Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-18	Londonderry	Nh	Stonyfield Farm, Inc	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was rebuilding a pallet of yogurt cases when his foot slipped off the side rail of a conveyor and he fell to a lower level, resulting in injuries.
2021-10-15	Forest Park	Ga	AmeriCold Logistics LLC	Ankle(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was selecting cases in the warehouse to fill an order. The employee was walking beside a motorized pallet jack using the arm control to move the pallet jack forward. The pallet jack turned toward the employee and ran into his ankle, resulting in a fracture.
2021-10-09	Rochester	Ny	Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was placing cases of products on pallets on a grocery shipping line. While he was between two pallets, adjusting a case on one of them, a pallet jack moved to pick up one of the pallets. The employee was caught between the two pallets and suffered a sprained ankle, two broken ribs, and a punctured lung. He was hospitalized.
2021-09-02	Niobrara	Ne	US Foods Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was removing cases from the side door of the freezer section of a trailer. He fell approximately 4 feet from the trailer deck to the asphalt parking lot, landed on his back, and suffered three broken ribs and an injured tailbone.
2021-08-03	Katy	Tx	Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
A stand-up order picker backed into an employee who was picking up cases of liquor. The employee's left ankle was pinned between a pallet on the picker and one on the ground. The ankle was broken.
2021-07-20	Houston	Tx	Randstad Manufacturing & Logistics	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
A temporary employee was in the warehouse standing next to his electric pallet jack and stacking cases of soda onto his pallet when he was struck by another pallet jack, resulting in a fractured left fibula.
2021-06-17	Aurora	Co	Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was delivering 200 cases of product to a store when they began to experience nausea and symptoms of heat exhaustion, resulting in hospitalization.
2021-05-03	Denver	Co	Americold	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was selecting cases while operating a powered pallet jack when his right leg was run over by a forklift, resulting in a fractured tibia and fibula.
2021-04-26	Bronx	Ny	Krasdale Foods, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee shrink wrapped a pallet of selected cases of product and began to transport the pallet toward the shipping dock area using a pallet jack when they collided with the forks of a stationary forklift, resulting in a lower right leg fracture.
2021-02-08	North Brunswick	Nj	Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment
Cases of ice tea were knocked over and struck an employee on the back.
2021-01-12	Ponca City	Ok	ALBERTSONS	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was counting cases and tripped on a storage rack load bar, causing her to fall and break her left arm.
2020-10-07	Olathe	Ks	Sysco Kansas City Inc	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was sorting through his load to locate cases and organize subsequent stops. He was stacking cases on the ladder platform of the freezer's side door. He placed his hand on a case and stepped to the side ladder. His foot slipped off the top step and he fell to the ground landing on his right hand and breaking his wrist.
2020-08-04	Houston	Tx	Republic National Distributing Company	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was picking cases in a four-deep pallet location with two pallets left in it. As the employee was taking two cases off one of the pallets, their weight pulled the employee off the second level of the modular line. The employee landed on the floor and suffered a broken right wrist.
2020-07-30	Treasure Island	Florida	Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was using a dolly to transport seven cases of product through a doorway. He fell; the cart also fell, striking his right hand and amputating the tips of his middle and ring fingers.
2020-07-08	Pickerington	Ohio	Kroger Store #538	Ear(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was moving a pallet of product with a power jack. After the pallet jack was removed from the pallet, the pallet of product became unstable and cases of product fell onto the employee, injuring one of the employee's ears.
2020-05-05	N Attleboro	Massachusett	BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB, INC.	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was standing on level ground, stocking cases of tissues. He became lightheaded, lost his balance and fell. He tried to catch himself on a forklift and his right forearm got stuck between a pallet and the forklift backrest. The employee suffered a fractured right forearm and was hospitalized.
2020-04-16	Russellville	Arkansas	TYSON FOODS, INC. DBA TYSON VALLEY DISTRIBUTION CN	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was picking up cases of product that had fallen off a pallet. He tripped over one of the cases and fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip. He was hospitalized.
2020-02-10	Verona	Pennsylvania	American Beverage Corporation	Forehead	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was hand stacking cases when he tripped and fell forward, hitting his head on a lab station desk. He was hospitalized with a forehead contusion.
2019-09-21	Harriman	New York	Metroplex Harriman Corporation	Pelvic region	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was picking cases in a dairy refrigerator. As the employee walked towards a pallet, boxes of product fell and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized for a crushed pelvis.
2019-08-20	Harriman	New York	Metroplex Harriman Corporation	Nonclassifiable	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was selecting cases of napkins from a pallet. The product on the bottom of the double stacked pallets became compromised and caused the above pallets to lean forward. After the employee selected a few cases of napkins, the pallets fell forward. The employee had her back to the pallets at that point and was struck by several cases of napkins as she went to the ground. She was hospitalized.
2019-08-16	Edwardsville	Illinois	FedEx Supply Chain	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
At about 6:45 a.m. on August 16, 2019, a temporary employee was using an electric powered industrial vehicle to pick cases in a warehouse. The employee's left foot was pinned and crushed between the vehicle and a racking support. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2019-06-24	Cottonwood	Alabama	McLane Company, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was riding an electric pallet jack selecting cases for orders. He turned into an aisle and collided with a parked forklift. His right foot was caught between the two forklifts, amputating his right middle toe.
2019-03-14	Bridgeton	Missouri	HUSSMANN CORPORATION	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working on an assembly line for refrigerator cases when he noticed wiring had fallen from the top of the refrigerator case to the bottom, near the rollers. When he was retrieving it, the case was pushed down the line; the tip of the employee's right ring finger was amputated.
2019-01-25	Unadilla	Georgia	Lineage Logistics, LLC	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was trying to remove and re-stack cases from a pallet that had turned over on the fourth level of a storage rack in a freezer. He placed two empty pallets in the rack, one to stand on and one to stack product cases on. He climbed up the end cap and onto one of the empty pallets. The turned-over pallet of product shifted, knocking the empty pallet through the racking. The employee fell approximately 20 feet from the fourth level and sustained a neck fracture.
2018-09-26	Fond Du Lac	Wisconsin	Geodis	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was inside a trailer, hand-stacking cases of tuna onto a pallet. A stack of cases fell, pinning the employee between the cases and the pallet. The employee suffered a broken left femur.
2018-09-26	Augusta	Georgia	Floco Food Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was in the meat department, cutting pig feet using a bandsaw. One of the cases of pig feet rolled away from him and his hand was caught in the saw. The blade severely cut his finger, causing an amputation.
2018-09-13	Orange	Connecticut	DICHELLO DISTRIBUTORS, INC.	Foot (feet)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was using an electric pallet jack to pick cases of beer on a warehouse floor. His jack came into contact with another one as he was stepping off it, and his left foot was pinched between the two pallet jacks, suffering bruising and swelling. He was wearing safety shoes.
2018-08-29	Perth Amboy	New Jersey	US Foods, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was delivering cases of food product from his tractor trailer when he began feeling sick and having cramps. He was hospitalized with a kidney injury and heat exhaustion. The indoor temperature at the customer location was over 100 degrees with high humidity.
2018-08-16	York	Pennsylvania	United Natural Foods, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was moving a pallet with a pallet jack. He was pinned between the jack and a pallet of cases behind him, suffering a compound fracture of the right lower leg.
2018-08-07	Allenwood	Pennsylvania	Federal Correctional Complex Allenwood	Multiple face locations	Explosion, n.e.c.
An employee was putting away a pallet consisting of 16 cases of canned carrots in a warehouse. While unpacking the pallet of canned carrots, the employee lifted a case off the second to last row and a can of carrots from the bottom row exploded upward, striking the employee's face. The employee suffered facial lacerations, a left nasal bone fracture, a left orbital floor fracture, a soft tissue hernia in the maxillary sinus, left lateral rectus swelling, and loose teeth, requiring hospitalizatio
2018-08-05	Erie	Pennsylvania	Gordon Food Service Store	Lumbar region	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting and moving 15-pound cases of sports drink when he felt a pop in his lower back. He was hospitalized for a herniated disk in his lower back.
2018-06-06	Lubbock	Texas	Llano Logistics, Inc.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee reached for cases on a second level pick slot, grabbed the product and sat it onto their pallet jack while standing on the pallet jack platform. The employee then lost their footing and tried to catch themselves by grabbing the control handle. The directional control was triggered in the forward direction. Their right foot was struck-by the platform and pinned against a rack leg. The employee sustained a laceration above the right ankle and a crushing injury to the right foot.
2018-01-09	New Castle	Delaware	Canada Dry Bottling Company of New Castle	Leg(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was using a walkie rider pallet jack to load cases of beverages into a delivery truck. He lost control as he approached the back of the truck, and his foot slipped off the walkie rider. His left leg was then caught between the front of the walkie rider and the truck bumper, suffering soft tissue damage that required hospitalization and surgery.
2017-10-09	Austin	Texas	Borden Dairy Company	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
While handing cases of milk from the dock to a coworker standing inside a truck, an employee slipped on the dock and fell, breaking three ribs and requiring hospitalization.
2017-08-24	Topeka	Kansas	US Food	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a triple pallet jack to lift cases when he ran into a support beam. His right thigh and knee were pinched between the equipment and beam, resulting in a contusion that required hospitalization.
2017-07-16	Enid	Oklahoma	Atwood Distributing LP	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was pushing a pallet of water inside the store on a pallet jack while a coworker pulled it. They stopped to begin stacking the cases. The pallet fell from the pallet jack and landed on the employee's right second toe, amputating it.
2017-05-24	Naples	Florida	COASTAL BEVERAGE, LTD.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was delivering beer to a convenience store. He was turning a loaded cart to go up a slight ramp when some of the cases of beer fell off the cart and the cart tipped over. The cart and cases of beer struck and broke the employee's leg. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2017-05-05	Palmetto	Florida	SYSCO WEST COAST FLORIDA, INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was operating an electric triple pallet jack inside the freezer, selecting product cases, when the triple jack stopped working. Burning odor came out of the triple jack's motor brushes. The employee inhaled the smoke and fumes, which started burning his throat and lungs. He was hospitalized.
2017-05-02	South Miami	Florida	South Miami Hospital, Inc.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was loading a cart with cases of water. The employee stepped onto a shelf to reach a case, then slipped and fell off that shelf. The employee suffered a compression fracture in the lower spine.
2017-04-01	Palestine	Texas	Walmart	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was pulling cases to put on a cart when he tripped and fell, injuring his right lower arm.
2017-02-10	Palm Springs	Florida	SOUTHERN GLAZER'S WINE AND SPIRITS, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On February 10, 2017, at about 2:00 PM, an employee was making a beverage delivery with a hand cart loaded with cases. While descending the ramp, the cases started to fall and as he attempted to catch them, his right hand contacted the ramp and his right middle fingertip was lacerated, causing the loss of his finger nail. He was admitted the hospital for surgery.
2017-02-05	Lancaster	New York	Tops Markets Distribution Center	Ankle(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was operating a jack to pick cases and place them on pallets when he moved his jack to avoid a nearby coworker. As he moved to the left, his left ankle became pinned between the riding platform of the jack and some warehouse racking. His left ankle was crushed and required hospitalization.
2017-01-26	Charleston	West Virgini	United Dairy	Ankle(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On January 26, 2017, at approximately 12:45 PM, an employee was injured while pulling crates of milk from the energized floor track. A stack of product cases became hung up on the floor track. Using a metal hook, the employee attempted to unjam the cases. The track popped up and caught the employee's left ankle between the track and the metal side barrier on the track resulting in a broken ankle. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2017-01-25	Sunrise	Florida	Regal Entertainment Group	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
On 1/25/2017 at 12:07 PM, an employee was stocking goods in a movie theater. While moving cases of water bottles, two at a time, his back gave out and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was admitted to the hospital for a back injury.
2016-08-03	New Britain	Connecticut	Guida-Seibert Dairy, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was caught between the load bar of a trailer truck and a stack of plastic dairy cases, losing consciousness and requiring hospitalization.
2016-06-07	Lynn	Massachusett	GARELICK FARMS	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was clearing cartons off the ground when a stack of cases riding on a chain tipped over and struck his back, causing contusions.
2016-05-23	Delaware	Ohio	Kroger Distribution Ctr	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was stacking cases on a pallet when he was struck by a pallet jack being operated by a coworker. The employee's ankle was pinned between the pallet and the pallet jack, fracturing his right ankle and requiring hospitalization.
2016-05-23	Amarillo	Texas	Grifols, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee was packing and moving plasma cases when a stack of cases began to fall. To avoid being struck, the employee turned suddenly and pulled a back muscle.
2016-04-27	Webster	Florida	Circle K	Brain	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
An employee was installing a sign while on a 6-foot fiberglass ladder. He stepped off the ladder and onto a stack of water cases. The stack caved in, and the employee fell down, head first, to the concrete ground, suffering a head injury.
2015-11-20	Hatfield	Pennsylvania	Americold Logistics	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
While standing in an aisle, an employee picking cases and loading them onto an electric pallet jack was struck by another electric pallet jack operated by another employee resulting in a broken leg.
2015-10-14	Pearl River	Louisiana	Associated Wholesale Grocers	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was selecting cases in the freezer area while driving a long jack. As he stepped off the long jack, he was still holding the accelerator and pinned himself between a rack and the long jack resulting in fractured ribs and a laceration to the lungs.
2015-10-01	Cleveland	Ohio	Sysco Cleveland Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was selecting cases in the warehouse using a triple jack PIV. He was coasting the triple jack PIV toward the racks to select product when the PIV pinned him against the rack, fracturing two ribs.
2015-09-18	Coral Springs	Florida	PREMIER BEVERAGE	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Slip without fall, n.e.c.
An employee was walking down the ramp of a delivery trunk using a hand dolly to carry five cases. He slipped and the metal part of the dolly landed on his two right middle fingers lacerating them both down to the bone.
2015-06-08	Shepherdstown	West Virgini	Dean Transportation, Inc.	Brain	Fall, slip, trip
On June 8, 2015, at approximately 2:30 p.m., an employee was hospitalized for multiple head injuries after suffering a fall. The employee was delivering seven cases of milk from the side door of a freightliner truck with an 18' refrigerated body. The employee was found lying on the surface of the blacktop parking lot.
2015-04-28	Dunmore	Pennsylvania	East Coast Logistics & Distribution Inc	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was seriously injured when cases of paper products fell and knocked the employee down fracturing the employee's hip.
2015-04-24	Benbrook	Texas	Walmart	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was taking cases of water from a pallet and loading them on a cart. The employee tripped over shrink wrap removed from the pallet, fell, and broke the right hip.
2015-02-17	Earth City	Missouri	ARAMARK REFRESHMENT SERVICES	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
On or about Feb 17, 2015, the injured employee was found by another employee at the bottom of the stairway at a client's facility located at Kasco, LLC (1569 Tower Grove Ave., St Louis, MO). It appears from where the employee was found, that he had attempted to carry five cases of soda up a stairway with a two-wheeled dolly and lost the load. The stairway that was involved in the accident has approximately 16 steps and does not have a landing.
2015-01-25	Temple	Texas	Performance Food Group Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
While lifting a pallet of cases, three cases fell off the pallet. The forklift operator picked up two cases and stacked them on the dash of the standing forklift. When he went to pick up the third case, the other two cases fell over engaging both the dead man's switch and the joystick, causing the forklift to rotate pinning him against an adjacent forklift.