| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-13 | Orlando | Fl | JPL Construction 1 | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was cleaning the tip of a caulking sprayer. The sprayer discharged and injected caulking into her right hand. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-08-05 | Bratenahl | Oh | Lake Management Inc | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was caulking a balcony window and fell approximately 3 feet off a ladder onto the balcony floor. The employee suffered a knee fracture and displacement. | |||||
| 2021-07-19 | Austin | Tx | Trio Electric, LLC | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was on a section of an extension ladder, installing caulking in a wall approximately 8 to 10 feet from the floor level. The ladder slipped away from the wall and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken right arm requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2021-05-18 | Alda | Ne | Hornady Manufacturing | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over elevated caulking between slabs of concrete and fell to the ground, suffering a broken right femur. | |||||
| 2021-05-15 | Boston | Ma | Benson Industries Inc | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on an extension ladder installing a panel and caulking units. The employee fell from the ladder onto the concrete pavement below. The ladder appeared to have struck the employee as it also fell. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized for a head laceration requiring sutures, a concussion, and broken ribs. | |||||
| 2020-09-28 | Canton | Ga | W & JR Painting | Brain | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was caulking a window from a ladder. The employee fell to the brick patio about 10-12 feet below, suffering a head injury. | |||||
| 2020-07-30 | Fitchburg | Wisconsin | Klein-Dickert Milwaukee, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Other jump to lower level |
| An employee had been caulking while on an 8-foot ladder. The employee lost balance/footing while descending the ladder and jumped from the ladder. The employee impacted the floor and sustained a lower leg fracture requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2020-06-15 | Saint Pete Beach | Florida | Angelides, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was doing caulking work from a scaffold when he fell. He landed on the ground about 8 feet below, suffering a dislocated shoulder and broken femur. | |||||
| 2020-05-06 | Albany | New York | Star Improvements Inc | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a roof, caulking a chimney. He fell from the roof to the ground, suffering a broken leg. | |||||
| 2020-04-16 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | North Atlantic Painting Company | Hand(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| On April 16, 2020, an employee was on the roof of the first level of a 2-story split-level house caulking the dormers to be painted when he slipped and fell 12 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken right hand. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-07-20 | Mattoon | Illinois | NCI Group, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was manually moving a 55-gallon drum of caulking from a wood pallet to a dolly. The drum slipped back into its original position, pinching his finger against an adjacent drum. The injury resulted in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-03-02 | Aventura | Florida | TURNBERRY CONSTRUCTION LLC | Multiple upper extremities locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was taking photographs of fire caulking from a 28-foot extension ladder. He fell about 8 feet to the ground, suffering injuries to both arms including fractures to the right wrist, left elbow, and thumb and a chin injury that required stitches. | |||||
| 2018-09-17 | New York | New York | X-Cell Insulation Corporation | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on the third rung of an A-frame ladder applying caulking to a wall when the employee slipped and fell off the ladder, fracturing both ankles. | |||||
| 2017-07-11 | Gregory | South Dakota | HUBER CONTRACTING, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was caulking exterior panel joints on a man lift under direct sunlight with a heat index of approximately 109 °F. The employee suffered heat stroke and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-01-18 | Calera | Alabama | Transportation Services, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was caulking the inside of a railcar when the doors closed on his upper legs, compressing them. | |||||
| 2016-09-28 | Fort Myers | Florida | State-Line Products of South Florida, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was caulking holes on a wall while standing on a 6-foot ladder when the employee fell to the ground, breaking ribs and puncturing a lung. | |||||
| 2016-05-16 | Raymond | Maine | Sabre Yachts | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was caulking the exterior of a boat while standing on a ladder or scaffold. The employee fell 6 feet from the scaffold or ladder, breaking a vertebra. | |||||
| 2016-04-06 | Fayetteville | Arkansas | Ace Glass Construction Corporation | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was on a 4-foot stepladder, cleaning caulking off of a window frame to install a new window. He fell from the second step to the concrete below and broke his left ankle. | |||||
| 2016-03-31 | Marietta | Georgia | Acousti Engineering of Florida | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was on an 8-foot step ladder installing fire caulking. The employee tried to re-position, lost his balance, and fell. He was hospitalized overnight with a possible broken pelvis. | |||||
| 2016-03-24 | Midland | Texas | Midland Community Housing Development Organization | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee on a ladder was caulking underneath eaves when the ladder slipped and the employee fell. The employee was approximately 12 to 14 feet from the lower level at the time. The employee was hospitalized with a partially collapsed lung and fractured wrist. | |||||
| 2015-11-18 | Patton | Missouri | BBL CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were installing the top wall plate and caulking the seams of a previously erected pre-manufactured wall. One employee was in a man lift and the second employee was working from the ground. The wall fell over as a result of a sudden wind gust. The temporary supports holding the wall in place failed and the wall fell onto the man lift and struck both employees. One of the employees sustained two broken ankles and the other employee dislocated the right hip. The pre-manufactured f | |||||
| 2015-06-24 | Houston | Texas | Brother's Painting Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 26 to 30 feet |
| An employee climbed onto a pump-jack scaffold to finish some caulking work (26 feet above ground) on an apartment building. After finishing the area where he was caulking, he attempted to climb down from the pump-jack scaffold by placing his feet on the top safety rail of a third floor balcony guardrail. The safety guard rails were two temporary balcony guardrails made up of 2 X 4's placed across the balcony's edge. The top safety rail collapsed, and the employee fell to the ground between the | |||||
| 2015-06-23 | Orlando | Florida | Alpha Insulation & Water Proofing Company | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was climbing a ladder with a caulking gun, lost his footing, and fell six feet injuring the right ankle and the left elbow. The ankle injury required surgery. | |||||
| 2015-05-06 | Bessemer | Alabama | KLH, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee fell off of a 10-foot roof. The employee had used a ladder to access the roof and was applying caulking around the chimney. The employee fractured the left wrist and left ankle and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-03-06 | Bedford | Texas | Chamberlain Dallas, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was caulking a commerical building and fell off a ladder approximately 15 feet. The employee sustained injuries such as a fractured left ankle, wrist, and right tibia. | |||||