Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-11	Fairburn	Ga	US Foods, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway
An employee operating an electric pallet jack went to turn in an aisle at the same time a forklift operator carrying empty pallets was turning into the aisle. The pallet jack and the forklift collided and a piece of wood from the pallets got stuck in the employee's left calf, resulting in hospitalization.
2021-11-11	Oklahoma City	Ok	Aquahawk Energy	Lower leg(s)	Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
An employee was moving a water pump with a skid steer. When the employee reached the top of a hill, the water pump slid off the skid steer's forks and hit the cab. It entered the cab and struck the employee, who suffered a laceration to the left calf.
2021-10-15	New York	Ny	Mount Sinai West	Tooth (teeth)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was answering calls at their work station when they tripped over a chair and fell, hitting their leg on a desk drawer and their face on the floor. The employee suffered a lost tooth, cracked front teeth, and a bruised right arm, thigh, and calf.
2021-09-16	Houston	Tx	Weber & Balke Foundation Co Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A crane operator hoisted a load, placed it, and lowered it. Two riggers unhooked the rigging, put the empty hooks beside the load, and signaled the operator to hoist the empty hooks. When the operator hoisted the hooks, one hook got hooked onto the load, shifting it and creating a pinch point where the injured employee's leg was positioned. The employee sustained a scrape to the backside of the right calf and a cut on the lower left leg.
2021-09-14	Delaware	Oh	KROGER DISTRIBUTION CENTER	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
On September 14, 2021, an employee was operating a pallet jack. As he turned into another aisle, his right ankle and calf were caught between the platform of the pallet jack and the empty wooden pallet that was in the slot location. The employee suffered a broken bone in the lower right leg and was hospitalized.
2021-08-27	Baraboo	Wi	Baraboo - Sysco Food Services, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
On August 27, 2021, an employee was operating a pallet jack at a warehouse distribution facility. He was standing in an aisle, trying to reposition the pallet jack to lift another pallet, when the jack's drive wheels spun on the wet floor. The jack then slid toward him, pinning his leg against a pallet of boxes and causing a laceration to the calf. He was hospitalized.
2021-08-21	Owego	Ny	V & S New York Galvanizing	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was cutting a tie wire used to suspend parts for hot-dip galvanizing. A metal grate fell when the wire broke, striking his leg and lacerating the shin/calf area. He was hospitalized.
2021-08-16	Altamonte Springs	Fl	ROW Solution, LLC.	Lower leg(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On August 16, 2021, an employee was using a concrete saw cutter to cut an 8-inch diameter PVC sewer pipe when the blade contacted his left calf, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.
2021-07-31	Newton	Nj	Parsons	Lower leg(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was trying to stop a car that had started rolling. She fell out of the car, which ran over her left calf and ruptured an artery, leading to an internal hemorrhage. She was hospitalized.
2021-07-30	Macungie	Pa	MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
An employee was working near an assembly line when a vehicle struck a wheel hub that subsequently struck the employee, resulting in a puncture on their right calf.
2021-06-08	Carlisle	Pa	Landmark Homes, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was preparing to pour concrete footers when a piece of metal post fell and struck the employee on the calf. The metal lacerated an artery, and the employee was hospitalized.
2021-06-03	Moose Pass	Ak	U.S. Department of Agriculture - U.S. Forest Service	Upper and lower limb(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
While riding an ATV during a training class, an employee was going down a hill on a trail with some hairpin turns when a wheel got caught on a rock and the ATV rolled over. The employee suffered a lacerated left calf and scrapes and abrasions on the left arm.
2021-05-28	Columbia	Mo	Columbia Country Club	Lower leg(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was sawing a downed tree when the tree rolled and his left calf was cut by the chainsaw. The cut required surgery.
2021-05-13	Brownsville	Tx	Rich Products Corporation	Lower leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
Two employees were operating forklifts in a freezer. One forklift stopped to let the other go by. One of the forklifts slid on the icy floor and its forks struck the left calf of the other forklift's operator, fracturing their shin.
2021-04-20	Windsor	Co	Kodak Alaris	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was traveling on a three-wheeled electric cart. While turning a corner, the employee grazed his leg on a steel guardrail, resulting in a deep laceration to his calf.
2021-04-12	Buffalo	Ny	USPS	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
The employee was walking down the steps while delivering mail when they lost their footing and fell down the steps onto a cement walkway, resulting in a torn calf muscle on the left leg.
2021-04-09	Danvers	Il	Loren Miller	Lower leg(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was operating a zero-turn commercial lawn mower when they were thrown from the mower and their left leg became caught in the rotating blade. The employee's left leg was amputated mid-calf.
2021-04-08	Fort Valley	Ga	GENERAL SHALE	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was walking through the production floor when she lost her balance and stepped between a transfer car and the transfer car pit wall, resulting in a horizontal scrape to the outside of her left calf.
2021-03-30	Woodland	Pa	Walmart Distribution Center #6027	Lower leg(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was moving a pallet with a pallet jack. His leg struck a conveyor that had been extended to a truck trailer. The employee suffered a lower left calf laceration and was hospitalized.
2021-03-24	Springfield	Il	United States Postal Service	Multiple body parts	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
A letter carrier went up on a porch to deliver mail to a home when a dog came out of an open window in the screen door and attacked her, biting the left side of her face. A second dog also attacked, biting her on the right calf. The employee was hospitalized and required reconstructive surgery on her facial wounds.
2021-02-24	Houston	Tx	Janus International Group, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was working in the finished crating area, using a nail gun to build a wooden crate in order to ship finished product. The nail gun activated, discharging a nail into his calf that had to be removed surgically.
2021-02-16	Ormond Beach	Fl	AmeriGas Propane, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Trip over an object without fall
An employee was pulling a delivery hose from a bobtail trailer and tripped over the hose. The employee pulled a muscle in his right calf, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
2021-02-08	Fayette	Al	OX BODIES INC.	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was welding cross-members under the truck body when it flipped over and pinned him on his sliding cart. The employee fractured his pelvis and sustained third-degree burns to his right calf.
2021-02-08	Twin Falls	Id	Extreme Excavation, Inc	Lower leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was connecting a new water line when the end cap blew off the existing water line and struck the employee in the calf, resulting in a broken leg below the knee.
2021-01-05	Chanute	Ks	Young's Welding Inc	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee returning to his work station walked by a forklift in operation when the forklift's tire struck his left ankle, resulting in swelling in his ankle and calf.
2020-10-20	Endicott	Ny	BAE Systems, Inc. Huron Campus	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Indirect exposure to electricity
An employee was dismantling a battery pack after destructive testing. A tool contacted the battery core and it shorted causing burns to the employee's thigh, calf, and ankle.
2020-10-13	Parker Ford	Pa	The Protocall Group	Multiple lower extremities locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery
A temporary employee was working on equipment with a conveyor belt when he got caught in the equipment. The employee sustained injuries to the right calf, foot, and ankle.
2020-09-29	Satanta	Ks	Desert Cattle Feeders LLC	Fingertip(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was attempting to load a heifer into a trailer and placed a rope around the saddle horn to pull the heifer into the trailer. The rope slipped off the saddle horn and the loop in the rope quickly tightened around the employee's right middle and ring fingers due to the calf pulling back on the rope. The fingernail and skin was removed from the tip of his right middle finger and the right ring finger was fractured.
2020-09-24	Massapequa Park	Ny	Massapequa Park Post Office	Lower leg(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
A letter carrier was bitten by a dog, leading to a wound on their right calf.
2020-09-22	Pearl River	La	Capstone Logistics	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a pallet jack when the jack struck a metal storage rack and the employee's left calf was lacerated. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2020-09-21	Sonora	Ca	U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service - Stanislaus National Forest	Thigh(s)	Roadway collision-moving in opposite directions, oncoming
Two employees were operating a side-by-side UTV on a forest road and were involved in a head on collision with a pickup truck. Employee 1 suffered a compound fracture to their left femur, a laceration on their left calf, and a laceration just below the right kneecap. Employee 1 was hospitalized and required surgery. Employee 2 sustained shoulder and neck injuries and was treated and released.
2020-08-25	Belle Chasse	La	Zachry Group, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
A load lugger work crew was unloading a roll-off bin. An employee was removing a cable from the bin when the truck rocked backwards slightly. The employee's left leg was pinched between the tilted rails where the cables were attached, resulting in a fracture to his fibula and a laceration to his calf area. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2020-08-17	Royal	Ar	WinTek USA	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
On August 19, 2020, a piece of cracked window glass fell out while being moved, cutting an employee's right calf muscle.
2020-07-27	Boulder	Colorado	BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse	Multiple lower extremities locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was on the ledge of a piece of fryer equipment, changing the vent filters above the hood. Her right foot slipped into the hot oil, and she suffered third-degree burns to the calf, ankle, and foot.
2020-07-27	Arcadia	Wisconsin	Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
On July 27, 2020, an employee was operating an end rider pallet jack and struck an elevated platform. The employee sustained a laceration to the left calf.
2020-07-09	Varysburg	New York	Hidden Valley Animal Adventure, LLC	Head and trunk	Animal and insect related incidents
A zoo employee was checking on a newborn pygmy zebu calf. The calf's mother attacked the employee, who suffered head and chest injuries and was hospitalized.
2020-06-29	Valdosta	Georgia	CJB Industries, Inc.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was preparing to transfer material from a tote to a packaging line when the employee was exposed to insecticide, sustaining second degree chemical burns to the lower right leg, ankle, shin, and calf.
2020-06-24	Hatfield	Pennsylvania	Schlosser Steel	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was placing a steel beam that was being lowered by a hoist onto the ground. After he released the straps, the steel beam rolled and struck his calf lacerating an artery.
2020-06-16	Terrell	Texas	Wal-Mart East, LP	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a forklift to move pallets out of a slot when his left calf was pinned and fractured between the forklift and a rack. His foot was outside the forklift at the time of the incident. He was hospitalized.
2020-06-09	Canton	Ohio	GLENMOOR COUNTRY CLUB	Lower leg(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting up tree logs and branches, while on the ground, when the chainsaw he was using kicked out and caught his left leg. He sustained severe cuts to the calf and was hospitalized for surgery.
2020-06-08	Schuylerville	New York	Nelson Tree Service, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was directing the driver of a truck. The truck's right front tire drove over the employee's lower left leg (below the knee) and onto the right leg near the calf. The truck was then backed off the employee. The employee was hospitalized with swelling, a contusion, and a blood clot.
2020-06-08	Honolulu	Hawaii	US Census Bureau	Lower leg(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was approaching a resident to collect enumerating data and was bitten on the right calf by a dog causing a laceration.
2020-05-21	Columbus	Texas	Capital Land & Livestock Trucks, Inc.	Skull	Trampled by or stepped on by animal
An employee was herding cattle onto a truck when a calf broke away and ran over the employee. The employee suffered a fractured skull.
2020-05-08	Guaynabo	Puerto Rico	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Multiple lower extremities locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was walking outside the premises of the main building. The soil foundation was loose and he stepped over vapor lines under the ground, resulting in his left leg getting burned from the calf down. He was hospitalized.
2020-04-13	Birmingham	Alabama	United Parcel Service	Lower leg(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
On April 13, 2020, a UPS employee was returning to her package car after making a delivery to a customer's porch. When the customer opened their door to retrieve their package, a dog ran out of the house and bit the employee's right calf. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-04-02	Congers	New York	Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was removing a utility pole from the ground when the pole struck the back of his left leg. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to the calf muscle.
2020-03-26	Atlanta	Georgia	Main Steel Polishing Co., Inc. of GA	Lower leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a nail gun to nail a slab on top of a pallet. A nail went through the wood of the pallet and into the employee's leg, right below the calf.
2020-03-06	Morgantown	Pennsylvania	Morgan Corporation	Lower leg(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was cutting metal with a torch. Metal splattered onto his right leg, burning the inside calf area.
2020-03-04	Carol Stream	Illinois	Blackhawk Corrugated	Lower extremities	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
To repair a pump, an employee removed a grate from a 2-foot deep pit containing hot water which drains from a corrugated machine. The employee lost his balance and his left leg entered the water up to the calf. The employee was hospitalized with a second degree burn.
2020-01-28	Janesville	Wisconsin	Schneider National Bulk Carriers, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading empty carts into a semi-trailer using the lift gate mounted on the rear of the trailer. While he was riding the lift gate up and demonstrating this process to a trainee, he tried to reposition his feet, shifting from one foot to the other. In doing so, he stepped over the lip at the side of the lift gate. His foot then hooked onto one of the bars that allows the lift gate to travel up and down and his leg became caught, causing a scrape and swelling to the calf. He was ho
2019-09-23	Brunswick	Georgia	U. S. Dept of Homeland Security	Lower leg(s)	Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional
An employee was taking a law enforcement handgun training class. As she pulled the gun out of the holster it discharged, shooting the employee in the right calf.
2019-09-23	Laredo	Texas	Davila-Zertuche JV LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was laying out hardware and preparing to lay out doors. Several doors came down and fell on his lower left calf area, breaking his tibia. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2019-09-03	Portsmouth	Virginia	Norfolk Naval Shipyard	Lower leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was water blasting onboard an aircraft carrier when the water lacerated her right calf.
2019-08-29	Mobile	Alabama	Genesis Industrial Staffing Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
A forklift operator was loading chicken products onto a crane going to a vessel's freezer area when he struck an employee who was on the dry dock. The forklift's fork punctured the injured employee's right calf and pinned the employee between the forklift and a wood pier piling on the dock.
2019-08-28	Texarkana	Arkansas	Cooper Tire & Rubber Company	Lower leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
On August 28, 2019, around 3:30 PM, an employee was pulling a 500-pound cart by hand when he backed into a low guardrail that was approximately 1.5 feet tall. The cart then impacted his leg at the calf and shin. The next day, his calf became swollen and blackish, requiring hospitalization and surgery for a muscle injury.
2019-08-26	Murrayville	Georgia	FIELDALE FARMS LLC	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was walking toward a trailer to unload it. The employee slipped into the trailer tire, suffering an injury that resulted in knee and calf swelling.
2019-08-01	Garden City	Georgia	Qualawash Holdings, LLC.	Multiple leg locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was trying to flush a liquid bulk tank trailer with hot water. Hot water splashed from a valve in an adjacent bay onto the employee's left leg, burning the calf and the back of the thigh.
2019-08-01	New Braunfels	Texas	Harland Clarke	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee clocked out for the day and was walking to her car. The employee stepped off of a curb, heard a pop in her right leg, and fell. She sustained a fractured right ankle, torn tendon, and calf strain. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-07-30	Gerald	Missouri	BULL MOOSE TUBING	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was standing on a flatbed trailer, pulling a tarp over a load of cast iron pipe that was covered in plastic. When he went to step down off the cargo, his left foot slipped, breaking through the plastic cover and his left leg slipped in between the cast iron pipes. The employee sustained lacerations to the left calf and knee and was hospitalized.
2019-07-26	Kosciusko	Mississippi	Attala Steel Industries LLC	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee helping to clean the patio area was pinned between a manlift and a welder resulting in a laceration to the right calf requiring surgery to repair tendons.
2019-07-13	Lewiston	Maine	ReEnergy Holdings	Lower leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was pressure washing an excavator. The pressure washer hose became tangled. When the employee went to untangle the hose she was hit by high pressure water. The employee was hospitalized with a puncture wound and burn to the left calf.
2019-07-02	Norfolk	Virginia	GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
At approximately 9:30 a.m. on July 2, 2019, an employee was walking on a ship cableway located on the port side of the space en route to the port forward corner of the space when he tripped on the cableway and fell. As he fell, his calf impacted and was impaled by a U-channel bracket that was holding up the raceway. He was hospitalized.
2019-06-11	Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	Consolidate Scrap Resources	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was near a scrap pile. An excavator was pulling metal from the pile when a piece of railing got caught on some scrap, broke free, and went flying. It struck the employee's left calf and lacerated it. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-06-01	Dallas	Texas	DHL Supply Chain/Discount Tire Dallas	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a standup counter-balanced forklift when he lost control and was about to hit a vendor's vehicle parked inside the warehouse. His foot stuck out before impact and became stuck between the forklift and the vehicle. He suffered a broken and lacerated big toe and a punctured calf.
2019-05-30	Leola	Pennsylvania	Skyline Champion Home Builders, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was walking around the plant doing inventory when a 200-pound load lift bar that was leaning against a wall fell onto his right calf, requiring several stitches.
2019-05-29	New Paltz	New York	Smiley Brothers, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
An employee was exercising and riding a horse for guest rides when a deer jumped out from behind garbage cans. The horse reacted to the deer, moving quickly or bucking. The employee was thrown to the ground, where the horse may have stepped on the employee. The employee suffered a right calf injury with swelling.
2019-05-16	Thomson	Illinois	Federal Bureau of Prisoners	Lower leg(s)	Explosion, n.e.c.
An employee was involved in a mock exercise for a hostage situation when an impact grenade detonated close to her. She suffered tissue damage to the left calf area.
2019-05-06	Heidelberg	Mississippi	Justiss Oil Company, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was removing a three-inch diaphragm pump from a storage room in the accumulator house. After placing the diaphragm pump onto the ground outside the storage room, he tripped on a board protruding out from under the right side of the accumulator house and fell to the ground knocking the pump onto his right calf muscle and crushing it.
2019-05-01	Leesburg	Florida	Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A maintenance employee was transporting a pizza oven to a truck using a cart. The oven slipped from the cart during transport and hit the employee's leg. The employee suffered lacerations and cut tendons in the calf area. He was hospitalized for surgery.
2019-04-17	Oglethorpe	Georgia	International Paper Company	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
Employees were checking to see if an automatic valve to a condensate line was operable. When air was applied, the valve opened and hot condensate went to the U-drain. An employee was standing on the U-drain and sustained second degree thermal burns on the calf and buttocks.
2019-04-01	Americus	Georgia	Elite Comfort Solutions, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
On April 1, 2019, an employee was struck by a forklift, resulting in an injury to the right calf that required hospitalization and surgery.
2019-03-30	Canton	Ohio	CANTON DROP FORGE INC.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was placing a steel jamb near the opening of a rotary forging furnace and was struck by the steel jamb when it fell causing a contusion injury to the right calf.
2019-03-25	Louisville	Kentucky	U.S. Postal Service	Lower leg(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee had just dropped mail through a mail slot when a dog came through a screen door and bit her right calf. She fell to the ground, and the dog removed the calf muscle from her leg.
2019-03-07	Kuna	Idaho	CS Beef Packers, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Nonclassifiable
While processing meat on a fab line, an employee suffered a stab wound to the left calf.
2019-02-27	Fort Plain	New York	Kivort Steel	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A driver was unloading a bundle of steel tubing. As the employee was pushing loose product back into the bundle, tubing fell from the bundle, hit the ground, and bounced into the driver's leg. The driver suffered a contusion to the right calf.
2019-02-14	Lakewood	Colorado	Pet Scoop, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was scooping dog waste when a dog bit her on the left hand and right calf.
2019-02-13	Creston	Ohio	Ohio Farms Packing Co. LTD	Thigh(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a calf hip carcass with a 5-inch butcher knife when the knife slid off of the carcass and impaled the employee's right thigh. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-01-15	Piedmont	Alabama	Garcy Manufacturing, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was operating a press brake machine to form 16-gauge cold rolled sheet metal into an 18" x 12" metal pan with a 1-inch lip on all four sides. The bottom foot of the press brake fell out of the machine and landed on the employee's left leg/foot, crushing the foot and lacerating the calf and shin.
2019-01-10	Vineland	New Jersey	Corning Pharmaceuticals Glass, LLC.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by discharged or flying object
A temporary employee was sweeping the production floor when a nearby tube cutting machine missed a cut causing a glass tube to miss the landing equipment and strike the employee's left calf. The employee was hospitalized with a puncture wound to the left calf muscle.
2019-01-08	Laurel	Maryland	United States Postal Service	Ear(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was attacked by four dogs while delivering mail. He received bite wounds from the top of his head to the back of his calf. His ears were avulsed.
2018-09-19	Garden City	Texas	Schlumberger Technology Corporation	Lower leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was walking through a containment, verifying chemical levels, when a chemical splashed onto his left calf. He suffered chemical burns and was hospitalized.
2018-08-27	Lynwood	California	U.S. Postal Service - Lynwood Post Office	Lower leg(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
On August 27, 2018, an employee was delivering mail when a dog broke through a screen door and attacked the employee, biting the employee's lower right calf.
2018-08-17	Schwertner	Texas	SCHWERTNER FARMS, INC.	Lower leg(s)	Animal transportation incident, n.e.c.
An employee was riding a horse to check the health condition of cattle in a pasture. The employee went to rope a calf when the horse slipped and fell. The employee's leg was caught in the stirrup as the horse was regaining its footing. The employee's leg twisted, fracturing the tibia and fibula and requiring surgery.
2018-08-08	Obetz	Ohio	Ryder Integrated Logistics	Lower leg(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was using a forklift to load a semi-truck trailer. The employee set the forklift brake, got off of the forklift, and walked to the front of the forks. The forklift moved forward and pinched the employee's left calf between the double forks of a slip sheet attachment. The employee suffered a left calf laceration and was hospitalized.
2018-07-30	Detroit	Michigan	U.S. Postal Service	Lower leg(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
On July 30, 2018, an employee was delivering mail when a dog bit him on the left calf.
2018-07-28	Minerva	Ohio	IMPERIAL ALUMINUM - MINERVA LLC	Multiple leg locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was working in the pit pulling impurities in the trough while facing backwards. The molten metal splashed and burned the employee's left leg. The employee received first and second degree burns to the thigh and calf areas.
2018-07-20	Ecru	Mississippi	ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving an order picker by a parked pallet that had a portion of rail protruding into the lane of traffic. The employee did not see the protruding rail, which contacted the picking plate area of his order picker, causing the rail to swing around and strike his calf.
2018-07-10	Topeka	Kansas	H.M.E. Inc	Thigh(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
While operating a drill/saw machine, an employee attempted to see why the drill tooling kept falling out of the drill head. The machine's conveyor rollers then moved a channel iron back out of the machine, and the employee's left leg was struck by the channel iron, resulting in a laceration above the knee. The employee's left calf was also caught between the machine and the channel iron, suffering a muscle injury requiring surgery.
2018-07-05	Lagrange	Georgia	Milliken & Company	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was in a warehouse, operating a powered industrial truck, when his left leg was caught between the truck and a support beam. The leg was amputated from the calf down.
2018-06-26	Kinta	Oklahoma	C&J Well Services Company LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
A metal valve attached to a flow line fell over, striking and lacerating the employee's left calf.
2018-06-19	Grand View	Idaho	Simplot Land & Livestock	Thigh(s)	Pedestrian vehicular incident
An employee had exited a vehicle when it began to roll. The employee was attempting to shut it off when another vehicle clipped the employee. The employee suffered a broken femur and injured calf, as well as a possible amputation.
2018-06-12	Hudson	Colorado	Morwai Dairy, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was driving around to feed calves. When she stopped the truck to tend to an injured calf, the truck began to roll backwards with the door open and struck her in the ribs. The calf then rolled over onto her legs. The employee sustained fractured ribs and bruised legs.
2018-05-18	Decatur	Illinois	Archer Daniels Midland Company	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a golf cart when his left leg struck a dumpster as he drove past it. He sustained a left calf laceration and left calf muscle injury, requiring hospitalization.
2018-05-04	Waycross	Georgia	WMT Housing, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A piece of metal fell off of a roof that was being worked on and struck an employee on his left leg, causing a laceration between his ankle and his calf.
2018-05-02	Effort	Pennsylvania	Allied Services	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was performing vocational training at a recycling center. The employee was emptying a cart of sorted materials as a customer was backing up their car. The car ran over the employee's left calf and ankle. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-04-27	Longview	Texas	Eastman Chemical Company, Texas Operations	Upper and lower limb(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was making his rounds when he identified a level indication in the vessel that he was not sure was accurate. He then drained the sit glass and the material (mineral spirits polyethylene wax and ethaline gas) ignited a flash fire, burning his left palm, both forearms, and his left calf. He was hospitalized.
2018-04-27	Houston	Texas	KROGER	Lower leg(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
On April 27, 2018, at approximately 11:50 PM a forklift operator attempted to pass another employee who was on a standup forklift moving product. The forklift operator bumped the standup forklift platform as the back end of the forklift swung out and the standup forklift struck a rack where the injured employee's left calf was pinched between the rack and the standup forklift resulting in an avulsion injury to the left calf.
2018-04-17	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	McConway & Torley, LLC.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was performing a stream test and opening the ladle stopper mechanism when molten metal splashed on his leg and burned through his protective leggings. He suffered a small burn on his calf and upper ankle.
2018-04-13	Shreveport	Louisiana	Benteler Steel	Lower leg(s)	Slip without fall
A maintenance employee was working on a banding machine when he slipped/lost his footing and his left leg/calf hit a piece of steel pipe, suffering a laceration.
2018-04-12	Texhoma	Oklahoma	Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a knife to cut through the hide of a dead cow for an autopsy when the knife slipped and struck/lacerated the employee's left lower calf muscle. The employee was hospitalized.