Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-13 | Brooklet | Ga | M-D Building Products-Loxcreen Co dba M-D Plastics | Multiple upper extremities locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was changing a bearing on a fly cutter and his left hand was caught in the point of operation when the machine cycled. The employee suffered a laceration from the dorsal side of his left forearm proximal to distal terminating at his metacarpal. | |||||
2021-04-13 | Satanta | Ks | Agreserves Inc | Upper and lower limb(s) | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
An employee was roping a steer from horseback. The steer ran in front of the employee's horse, which tripped and fell. The employee's right leg was pinned between the horse and the hard-packed ground. The employee suffered a broken fibula and broken metacarpals. | |||||
2020-08-03 | Columbus | Oh | Tradesmen International | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting the edge off a 2-by-4 using a handheld circular saw. The guard caught and the saw cut the employee's left thumb, breaking a metacarpal and causing arterial bleeding. | |||||
2020-06-26 | Mount Vernon | Ohio | Jeld-Wen, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
On June 26, 2020, a steel chain on a roll-off truck trailer broke and struck an employee on the arm, causing fractured ribs, a fractured sternum, a small contusion to the right lung, a heart contusion, a broken right hand (at the metacarpal joint), and a wrist laceration. | |||||
2020-06-17 | Waco | Texas | Swan Products, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was about to start winding the core of a hose on a reel, which requires attaching the end of the core to an air inlet on the side of the reel. The reel becomes automated once the hose core is attached and begins to spin. When she went to attach the core to the air inlet, the reel began to automatically spin. Her hand was caught between the spinning reel and a clamp that holds the pin in, resulting in a fracture to the second metacarpal bone of the left hand. | |||||
2020-06-11 | Sugar Land | Texas | Joeris General Contractors LTD | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was assisting a forklift operator move an oxy/acetylene cutting rig. The employee's hand got caught between a fork and the lifting eye on the cutting rig, causing a fracture to the index metacarpal bone in the hand. | |||||
2020-03-03 | Jackson | Alabama | Packaging Corporation of America | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While closing the door of the recovery boiler personnel elevator, an employee's right hand was caught in the closing door and three metacarpal bones were fractured. | |||||
2019-07-24 | Seymour | Wisconsin | Performance Pallet Corp | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was unjamming boards from a rip saw and contacted the spinning blades. He sustained three lacerations to the left hand and forearm, broken fourth and fifth metacarpal bones in the left hand, and a broken ulna in the left forearm. The machine was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2019-07-10 | Concordia | Kansas | Champlin Tire Recycling, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee operating a tire shredder was using a pry bar to free a jammed tire from the tire shredder's conveyor guard. The employee's hands became caught between the pry bar and the guard. The employee sustained four fractured metacarpal bones in the left hand and the right thumb was amputated and later reattached. | |||||
2019-06-27 | Laredo | Texas | Prolamsa, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working near a machine. His left hand was caught in the machine and lacerated in the metacarpal area. The employee also suffered a torn tendon and a fractured pinky. | |||||
2019-04-20 | Luther | Oklahoma | Manhattan Road and Bridge | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was removing a bolt from a beam when the beam shifted, crushing his hand. He sustained a broken ring finger below the first joint and a broken index metacarpal. | |||||
2019-02-18 | Newnan | Georgia | Southern Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working on a leveling drill rig that was tied down by a winch cable. The employee began pulling on the cable so that it could gain slack. The winch was engaged, pulling in the employee's hand. The employee's right little finger was amputated above the metacarpal. | |||||
2019-02-07 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Henkels & McCoy, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was removing ice from the ropes used to pull power lines through a traveler. The grip broke and the rope pulling the cable through the roller pulled the employee's right hand into the traveler, breaking some bones and tearing the carpal tunnel ligament. | |||||
2018-09-05 | Hooks | Texas | Expal USA | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee suffered a left palm laceration and broken fifth metacarpal while removing the retaining ring from a remote anti-armor munition (RAAM) mine. | |||||
2018-05-11 | Cincinnati | Ohio | Ilsco Corporation | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was going to work carrying multiple bags and a newspaper. She was using her right arm to open the front door to enter the lobby when she lost her grip on the door, lost her balance, and then fell. She suffered a displaced right distal radius fracture with posttraumatic carpal tunnel syndrome. | |||||
2018-02-27 | Houston | Texas | H & M Plating Company, Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a horizontal lathe to polish a metal part when the part being turned came loose. The employee tried to catch the piece and it slammed his right hand into the machine. He suffered a laceration and multiple broken metacarpals, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-01-12 | Crete | Nebraska | Americold Logistics, LLC | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a standup forklift when his left hand was crushed between the forklift and a rack, fracturing four metacarpals and his thumb. | |||||
2018-01-12 | Lubbock | Texas | Trinity Company | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was driving a forklift up a loading ramp when the forklift rolled over and landed on his left hand, crushing the metacarpals. | |||||
2017-08-08 | Houston | Texas | CMC CoMetals Steel | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On August 8, 2017, around 4:30 p.m., an employee was helping a forklift operator load 18,000 lbs. of galvanized pipe into the back of a flatbed trailer. The injured employee was holding a trailer stake and when the forklift operator lowered the load onto the truck, the employee's hand with the stake drifted under the trailer. The trailer came down and crushed his hand between it and the stake. He suffered a fracture to his left ring finger metacarpal and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-07-20 | Camden | New Jersey | Innovative Recovery Products | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was using a walk-behind loader to remove fluff in the working area under the mini mill. While cleaning with the equipment, he wanted to clean the other side of the crossbeam further. When he got closer to the crossbeam, the loader hit a bump and raised upward. His right hand was then pinched between the loader handle and the crossbeam, fracturing his second metacarpal bone. | |||||
2017-04-20 | Zachary | Louisiana | First Student, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee fell to the gravel ground while walking and landed on her left pinky finger, lacerating and breaking it and also sustaining a metacarpal fracture. | |||||
2017-03-20 | Adairsville | Georgia | LG Hausys America, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On March 20, 2017, at approximately 6:30 p.m., an employee was guiding a sample leather sheet through the roller machine. The employee's hands were pulled into the machine and caught between the top and lower rollers resulting in a fractured right thumb and fractured metacarpals in both hands including lacerations, abrasions and contusions to both hands. | |||||
2017-01-23 | Beaumont | Texas | J T Thorpe Company | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was installing form boards inside a confined space cell. While working inside the cell, a piece of pipe (bell reducer) approximately 7" long, 8" diameter, and weighing 55 pounds fell approximately 35 feet and landed on the employee. The employee suffered a neck fracture and a left hand metacarpal fracture with a complex laceration over the web space. | |||||
2017-01-03 | New Orleans | Louisiana | Savard Labor & Marine, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object or equipment |
Two employees were moving sheets of plywood on the dock. At the same time, a poultry pan was being lowered onto the dock. The injured employee moved under the pan as it was being lowered and was struck by the pan. The employee suffered a broken hip and right metacarpal and a hematoma on the forehead. | |||||
2016-09-23 | Omaha | Nebraska | Quad Packaging, Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was working with a coworker to clear some scrap paper that was blocking a sensor on the baler and preventing the baler door from closing. The door could only be raised or lowered using the manual controls. While the employee was clearing the scrap paper from the sensor, his coworker activated the controls to lower the door. The door closed on his left hand, causing multiple metacarpal fractures and lacerations. | |||||
2015-02-04 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Turner Industries Group, L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employee was offloading a structural beam in a laydown yard. When the beam was lowered, it rotated, and the employee's hand was caught between the cribbing and bracing. As a result, the employee broke his third, fourth, and fifth fingers (metacarpals). The employee was hospitalized later that day. |