooden shipping crate when their left pinky finger was caught between the wooden crate and the cabinet, resulting in an amputation between the nail bed and knuckle. | |||||
2021-01-05 | Denver | Co | Ready Temporary Services | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting plastic straps off the crates of delivered kitchen cabinets when his knife slipped, resulting in a stab wound in his lower right abdomen. | |||||
2020-10-09 | Lexington | Oh | Universal Enterprises, Inc. | Pelvis | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was installing piping for an electrical cabinet that was set on blocks. As the employee tried to remove the door of the cabinet, the cabinet fell on him, breaking his pelvis as well as causing a lip injury that required stitches. | |||||
2020-10-09 | Braintree | Ma | Wollaston Alloys | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was attempting to line up machined holes in a repaired gear box assembly's base plate to bolt it into the gear box cabinet. The gear box assembly was being raised into position and the employee was correcting the alignment when the gear box assembly shifted and caught his right hand between the upper interior cabinet and the gear box assembly resulting in amputation of the ring and middle fingertips. | |||||
2020-09-29 | Monmouth | Il | Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Slip without fall |
On September 29, 2020, at approximately 1:45 a.m., an employee was visually inspecting a chain on top of the east scald cabinet of the kill floor when he slipped. To avoid a fall, he put his right hand down in the sprocket and chain. He was able to pull his hand free, but sustained two fractures to his middle finger, a fracture to his index finger and a laceration on the back of his hand that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2020-09-20 | Boston | Ma | Walgreen Co. | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c. |
An employee leaned on the glass door of the fragrance cabinet and the glass shattered. The employee was hospitalized for an eye injury . | |||||
2020-09-03 | White Sands Missile Range | Nm | Raytheon | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was moving office furniture. The employee's right middle finger was caught between a cabinet and a pallet, and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-09-01 | Naples | Fl | NPC International, Inc. | Scalp | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
An employee had dropped a roll of change by the pizza cabinet and bent down to pick it up. While standing back up he struck the back of his head on the bottom edge of an open drawer and sustained a laceration/contusion. | |||||
2020-07-28 | Houston | Texas | Brookdale Cypress Station | Scalp | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was placing personal protective equipment into a storage cabinet. She slipped and fell backwards, hitting her head on a cabinet as she fell. She suffered a laceration to the back of the head. | |||||
2020-07-25 | Wooster | Ohio | Riceland Cabinet Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was assembling cabinet frames. While using a table saw, the third and fourth fingers on his left hand were partially amputated. | |||||
2020-07-22 | Poughkeepsie | New York | ARNOFF MOVING & STORAGE INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee's right index finger got pinched in a file cabinet while moving it resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2020-07-02 | Bangor | Maine | Dead River Company | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped on his cane and hit his head on a cabinet. | |||||
2020-06-15 | Baldwinsville | New York | C & S Worldwide Holdings | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was pulling wire through a cabinet using a chugger when the cabinet tipped over onto the employee, who suffered two fractured ribs and three fractured vertebrae. | |||||
2020-06-05 | Seymour | Texas | Run Energy | Head, neck, and trunk | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was walking into a wind tower to check on a restart failure inside the cabinet at the base of the wind turbine. An arc flash caused burns to the employee's chest, neck, and face. | |||||
2020-06-01 | Lamar | Colorado | FieldCore Service Solutions, LLC | Forearm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was tucking cables into an electrical cabinet up the tower on a wind turbine when he was electrically shocked, suffering burns to the left forearm that required hospitalization. | |||||
2020-05-09 | Lamar | Colorado | FieldCore Service Solutions, LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was troubleshooting an electrical circuit in an electrical cabinet at the base of a wind turbine when an arc flash occurred, causing second degree burns to the employee's right hand. | |||||
2020-05-04 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Rick Steffens Electric LLC | Multiple head locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While installing under-cabinet lighting, an employee fell off a 4-foot step ladder and landed on the floor, resulting in a loss of consciousness, two broken front teeth, and a broken nose. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-19 | Calvert | Alabama | AM/NS Calvert, LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was troubleshooting an overhead crane. A part in the electrical cabinet caused an arc flash that burned his right hand. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-19 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | Downing Wellhead Equipment LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
A CNC part fell from an overhead crane sling. An employee jumped out of its way and struck a tool cabinet, suffering a broken rib. | |||||
2020-03-17 | Inverness | Illinois | The Salvation Army | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was pulling a dolly (holding a fireproof cabinet weighing about 500-600 pounds) while two other employees pushed it. The employee slipped on the wet ground and fell; his leg landed between the ground and the dolly and was broken. | |||||
2020-03-09 | Houston | Texas | Lindsey Electric, L.P. | Face | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was tightening bolts inside an electrical cabinet. An arc flash caused first-degree burns to the employee's face. | |||||
2020-03-02 | Kingwood | Texas | Wayne Electric, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was moving a UPS cabinet off a pallet using a pallet jack. The pallet buckled and tipped toward the employee, bending his right hand back. He suffered two broken bones in the hand and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2020-02-19 | Jamestown | New York | Jamestown Metal Products, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
Two employees were assembling doors onto storage cabinets while the cabinets were laying on their backs. After attaching the doors, they stood the cabinet up onto a wooden dolly. The doors came open and the excess weight away from the center of gravity caused the cabinet to fall forward on top of one employee. The employee was hospitalized with abrasions to the left arm and pelvis. | |||||
2020-02-18 | Omaha | Nebraska | CHI Health Service Center | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was putting papers away in a cubicle cabinet when she fell on the floor and broke her hip. | |||||
2020-02-18 | Newark | New Jersey | Fabuwood Cabinetry Corp | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On February 18, 2020, an employee was using a biscuit joiner cutter for cabinet frames. The cutter lacerated his left index finger and thumb. | |||||
2020-02-11 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | S&B Engineers and Constructors, LTD | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Employees were moving a large electrical cabinet when it tipped over, striking an employee. The injured employee sustained a fracture and ligament damage requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2020-01-27 | North Little Rock | Arkansas | THE TENENBAUM FOUNDATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
The injured employee and a co-worker were receiving and inspecting scrap metal. A large scrap electrical cabinet needed to be moved to a different area for processing. Prior to moving it, they wanted to inspect the inside of the large electrical cabinet to ensure there were no unacceptable materials in the box. There was a large electrical control panel on top of the electrical box and it was sitting at an angle. As the injured employee lifted the door, the control panel shifted and fell, striki | |||||
2020-01-13 | Wilmington | Delaware | Delaware Park Management Company, LLC | Face | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was sweeping the floor in a smoking area when a customer ripped a door off a cabinet and threw it at her. It struck her head. While she was on the floor, the customer punched her three times in the face. She suffered a 3-inch facial cut. | |||||
2020-01-09 | Braselton | Georgia | ECKARDT ELECTRIC CO. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
As an employee shut the tool cabinet door, his left ring finger was caught between the door and the frame resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-09-03 | Providence | Rhode Island | Woonasquatucket Valley Community Build, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
An employee was on a small stepladder, getting a nut and bolt needed to fasten a steel tool storage cabinet's roof to its frame. A weight shift caused his right arm twist, and his shoulder was dislocated. | |||||
2019-08-22 | Deer Lodge | Montana | SUN MOUNTAIN LUMBER | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to clear a piece of wood stuck under the guard of a cabinet defect saw. The saw activated and amputated the right middle and ring fingers at the first knuckle. | |||||
2019-08-13 | Dover | Delaware | HIRSH INDUSTRIES | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee experienced a heat related illness after handling filing cabinets on an overhead conveyor of the paint line. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-06 | Clearwater | Florida | TAMPA BAY MILLWORKS INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a table saw to make a drawer box for a cabinet. The drawer side kicked back and the table saw amputated the employee's left middle finger above the first knuckle. | |||||
2019-07-08 | Westlake | Ohio | Q-Lab Corporation | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was changing out an emergency lighting fixture. The employee was shocked and fell from a filing cabinet to the ground, suffering back and shoulder fractures. | |||||
2019-07-05 | Nacogdoches | Texas | Wingate Architectural Millworks Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a beam saw to cut cabinet parts. The clamp of the saw came down and amputated the tips of the employee's left ring and middle fingers. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-06-26 | Baltimore | Ohio | Collins Electrical Constructors | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
On June 26, 2019, an employee reached into an electrical cabinet and received a shock injury to the arm, requiring hospitalization. The cabinet was energized at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-06-19 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Langbein Engelbracht America | Multiple leg locations | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
On June 19, 2019, two employees were moving an electrical cabinet with a forklift to place in a new control room when the cabinet fell from the forklift and pinned the injured employee's left leg. The employee suffered a fractured tibia, fibula, and femur. | |||||
2019-05-31 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Arcsmart, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
While terminating some cables in an electrical cabinet, an employee suffered second- and third-degree burns from an arc flash. | |||||
2019-05-07 | Seguin | Texas | Cavco Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the cabinet hinge press to attach doors to cabinets. The employee's left hand got caught between the cabinets and the machine which resulted in the amputation of a fingertip. | |||||
2019-05-05 | Orlando | Florida | Yum Brands, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
On 05/05/2019, at 3:46 a.m., an employee was cleaning inside a cabinet when his headset came in contact with one of the cables and he sustained an electric shock. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-04-16 | Macon | Georgia | Navicent Health | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was folding up a mat used for therapy when it caught her foot. She fell forward toward a cabinet, breaking her left arm at the shoulder. | |||||
2019-04-12 | Cambridge | Massachusett | Bala TMP Consulting Engineers Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was inspecting a cabinet when a wind gust shut the door on the employee's finger, causing an amputation. | |||||
2019-03-25 | White | Georgia | Pinnacle Propane Express | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a propane storage cabinet. The dolly and the cabinet hit together and the cage flopped back, hitting the employee's right ring finger. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-03-21 | Coal Township | Pennsylvania | Rogers Electric, Inc. | Coccygeal region | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Three employees had moved a metal electrical cabinet (about 8 by 11 feet) for a new power wall at a new construction site. The cabinet was placed against a wall. While holes were being drilled in it, it tipped over and struck one of the employees. The employee was pinned beneath the cabinet and suffered injuries including a broken tailbone. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-03-12 | Kreamer | Pennsylvania | Wood-Mode, Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a recessed cabinet panel on a table saw. The panel jammed and then quickly slipped forward into the blade. The employee's hand was in-line with the saw blade as the panel slipped forward and the employee sustained a left fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
2019-02-14 | Auburn | New York | Cayuga Milk Ingredients, LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
Employees were pulling electrical wires to facilitate the installation of a new air compressor. While pulling wires, the wall/barrier inside of an electrical cabinet contacted buss bars located in an adjacent cabinet creating an electrical arc blast. One Cayuga Milk Ingredients, LLC employee and two contractor employees were burned on the hands, neck, back and face. Two of the employees were hospitalized. | |||||
2019-02-12 | Lafayette | Louisiana | OUR LADY OF LOURDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC. | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee stood up from a chair and tripped over an open file cabinet drawer. The employee fell to the floor and fractured her right humerus. | |||||
2019-02-11 | Cherry Point | North Caroli | Lloyd Jones Construction, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using a crowbar to lift the back left side of a section of electrical switchgear cabinet to install a shim. The crowbar rolled, and the weight of the gear came down onto the tip of the flat piece of metal he was pushing the shim with. His left index finger was pinched between the shim metal and the concrete pad amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2019-01-31 | Plainview | New York | PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was retrieving a patient's chart when the employee tripped over an open file cabinet and fractured a shoulder. | |||||
2019-01-07 | Astoria | New York | Eastern Generation LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee opened a transformer cabinet and an arc flash occurred, causing second degree burns to the employee's hands. | |||||
2019-01-04 | Miami | Florida | Rooms to Go | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a box after putting away a tablet in a cabinet. She suffered fractures to her left arm. | |||||
2018-09-17 | Temple | Texas | MooreCo, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using an electric miter saw to cut aluminum extrusion frame parts for a bulletin board cabinet. He began to pull a remnant piece of the extrusion from the saw to place in a recycling barrel. The end of the extrusion inside the saw was grabbed by the spinning saw blade and pulled into the machine. The blade lacerated his right index finger, which was medically amputated between the first and second joints. | |||||
2018-09-17 | Washington | Pennsylvania | Rojel Foods | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on an anti-fatigue mat and struck his head on a cabinet, lacerating his ear and fracturing his neck. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-09-07 | Shippensburg | Pennsylvania | The Beistle Company | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
A file cabinet toppled under the weight of wet sheets of paper that had been placed on it to dry, breaking an employee's right femur. | |||||
2018-09-07 | Richardson | Texas | Shermco Industries, Inc. | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee had set down an electrical breaker box inside a motor control center he was preparing to replace the breaker in. He turned to walk away and an electrical arc flashed out of the open door of the cabinet, burning his palms and wrist and causing a slight burn to his right cheek. | |||||
2018-08-16 | North Little Rock | Arkansas | LOREAL USA PRODUCTS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting a pneumatic valve located in the control cabinet of a jet mill. The employee had removed the presence sensor cable and was proceeding to remove the presence sensor when the pneumatic valve actuated and caught his right middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-08-16 | San Diego | California | Tactical Engineering and Analysis, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
On August 16, 2018, an employee suffered a muscle tendon strain in the upper right shoulder while moving a server cabinet that weighed approximately 800 pounds. | |||||
2018-08-13 | Peabody | Kansas | Peabody Operator LLC | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was in the shower room attempting to reach the top shelf of a cabinet to obtain a shower cap for a resident who was taking a shower. The cabinet (which is approximately 6 to 7 feet tall) began to tip and fall on the employee, causing her to fall against a trash container. | |||||
2018-07-12 | Lolita | Texas | Inteplast Group, Ltd. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An electrical engineer was checking a newly installed cooling fan in the drive cabinet and received electrical burns to both arms and the face. | |||||
2018-06-22 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Seligsohn Soens Hess Company | Head, neck, and trunk | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was working near a 13,200-volt switchgear cabinet. An arc flash severely burned the employee's face, neck, and chest. | |||||
2018-06-08 | Cincinnati | Ohio | KAO USA, Inc. | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over an open filing cabinet drawer breaking her right arm. | |||||
2018-05-31 | Columbus | Ohio | NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was turning around after getting supplies from a cabinet to attend to a patient in a dental chair when the employee's foot became caught in hoses/tubing/the cord under the dental chair. The employee fell, striking the floor and countertop. The employee suffered left kneecap fractures and a chin laceration. | |||||
2018-05-31 | Saratoga Springs | New York | Wesley Health Care Center, Inc. | Head | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
An employee was working at a nurses station. He stood up and struck his head on the corner of a cabinet causing a contusion. | |||||
2018-05-24 | Key West | Florida | CAYO HUESO ENTERPRISES, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was using a packet screw machine to build cabinets when the machine cut his right index fingertip. | |||||
2018-05-19 | Missouri City | Texas | Leedo Cabinetry, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was installing cabinets in a building. He was using a saw to cut cabinet doors when the saw kicked back and amputated his left thumb. | |||||
2018-04-24 | Viburnum | Missouri | THE DOE RUN COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning out a cable stripper and opened the cabinet that houses the stripper wheel when his glove was caught in the wheel, pulling in his left hand. His left ring finger was amputated and his left middle finger was severely injured. | |||||
2018-04-23 | Springfield | Massachusett | Accent On Industrial Metal, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was assembling a metal cabinet while standing on a 36" platform. When he dismounted from the platform, his wedding ring became caught on a bolt or other fitting on the cabinet, which removed the skin from his left ring finger. His finger had to be medically amputated. | |||||
2018-03-16 | Soddy Daisy | Tennessee | Tennessee Valley Authority | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
Two employees were inspecting an electrical cabinet after pulling new cable into a 6.9 KV lift pump breaker cubicle when an arc flash occurred. The first employee suffered burns on the face, chest, and arms. The second employee suffered burns on the face, but mostly on the arms and hands. Both were hospitalized. | |||||
2018-03-14 | Perry | Oklahoma | Ditch Witch | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was moving a file cabinet and the cabinet fell back towards the employee, amputating the tip of the employee's right middle finger. | |||||
2018-03-14 | Lincoln | Alabama | Leadec ES, Inc | Multiple pelvic region locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Three employees were installing a battery cabinet when it fell over and landed on one of them. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis and torn ligaments, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-02-13 | Pinellas Park | Florida | ENERSYS ADVANCED SYSTEMS INC. | Hand(s) | Fire |
An employee was inside a "dry room" at the press cell area. The room is environmentally controlled and a press is used to make heat pellets from powder. The powder is a flammable solid. The employee was cleaning the powder in the cell area with a broom and scoop and disposing of the powder at the satellite accumulation inside a fire cabinet. It is suspected that static electricity ignited the powder. The resulting fire burned both of the employee's hands. | |||||
2018-01-23 | Edgewood | New York | IBA Industrial, Inc. | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
While moving a circuit breaker cabinet, an employee contacted live electrical parts, suffering hand burns and a wrist laceration. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-10-05 | Muscle Shoals | Alabama | Wise Alloys LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
While working in an electrical cabinet, an employee contacted the energized side of the cabinet, suffering electrical burns to both hands, the right side of the face, the right ear, and part of the nose. | |||||
2017-09-01 | Guthrie | Oklahoma | Forum Energy Technologies | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A temporary employee was moving a metal cabinet when his left pinky finger was smashed between the cabinet and a forklift tine. His finger had to be amputated. | |||||
2017-08-30 | Green Bay | Wisconsin | Showcase Kitchens | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
On August 30, 2017, an employee was helping coworkers unload a cabinet from a truck and onto a ramp when he fell off the side of the ramp and struck the ground, injuring his collarbone and ribs. | |||||
2017-08-27 | Ellenwood | Georgia | FEDEX GROUND | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was removing electrical parts from a metal cabinet for salvaging when the cabinet fell and struck the employee, breaking the tibia. | |||||
2017-08-25 | Fayetteville | Georgia | Active Pest Control South Inc. | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was struck on the head by a falling metal cabinet, suffering a concussion. | |||||
2017-08-23 | Miami | Florida | Swissport USA | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was closing the doors on a water cabinet when the right door closed on one of his fingers, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2017-08-23 | Canutillo | Texas | Monarch Building Services | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was on top of cabinets cleaning ceiling fixtures when he lost his balance and fell 8 to 10 feet, requiring hospitalization for a broken back, hip, and nasal bone. |