Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-09	Denver	Co	PROTECTO WRAP	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was attempting to adjust the position of cardboard cores on a wrapping machine when their right arm was pulled into the machine and their forearm was crushed between the rollers.
2021-11-08	Dallas	Tx	Walmart 3015	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was bailing boxes when the cardboard bailer's index plate fell down and crushed their right index finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-11-01	Dalton	Ga	Marketing Alliance Group, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was applying aluminum caps to the corners of cardboard material using a riveting machine. The employee went to grab a cap that had popped off a corner when the foot pedal was activated and the employee's left index finger was crushed by the riveting machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. A guard was in place at the time.
2021-10-28	Marietta	Pa	Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on top of a wooden skid, bending over and pulling up on plastic straps wrapped around a bundle of cardboard (so that a forklift could slide its forks under the bundle. The straps snapped and the employee fell backward onto the concrete floor. He suffered a compression fracture to a lower-back vertebra.
2021-10-25	Carlisle	Pa	Geodis	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was placing cardboard into a compactor when he fell onto a 4-foot metal cart that was directly behind him, striking the corner of the cart and resulting in injury to his abdomen.
2021-09-16	Tacoma	Wa	U.S. Postal Service	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was sorting large parcels in the large parcel sorting area. The employee moved a gaylord box filled with parcels with a manual pallet jack. The employee was on the front side of the box, pulling down on the upper edge of the cardboard and tipping it over. As she stepped back and was pulling down, her feet slipped out from under her and she fell backward. As she fell, she placed both hands back to catch herself and fractured both wrists.
2021-09-16	Hanover	Pa	RK Holdings, LLP - Hanover #130	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was putting cardboard into a dumpster. When he tried to push the cardboard down, the employee fell into the dumpster. The employee broke his left leg.
2021-09-10	Thornton	Co	A and A Quality Appliance, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
An employee was on the top rack in a warehouse, pulling a box stove. A cardboard handle ripped and the employee fell about 35 feet, suffering a broken left femur.
2021-09-04	Plano	Tx	Costco Wholesale	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was loading cardboard boxes onto a bailer. When the employee closed the bailer's gate, the bailer caught the tip of the employee's finger. The fingertip was amputated.
2021-08-24	Harrington	De	Harrington Logistics	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
A crane operator came out of a crane cab to move cardboard boxes, fell about 30 feet, and suffered multiple fractures and a kidney laceration.
2021-08-17	Batavia	Il	BLACK HORSE CARRIERS, INC.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On August 17, 2021, an employee was inside a trailer that his truck had just backed up to a loading dock. As he tried to straighten a banded load of cardboard, the band snapped and the load fell, knocking him into the side of the trailer. He suffered head lacerations and a dislocated shoulder.
2021-08-12	Westminster	Co	Walmart Supercenter Store 2223	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a broken piece of cardboard and fell to the floor, breaking her hip.
2021-08-11	Sun Prairie	Wi	Lakeshore Recycling Systems, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was opening the hinged doors on the back of a truck when a cardboard drum fell and struck the employee in the head, resulting in two fractured vertebrae.
2021-07-23	Rochester	Nh	DMR Industries Inc.	Lower extremities	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Two employees were trying to get a cardboard sheet from behind 24 pieces of cold-rolled steel sheets that were leaning against a wall. One employee was supporting the sheets from the front as the other was removing the cardboard. The sheet metal started to tip forward, knocking the first employee to the floor and causing an injury to her right ankle that included broken bones, cut tendons and nerves, and a partial amputation.
2021-07-23	M C B H Kaneohe Bay	Hi	Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was preparing to make a cardboard bale using the box baler. He was unjamming a piece when his fingertip was caught between a chain and the wall of the machine resulting in amputation.
2021-07-02	Fort Worth	Tx	Bimbo Bakeries USA	Ankle(s) and knee(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was moving a shopping cart filled with cardboard down a ramp to the recycling dumpster. The employee pushed downward on the shopping cart's handle and the cart tipped over causing her to fall to the ground. The employee sustained bruises to her left knee and right ankle.
2021-06-25	Groveport	Oh	JS Products	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was picking stock in an aisle when she was struck by a 400-pound bundle of cardboard boxes that fell from 50 feet above her. The employee suffered injuries to her head, neck, back, and arms that required hospitalization.
2021-06-01	Dade City	Fl	Rugby Architectural Building Products	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was fixing the load on a trailer. He pulled on cardboard, lost his balance, and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left wrist.
2021-05-13	Lodi	Nj	D.O. Productions, LLC	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.
An employee was picking up cardboard and plastic from the floor when he stepped on the plastic he was carrying and fell. The employee suffered a fractured ankle.
2021-04-30	Derby	Ks	Atwood Distributing LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when the pallet jack jumped backward, smashing her thumb between the pallet jack and a cardboard bailer. The employee suffered a crushing injury to her left thumb and a possible amputation.
2021-04-29	Coldwater	Oh	HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS, INC.	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was carrying one or two broken-down cardboard boxes when her caught got caught at the corner of a wooden pallet. She fell, breaking a bone just below the kneecap.
2021-04-23	Dalton	Ga	Bear Paper Tube	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting cardboard tubing with a miter saw and suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
2021-04-08	Franklin Park	Il	Graph-Pak Corporation	Nonclassifiable	Struck by falling object or equipment
A bale of cardboard fell onto an employee, causing multiple fractures.
2021-03-28	Madison	Ga	Becton, Dickinson and Company	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a stand-up forklift toward a warehouse. The forklift struck a cardboard pallet while turning, and his left leg was caught between the forklift and the pallet. He suffered a broken left tibia and was hospitalized.
2021-03-26	Holmen	Wi	FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was reaching to pull a cardboard box stuck in a conveyor belt transition plate. The employee's right index and middle finger were caught in the transition plate, causing the amputation of the index fingertip.
2021-03-22	Royal Palm Beach	Fl	ALDI (FLORIDA) L.L.C.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a stand-alone pallet tugger. The tugger ran into a pallet of toiler paper, and a piece of cardboard in the way cut her right thumb severely.
2021-03-19	Cullman	Al	FirstFleet, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee opened the doors on a trailer. Bundled cardboard boxes fell out of the trailer and knocked the employee to the ground. The employee suffered a broken femur.
2021-03-05	Newark	De	Delaware Supermarkets	Heart	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was bailing cardboard and started feeling ill. The employee was hospitalized for a heart attack.
2021-02-25	Calhoun	Ga	Engineered Floors, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was emptying cardboard from a baler. As he was opening the baler door, he noticed it was stuck on the top gate. He lifted on the top gate to free the bottom door and the door swung open, smashing his right-hand fingers against the door latch. His right ring fingertip was amputated.
2021-02-23	Orlando	Fl	Trussway Manufacturing, Inc.	Forehead	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On February 23, 2021, an employee was attempting to clean/remove cardboard from a block saw when the saw's rotating blade lacerated his forehead. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-02-17	Austell	Ga	Greif Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
At about 11:30 a.m. on February 17, 2021, an employee was clearing cardboard pieces from a flatbed truck. He began to slip on a piece of cardboard and jumped off the truck landing on the concrete surface about 6 feet below, suffering a right leg fracture above the ankle. He was hospitalized.
2021-02-12	Chicopee	Ma	Commonwealth Packaging Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting corrugated cardboard with a bandsaw when the blade lacerated a finger and amputated a fingertip.
2021-02-02	Grand Prairie	Tx	Fresh Express Incorporated	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was unloading a trailer with cardboard pallets when the pallets fell on top of him, resulting in shoulder and neck injuries.
2021-01-21	Statesboro	Ga	Ollie's Bargain Outlet, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was loading cardboard into the baler. The baler door closed on the employee's finger, causing an amputation of the left middle fingertip.
2021-01-13	Athens	Ga	Caterpillar, Inc.	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was placing cardboard into a compactor and dropped a piece of cardboard on the ground. When the employee turned to pick up the cardboard, he slipped on the carboard and landed on his right knee, resulting in a knee joint fracture.
2021-01-13	Woodstock	Ct	Jeffco Fibres	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was removing a piece of cardboard from a pallet of material when they tripped over a pallet and fell, striking their arm on the ground and suffering a concussion and a loss of consciousness.
2021-01-09	Westbrook	Me	SAPPI, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was trying to remove the cardboard core from a roll of paper using another core. The core he was using smashed his finger, leading to a possible amputation.
2021-01-06	Thorsby	Al	Franklin Iron Works, Inc.	Lumbar region	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was burning cardboard in a 55-gallon drum. Grease on the employee's coat caught fire, causing burns to the employee's lower back that required a skin graft.
2020-10-05	Garland	Tx	Collier Metal Specialties LTD	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a 4-foot shear to trim strips of cardboard when his left pinky finger was caught under the hold bar of the machine and crushed. The employee suffered an amputation injury.
2020-10-01	Jamestown	Oh	Guess Brothers AG., Inc.	Multiple body parts	Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was cleaning out the warehouse and burning cardboard boxes in a burn pile. A box had a paint can inside which exploded onto the employee causing burns to the face and hands.
2020-09-29	Fairfield	Nj	Imperia Foods Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
An employee entered a cardboard baler behind a heavy, 4 1/2-foot by 6-foot metal door. A forklift moving a load struck the door, which in turn struck and injured the employee.
2020-09-29	Chippewa Falls	Wi	Great Northern Corporation	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was stepping in and out of a cardboard gaylord container through a cutout, retrieving small merchandise items from the container. While stepping out of the container, the employee tripped on the bottom of the cutout and fell to the concrete floor. The employee suffered a broken right hip and was hospitalized.
2020-09-24	Fairborn	Oh	Kroger	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was putting steel bands on a cardboard bale at the baler. She stepped back, tripped, and fell backwards resulting in a broken forearm.
2020-09-24	New Paltz	Ny	Craft Beer Guild Distributing of NY LLC.	Foot (feet)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was preparing to take out cardboard recycling with an electric ride-on pallet jack when his foot became caught between his pallet jack and a stationary pallet jack. His left foot was crushed and sustained a muscular injury requiring hospitalization.
2020-09-14	Cleveland	Oh	MICELI DAIRY PRODUCTS CO	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee jumped onto some cardboard on a pallet and fell, breaking his right leg. He was hospitalized.
2020-09-02	Lititz	Pa	Woodstream Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a jammed piece of cardboard packaging from a machine when the cutter engaged and amputated her fingertip.
2020-08-14	Daytona Beach	Fl	First Florida Constuctors	Multiple body parts	Nonclassifiable
On August 14, 2020, a temporary employee was throwing an empty cardboard box into a construction dumpster when nearby employees heard him call out. They found him on his knees with his hands on the dumpster. He experienced neck pain and numb legs, requiring hospitalization.
2020-07-24	Jacksonville	Florida	Westrock, LLC	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On July 24, 2020, an employee was walking from the maintenance shop to the cardboard container recycling mill. When he arrived at the cardboard container recycling mill he slipped and fell on the concrete floor fracturing his left femur.
2020-07-05	Washington	Pennsylvania	Walmart	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was attempting to throw away cardboard after stocking shelves when she suffered an amputation injury to her left index finger when it was caught between two stock shelving carts.
2020-06-25	Medina	Ohio	United Tube Corporation	Upper arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was putting cardboard into a coil on the slitter when his glove got caught by the edge of the steel and pulled his arm into the slitter. The employee's left arm was amputated above the elbow.
2020-06-23	Fredericksburg	Ohio	XPO Logistics	Ankle(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
A driver had just gotten a skid off the truck while delivering cargo to a customer when he came into contact with a mower blade that was sticking out of the cardboard container that it was in. The driver sustained a cut to the Achilles tendon on his right ankle that required hospitalization and surgery.
2020-06-22	Billerica	Massachusett	Charles George Companies	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
While closing a refuse compactor's door, a piece of cardboard started to fall out. The employee grabbed the cardboard and the compactor's door closed on his left hand, crushing two fingers.
2020-06-10	Winnebago	Illinois	Sullivan's Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was closing a cardboard baler with his left hand. He pulled down the door and continued to hang onto the handle of the cardboard baler with his left hand as it closed. He reached with his right hand to start the baler. As he did this, his left pinky and ring fingers were caught in the baler, which started to pull his fingers in. His fingers were then caught on the safety mechanism.
2020-05-29	Seneca	Kansas	Koch & Co., Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell on the concrete floor while carrying a flat piece of cardboard to be recycled. There was a score in the concrete at the site of the fall but nothing was sticking up. She sustained a fractured left hip requiring surgery.
2020-05-15	Ocala	Florida	Signature Brands, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On May 15, 2020, an employee was carrying empty carboard boxes to place them in a metal crate used to transport the cardboard. After placing the cardboard on the metal crate, she turned to walk away and her pant leg became caught on a piece of metal wire sticking out about 1 inch from the crate's corner. She then fell on the floor and fractured her left hip, requiring hospitalization.
2020-05-14	Bucyrus	Ohio	Diamond Wipes International Inc.	Hip(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was manually putting cardboard into a baler when he stepped backwards into the pathway of a forklift and was struck by the forklift's load. He sustained a broken left hip and was hospitalized.
2020-05-06	Coppell	Texas	American Building Supply, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on a stack of cardboard, labeling and reviewing items to be moved when a stock order picker (equipment) came around the corner. When the employee saw the equipment approaching, she attempted to step down and ensure she was not in a hazardous situation with the equipment. She stepped on the side of a wheeled cart, causing the cart to move, and she lost her balance. She fell and hit her head on the concrete floor, suffering a subdural hematoma that required hospitalization
2020-05-06	Melrose Park	Illinois	JKS Ventures Inc.	Leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was backing up a construction/utility vehicle. The corner of the vehicle's bucket caught a stack of three bales and tipped over the top bale. The bale struck the injured employee who was separating cardboard in the area, causing a broken leg and bruised ribs.
2020-04-28	Lewiston	Maine	Penmor Lithographers	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was carrying a stack of cardboard when he tripped over a pallet and fell to the concrete floor. He suffered a broken elbow and was hospitalized.
2020-04-21	Newburgh	New York	Jetro Holdings LLC.	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
To help move cardboard boxes, an employee used a lift machine to move the pallets storing the boxes. He exited the lift while it was still in motion and his hand was caught between the back of the lift and a yellow bin. He was hospitalized with a broken/bruised right thumb/palm.
2020-04-16	Kenton	Ohio	Health Care Services Group Inc	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On April 16, 2020, an employee was walking when she tripped over broken down cardboard boxes and fell to the ground, injuring her shoulder. She was hospitalized.
2020-04-16	Hodgkins	Illinois	Tara International L.P.	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was baling cardboard when he fainted and hit his head on the floor. He was hospitalized with a severe head injury.
2020-04-14	Carrollton	Georgia	Dixie Converting Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was clearing an opening to run bailer wire around a cardboard bail when the up-right bailer machine cycled. The one-foot long iron bar tool he was holding shifted and caught his left pinky finger against the bailer machine resulting in an amputation.
2020-03-24	Butler	Pennsylvania	CMS West Subsidiary, LLC.	Nonclassifiable	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was burning excess cardboard boxes when a gust of wind blew the flames toward him. His shirt caught fire and he suffered second degree burns.
2020-03-12	Gulfport	Mississippi	Pilot Travel Center, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unjamming the bottom plate of a cardboard baler. The bottom plate popped up and pinched the employee's right index finger against the baler frame. The fingertip was amputated.
2020-03-12	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Perlick Corporation	Knee(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a staple gun to secure cardboard to a shipping crate. The gun shot a 3/4-inch staple into his knee.
2020-03-07	Pensacola	Florida	Dillard's, Inc.	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On March 7, 2020, an employee went to talk to a co-worker in a back office which is near a stock room/merchandise processing area. In that area, cardboard boxes are broken down and flattened so they can be removed from the area. Afterwards, she walked to the merchandise processing area, slipped on a cardboard box, and fell to the floor. She was hospitalized with a sprained knee and fractures to her left femur and hip.
2020-02-14	Clearwater	Florida	Blueline Mechanical, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a shear press to cut metal and cardboard. The press activated while the employee's fingers were in the point of operation and amputated the top of the employee's left middle finger.
2020-02-03	Eau Claire	Wisconsin	Nestle Health Science	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
At about 10:45 p.m. on February 3, 2020, an employee fell while pulling a pallet positioning cart into place to load cardboard into a packaging machine. The employee's head struck the concrete floor, causing a concussion and a laceration that required three stitches to close. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-09-18	Orlando	Florida	Siemens Energy, Inc	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was carrying a 24-inch gasket on cardboard wrapped with plastic on the tips of his fingers. The wrapped gasket slipped out of his hand, and he struck a work bench and then fell to the floor. He suffered a fractured ball joint in his right hip.
2019-09-16	Wimauma	Florida	Gator Gypsum, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was delivering plywood panels at a site when he slipped on a piece of cardboard and fell, breaking his left ankle.
2019-09-04	El Paso	Texas	Flagstone Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing jammed cardboard from a box-making machine. The machine lacerated the employee's left thumb.
2019-08-28	Wareham	Massachusett	Target	Foot (feet)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was using a powered pallet jack to load cardboard into a trailer. He tripped over an empty pallet in the trailer and his right foot and ankle were pinned between the powered pallet jack and the empty pallet, resulting in fractures to the right foot.
2019-08-22	Cedar Hill	Texas	Gap Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a compactor platform throwing cardboard into the trash compactor when she fell 1 foot off the ledge of the platform to the ground, breaking her tibia.
2019-08-19	Albertville	Alabama	MITCHELL GROCERY CORP.	Lower leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using his foot to push down material that was stuck in the automatic baler's loading hopper. His foot went through the cardboard into a void area causing the him to lose his balance and fall into the loading hopper then into the compactor ram area. The ram cycled and his feet were caught between the ram and a side of the compactor area. The employee suffered a broken tibia and the right foot was crushed. The employee's right leg was later amputated below the knee.
2019-08-19	Decatur	Arkansas	FNA GROUP	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A temporary employee suffered a foot amputation while operating a cardboard compactor.
2019-07-26	Jamestown	North Dakota	Cavendish Farms, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was walking to his workstation when cardboard bales fell over and struck him. He sustained shoulder pain and a possible broken ankle.
2019-07-18	Orlando	Florida	U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs	Multiple face locations	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was in a baler, attempting to unjam cardboard from a hook. When the cardboard came free, the hook struck the employee in the left side of the head and face. The employee suffered a fractured left jaw and left orbit, as well as a cut under the left eye that required stitches.
2019-07-10	Griffin	Georgia	Berry Global Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was inserting a shaft into a cardboard core on the winder machine when his right middle fingertip was amputated.
2019-07-06	Bryant	Arkansas	WALMART STORE #3230	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was loading cardboard into a baler. She tripped over a pallet and fell to the floor, breaking her hip.
2019-06-13	Boca Raton	Florida	Prism Response, Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was handing a piece of cardboard to a co-worker when she lost her balance and fell backwards, hitting her head on the ground.
2019-05-30	Stamford	Connecticut	Trader Joe's	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
After placing empty cardboard into the baler, an employee grabbed the baler gate handle with his right hand and began to pull the gate down to close it. While he was adjusting cardboard with his left hand, the gate closed on his hand. The left index finger was partially amputated without bone loss, and the left middle and ring fingers were fractured.
2019-05-21	Shreveport	Louisiana	HMR Electrical Contracting, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee walking on the job site slipped on a piece of cardboard and impacted the ground, fracturing his hip.
2019-05-20	Albertville	Alabama	Emmaus Foods LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was compacting cardboard and crushed their left ring and pinky fingers in the compactor's safety gate.
2019-05-13	Dallas	Texas	The Brandt Companies	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was hauling cardboard to a dumpster on an industrial forklift. He reached to open the gate while on the lift. The gate stopped when he was trying to drive through it and his hand was smashed and a finger was broken between the forklift and the gate.
2019-05-10	Kansas City	Missouri	Vanguard Packaging Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was feeding cardboard into a flexo folder feeder when a jam occurred. As the employee tried to unjam the machine his left pinky fingertip was amputated.
2019-05-07	Springfield	Ohio	New Method Packaging LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was cleaning a rotary die cutter machine, which takes sheets of corrugated cardboard and cuts out pizza boxes. The employee was cleaning out ink that accumulates at the side section of the ink metering rolls and suffered a partial amputation of the right index finger below the nail. The machine was not locked out at the time.
2019-04-01	Hialeah	Florida	CARL F. EWIG INCORPORATED	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was unloading cardboard from a flatbed truck when the employee missed a step and fell to the cement floor, injuring the right cheek and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-03-26	Chandler	Arizona	Smurfit Kappa	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was inserting a sheet of corrugated cardboard into a machine. The machine was activated, catching the employee's left hand. Four of the employee's fingers were injured.
2019-03-19	Schaumburg	Illinois	Nation Pizza Products, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were loading cardboard into a baler. The overhead door was closed, but the baler did not read that it was closed properly. When the door was re-closed, it caught an employee's right hand, causing an amputation to the index fingertip/print.
2019-03-14	Macungie	Pennsylvania	Pratt Industries	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to push a stuck stack of cardboard from one conveyor belt line to the next. The first line reversed and the employee's left foot was caught between the two lines, sustaining a fracture and laceration.
2019-03-07	Falcon	Colorado	Walmart	Heart	Bodily conditions, n.e.c.
An employee was making a cardboard bale when he started to experience chest pains.
2019-03-07	Ocala	Florida	Skyline Corporation	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
Am employee slipped on a piece of cardboard and fell to the floor, breaking his right hip. He was hospitalized.
2019-02-14	Pinehurst	Texas	Tejas Tubular, Inc.	Pelvic region	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was reaching for a cardboard box to begin assembling it when he lost his footing and fell back onto a mold that was stationed behind him. The employee was hospitalized for a laceration injury.
2019-02-12	Elkmont	Alabama	Aviagen Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting down packaging materials to build cardboard pallets for export orders. His fingers contacted the table saw blade causing a left middle fingertip amputation and a laceration to the left index finger requiring stiches.
2019-02-06	Ocala	Florida	E-One, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing a piece of cardboard that was on top of a pallet and underneath a spring hanger when the spring hanger shifted, causing his left ring finger to be caught between two spring hanger parts. His left middle fingertip was amputated with bone loss. Cut-resistant gloves were not worn at the time of the incident.
2019-02-01	Green Bay	Wisconsin	Services Plus, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading a cardboard baler and caught their left middle finger between the baler and the cardboard resulting in a partial amputation of the finger.
2019-01-28	Morton	Mississippi	Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stepping down from her work stand when her foot was caught in a cardboard box and she fell to the floor. She was hospitalized and required surgery for a compound fracture of the right wrist.
2019-01-16	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America, LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was using a tabletop date code stamper to record information on cardboard packaging when his finger was caught between the stamper head and base of the stamper, resulting in a finger amputation. The plexiglass face had been removed from the stamp at the time of the incident.
2019-01-09	Saint Louis	Missouri	Clartec	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was using a roll of shrink wrap to wrap a skid of plastic lugs. He was using a plastic "handle" that inserts into the cardboard tube holding the shrink wrap. He was wrapping the skid from the bottom to the top. As he neared the top and was pulling the last wrap tight, the handle came loose from the roll of shrink wrap . He stumbled a few steps and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to the left femur.