Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-29 | Hennepin | Il | Marquis Energy, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On October 29, 2021, an employee was walking through a warehouse when he slipped on polymer that was on the cement floor. The employee fell on his side and suffered a fractured left hip. | |||||
2021-10-22 | Chanute | Ks | Orizon Aero Structures | Upper arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on top of a platform. The employee took a step back and fell off the platform and sustained a midshaft fracture of the right humerus with displacement and overriding of fracture fragments. | |||||
2021-10-19 | Johnstown | Oh | Anomatic Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was adjusting part placement on a machine. The press head actuated and pinched the employee's left thumb, causing a laceration and amputation to the tip. | |||||
2021-10-12 | Naples | Fl | Aline Automotive Inc | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a cement block in a parking lot. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-01 | West Palm Beach | Fl | SERVICE ELECTRIC COMPANY | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
Employees were removing electrical cables for replacement. When one employee cut a cable, the employee was shocked in the abdominal area. | |||||
2021-09-24 | Dfw Airport | Tx | Envoy Airlines | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
An employee was driving a vehicle on airport tarmac. The vehicle struck a yellow cement pole and the employee suffered an abdominal injury. | |||||
2021-09-03 | Cleveland | Oh | Cleveland - Cliffs Cleveland Works, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
At about 2:15 p.m. on September 3, 2021, employee 1 was assisting in the placement of the jib extension back onto the cradle position for transport. Employee 1 was standing on the work platform near the crane cab. Employee 2 was at the front of the crane where the jib extension was secured to the crane itself. Employee 3 was on the ground at the front of the crane. The crane operator was inside the cab. Employee 2 attempted to free the extension from the crane itself and knocked out the remaini | |||||
2021-08-31 | Miami | Fl | A. M. Best Roofing Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a roof to the cement driveway below, suffering a broken wrist and cuts to the chin and elbow. | |||||
2021-08-30 | Fayetteville | Ga | Infinity Productions III, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was constructing a platform for a film set. The employee was standing on the platform, when he lost his footing and fell about 10 feet to the cement floor, landing on his left side. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his left arm and pelvis. | |||||
2021-08-26 | Ozark | Ar | KOSS CONSTRUCTION CO. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was unloading liquid asphalt cement from a semi-tanker. He left to retrieve a new gasket for the tanker's hose. The valve was opened while he was gone, and when he returned and removed the hose, 300-degree asphalt cement sprayed out of the connection and struck him. He suffered second-degree burns to his left and right forearm, left thigh, lower stomach, and right shin toward the ankle. | |||||
2021-08-18 | Arlington | Ma | Pantanal Construction | Multiple upper extremities locations | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was demolishing a residential garage roof. The roof collapsed to the ground and the employee fell from the roof to the cement floor of the garage, suffering two broken wrists and a broken collarbone. | |||||
2021-08-11 | Fairfield | Oh | Koch Foods of Cincinnati LLC | Hip(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a standup forklift to transport a tote of meat into a freezer. The forklift backed into a bollard and the employee fell to the cement ground, suffering a broken hip. | |||||
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. | |||||
2021-07-30 | Crest Hill | Il | Rich Products Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
On July 30, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., an employee was removing a hose and the stainless steel hardline for a positive displacement pump when their left middle finger caught on a blade in the pump, resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2021-07-30 | San Antonio | Tx | Hansco Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a 6-foot ladder while removing debris from a ceiling. A piece of cement fell from the ceiling and the employee lost his balance and fell off the ladder, resulting in broken ribs and an injured wrist. | |||||
2021-07-21 | Henderson | Co | Liberty Oilfield Services | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
A mechanic was on top of the HHP in Bay 1 drilling out broken bolts. Another operator was running the overhead crane using a handheld remote, moving it from the south side of the HHP to the north side to pick up a fluid end. As the crane moved over the top of the HHP, it struck the mechanic, knocking him off the HHP onto the cement floor of the shop 13 feet below. The injured employee was hospitalized for broken ribs, a sprained wrist and stitches to the face. | |||||
2021-06-09 | San Antonio | Tx | SAN ANTONIO LATH AND PLASTERING | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's right hand was caught in a rotating cement mixer. Two of the employee's fingers were amputated. | |||||
2021-06-08 | Clark | Nj | Kerry Ingredients & Flavours, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a positive displacement pump. As he was checking for oil on the hose, his finger contacted the shear of the pump and he suffered an amputation. | |||||
2021-05-19 | Conroe | Tx | Rock Solid Precast, LP | Brain | Fall on same level |
An employee was using a power washer to clean a cement mixer. He fell, hitting his head on the way to the ground and suffering a head laceration and a concussion. | |||||
2021-05-19 | Grand Forks | Nd | J. R. Simplot 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 powered industrial truck (PIT) to the charging station and struck a cement reinforcement barrier. The employee was pinned between the PIT and the cement reinforcement barrier, resulting in the amputation of their lower left leg. | |||||
2021-05-14 | Mcalester | Ok | Walmart | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was unloading a truck and crushed their left ring finger between the line and cement bollard resulting in amputation. | |||||
2021-05-13 | Mena | Ar | Nidec Motor Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employees were removing dies from a press. The injured employee was guiding a suspended die set by hand to ensure proper placement on the skid when the employee's gloved fingertips were pinched between the upper and lower dies of the blanket die set as it was lowered by a hoist onto a skid. The employee's left middle and ring fingertips were amputated. | |||||
2021-05-13 | Christiansted | Vi | High Quality Concrete | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was driving a cement mixer. It flipped while turning a corner, and the cabin was flattened. The employee was pinned in the cabin and suffered a broken right hand, three broken ribs, and head lacerations. | |||||
2021-05-07 | Tampa | Fl | MarJam Supply Company, Inc. | Lumbar region | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
The injured employee was pulling a sheet rock cart loaded with 8 cement boards while another employee was pushing it. A tire went off the sidewalk and the cart was about to tip over. The injured employee slipped in "sand" trying to move out of the way and the cement boards fell on top of the employee. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and a lower back injury. | |||||
2021-04-16 | Robins A F B | Ga | Bennett Sheet Metal Works, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was working on the replacement of a metal roof when he tripped over a gutter on the flat roof and fell through the plastic cover of a skylight landing 14.5 feet below on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to a hip, the nose, and both wrists. | |||||
2021-04-15 | Hampton Bays | Ny | Eastern L.I. Contracting Corp. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
Employees were using gas-powered tools in the basement to cut a cement floor. One employee was found unconscious. A second employee suffered dizziness, difficulty breathing, and headaches. Both employees were hospitalized due to exposure to carbon monoxide. | |||||
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. | |||||
2021-03-24 | Winter Haven | Fl | Charter Communications | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was on an extension ladder working on cable lines. While descending the ladder to retrieve the replacement section of coaxial cable, the existing/defective cable broke, causing the extension ladder to move and the employee fell approximately 16 feet from the ladder to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized for blunt force trauma to his ribs and the back of his head. | |||||
2021-03-10 | Jasper | Tx | Coburn Supply Company, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was using a manlift to pull products from a shelf. He fell from the manlift to the cement floor about 9 feet below, suffering fractures to the pelvis and shoulder. | |||||
2021-02-16 | Kent | Tx | Chevron USA | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice while walking from a gravel surface to a cement one. The employee fell down, suffering a broken lower right leg. | |||||
2021-02-11 | Kansas City | Ks | Geiger Ready-Mix | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was moving a cement truck into the shop. He discovered that the brakes were frozen and would not release. He got a small torch and crawled under the truck to thaw out the brakes. When the brakes thawed out, the truck rolled backward, pinning the employee to the ground. He was hospitalized with internal bleeding. | |||||
2021-02-04 | Baltimore | Md | U.S. Marshals Service/ US DOJ | Multiple body parts | Shooting by other person-intentional |
A law enforcement officer was serving an arrest warrant when his team was fired upon, resulting in gunshot wounds to the left arm and chest that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Houston | Tx | Prism Response LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was approaching a debris pile in a skid steer. A piece of debris (containing brick, cement, and rebar) was thrown into the pile from the second floor and struck the employee's left leg. He suffered fractures to the lower leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-16 | Columbus | Ne | Alpha Media | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was doing a live broadcast at a car wash when she tripped on a cement junction box and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a nosebleed, a small cut on her nose, and a broken elbow. | |||||
2021-01-05 | Washington | Dc | Vulcan Materials Company | Ankle(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was standing next to the passenger side of a cement truck when the truck moved and rolled over the employee's left leg resulting in a broken ankle. | |||||
2021-01-05 | Lewisville | Tx | Bobcat of North Texas | Foot (feet) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
A service technician was inspecting a skid steer that had been brought in for repairs to its hydraulic system and track replacement. While inspecting the unit for leaks, the machine began to roll backward onto the employee's right leg breaking their right foot. The unit was running at the time. | |||||
2020-10-19 | Pass Christian | Ms | Gulf Coast Prestress | Ankle(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a concrete transport vehicle in the company yard. While making a turn, the wet cement shifted causing the vehicle to overturn. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left ankle. | |||||
2020-09-29 | Wilmington | De | RMG Erectors & Constructors, LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was standing next to a bundle of purlins, guiding the telehandler operator to establish fork placement. As the forks were entering the top section of purlins, the top bundle slid down off the lower bundle, landing on the employee's right foot and trapping the employee. The purlins continued to fall, landing on the upper part of the right leg. The employee sustained a crushing injury, puncture to the right lower extremity, and a muscular injury. | |||||
2020-09-26 | Columbus | Oh | Good Home Maintenance, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was installing cement board siding from a stepladder. The employee fell 8-9 feet from the ladder, suffering several broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
2020-09-23 | Saint Johns | Fl | Coastal Utility Constructors of Jacksonville inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On September 23, 2020, at 4:00 PM, an employee was guiding a precast cement structure that was being lifted by an excavator. The load shifted and the lifting cable caught his fingers against the cement structure. The tip of his thumb was amputated. | |||||
2020-09-21 | Middletown | Ct | Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On September 21, 2020, an employee was performing boiler maintenance and was using a 6" hand held angle grinder with a wafer cutting wheel to cut block welds in order to remove the cyclone tubes for replacement. While cutting, the cutting wheel became pinched and the grinder kicked back. The employee lost control of the grinder and sustained a laceration on his right leg above the knee that required sutures and hospitalization. | |||||
2020-09-19 | Fort Pierce | Fl | Larry Neese LLC | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
At 1:14 p.m. on September 18, 2020, an employee slipped in the asphalt cement at the edge of a roof as he stepped onto the roof from a ladder. He fell to the ground 8 feet below and suffered a broken heel. | |||||
2020-09-17 | Rochester | Ny | Elmer W Davis | Coccygeal region | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was walking on a roof and fell 14 feet through the roof to the cement floor below. The employee sustained a fractured tail bone. | |||||
2020-09-10 | Duluth | Ga | Suzanna's Kitchen, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving a stand-up forklift. The forklift crushed his left foot against a cement wall. | |||||
2020-09-03 | Saint Charles | Mo | Marten Transport | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee tripped while stepping down from his truck. He fell to the cement ground and hit his head, suffering a concussion. | |||||
2020-08-28 | Frederick | Co | TSN West, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was stepping over a guardrail when it caught his shoe, causing him to fall to the cement floor. He suffered a contusion to the left kidney, a muscle strain in his shoulder/left upper arm, and a lower back strain. | |||||
2020-08-28 | Yorkville | Il | Cemen-Tech Inc. | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was trying to repair an auger in a volumetric cement mixer when the employee fell 7 to 13 feet out of a raised bucket truck to the ground below. The employee suffered fractures to the elbow, resulting in surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2020-08-20 | Weldon Spring | Mo | BMC ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
The injured employee delivered cement to the customer and was cleaning the chute on the concrete truck in the staging area established at the site for cleaning tools. A track hoe arrived at the staging area for cleaning. The injured employee was standing between the concrete truck and track hoe and was struck in the abdomen by the track hoe bucket. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-01 | Paris | Tx | Turner Industries Group | Multiple body parts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee had just placed some timbers on a pipe stack. As he was moving away, a 16-inch by 10-foot pipe that was being stacked rolled onto the timbers past the intended placement. This caused the timbers to catapult over the pipe. One of the two timbers struck the employee on the right side as it was coming down, knocking him to the ground. He suffered fractures to the right wrist, nose, face, and skull on the right side. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-20 | Viera | Florida | Don Burrows Services, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was mixing cement using a cement mixer when he felt ill. The employee started sweating and became lethargic due to possible heat stress. | |||||
2020-07-14 | San Jose | California | U. S. Postal Service (USPS) | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On 7/14/2020, an employee on a loading dock was scanning a barcode that was attached to the rear door of a trailer. The employee lost her balance and fell 45 inches from the dock to the cement ground. The employee sustained a broken left arm, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2020-07-13 | Rockford | Illinois | AZZ Galvanizing - Rockford LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was adjusting product placement in the finished part container, which sits on the end of the quench tank. Water splashed out of the tank and landed on the employee causing second degree burns to the left arm and hand and the left side of the torso. | |||||
2020-07-08 | Christmas | Florida | Quality Labor Management, LLC. | Lower extremities | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was doing form work when concrete/cement got into his boots. He sustained chemical burns. | |||||
2020-07-02 | Spring Grove | Pennsylvania | DM Coatings Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
While climbing down a ladder at a water treatment plant, an employee fell into a 10-foot-deep pit, landing on the cement floor and suffering a head injury. | |||||
2020-06-26 | Salem | West Virgini | M Betters Construction, Inc. | Heel(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
Two employees (one driving, one a passenger) were transporting a load of steel reinforcement on a rough-terrain flatbed truck. The truck rolled down a hill and overturned. The driver suffered a broken heel and the other employee's foot was broken. | |||||
2020-06-19 | Cleveland | Texas | UNION TANK CAR COMPANY | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a ladder attached to a rail car, with the intention of inspecting a valve. The employee was on the fourth rung, slipped, and fell to the cement ground below. The employee was hospitalized with broken leg bones. | |||||
2020-06-18 | Frisco | Texas | Austin Bridge and Road | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee assisting with the placement of a deck panel had his finger pinched outside the deck panel. He sustained an amputation of the left index finger. | |||||
2020-06-15 | Fargo | North Dakota | Sanford Medical Center - Fargo | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
A mini-loader was carrying flowers to a planting area. An employee was planting flowers when the bucket of the mini-loader pinned his leg to a cement structure, resulting in a left ankle fracture. | |||||
2020-06-09 | Belton | Texas | AGE Industries | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on the tail of a truck and a dock plate to close the door. The bobtail pulled out of the dock door and the employee fell, landing on the cement about 4 feet below and suffering a dislocated knee. | |||||
2020-06-07 | New Braunfels | Texas | Austin Truck and Machinery, LLC | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking down steps when he fell to the cement ground, suffering ligament damage to his knee. | |||||
2020-05-29 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Sodexo | Thoracic region | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was moving a food cart down a cement ramp on a loading dock. She tripped and fell to the ground at the bottom of the ramp, and the cart landed (upright) on her ankle. She suffered a fractured vertebra in her back. | |||||
2020-05-14 | Englewood | Colorado | Stewart & Stevenson LLC | Prosthetic and orthopedic devices of the trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing on the step outside a truck, leaning into the cab to wire a harness, when he fell to the ground. He sustained damage to a previously implanted hip replacement, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2020-05-11 | Eastanollee | Georgia | GEM Plastics | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
After repairing an AC unit on top of a lab area, an employee was descending a ladder when the ladder brace came loose. He fell off the ladder to the ground, hitting his head on the cement floor and suffering head trauma. | |||||
2020-05-05 | Omaha | Nebraska | Tradesmen International | Leg(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
A temporary employee backed into a parked cement truck while operating a concrete buggy, resulting in contusions and lacerations to the right leg. | |||||
2020-05-01 | Sarasota | Florida | Gulf Western Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning out a cement mixer when it caught and broke his left hand. | |||||
2020-04-30 | Houston | Texas | Noe Cruz Barrera | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet |
An employee was inspecting rooms in a house under construction when he opened an elevator access door thinking it was a closet. He fell four stories down the elevator shaft to the cement floor, suffering leg and spinal fractures. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-04-27 | Arlington | Texas | Costco Wholesale | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was sanitizing shopping carts in front of a building. She fell from a cement curb, suffering injuries to her left leg. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-04-14 | Lathrop | Missouri | Blue Nile Contractors | Hip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was preparing to assist the trackhoe operator with plate placement. The employee was struck by the swing arm of the trackhoe and was then pinned between the trackhoe's bucket and a rock box. The employee sustained a broken left hip. | |||||
2020-04-07 | Lubbock | Texas | Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a water hose to add water to cement in a cement mixer. The mixer pulled in the hose and the employee's hand, and the paddles amputated his index and middle fingers. | |||||
2020-04-01 | Belvidere | New Jersey | DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS INC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped while cleaning the cement floor and broke his hip. | |||||
2020-03-26 | Columbus | Ohio | Allied Mineral Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was helping a forklift driver prepare 720-pound nose-blocks (slightly curved, cast cement blocks) for shipment when the forklift driver lowered the forks of the forklift, smashing the employee's thumb between the nose-block and the wood block and resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2020-03-26 | Marble Falls | Texas | Ross Construction Inc | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was in a 3-foot ditch, unhooking a cement curb inlet. The inlet was raised before it was completely unhooked and struck the employee, causing a back injury. | |||||
2020-03-22 | Greensburg | Kansas | SUZLON WIND ENERGY CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was conducting a service call for replacement and assembly of a windmill gear box. The employee picked up the pillow block and while setting it into place, his left middle finger was pinched between a plate hole and the stud of the nacelle bed plate main frame. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-03-20 | Austin | Texas | Prestige Contractor's Supply LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell to the cement while unloading materials. He suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-18 | Humble | Texas | Cement Construction Materials South | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was installing the third chute to dispense cement from the cement truck. The employee lost balance and grabbed the chute. The second chute then came down and pinched his fingers between the two chutes resulting in amputation of the left index and middle fingertips. | |||||
2020-02-21 | Midland | Texas | Lauren Engineers and Constructors | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee's left index fingertip was caught in a folding cement chute, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-02-18 | San Antonio | Texas | Austin Plastering Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a cement mixer when the mixer paddle struck the employee's finger, resulting in an amputation to the right index finger. | |||||
2020-02-11 | Rockton | Illinois | TAYLOR COMPANY | Multiple lower extremities locations | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was picking up parts from a plastic bin on the floor. When the employee turned around, she caught the edge of the pan with her foot, causing her to fall onto the cement floor. She landed on her left side and sustained injuries to the left tibial plateau, right ankle medial/lateral malleolus, and right metatarsal. | |||||
2020-02-11 | Seffner | Florida | H&W CEMENT, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee slipped onto a cement mixer while it was being cleaned. His right forearm was caught in the mixer and he sustained lacerations to the right arm. | |||||
2020-02-11 | Columbus | Ohio | Division 7, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall through surface or existing opening |
On February 11, 2020, an employee was carrying roof decking material into the active area of the roof deck replacement. The employee stumbled and fell through an open hole in the roof deck and landed on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the spinal cord and wrist. | |||||
2020-01-31 | Mount Joy | Pennsylvania | Esbenshade, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on a cement floor resulting in hospitalization for a hip fracture. | |||||
2020-01-23 | Natrona Heights | Pennsylvania | AV Automotive Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was working on a truck that required a steering arm replacement. The employee released the tie rod and a clip or tab flew out and hit him in the eye, puncturing his cornea. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-23 | Port Wentworth | Georgia | Tradesmen International Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A Tradesmen International employee was moving a delivery chute for a cement delivery vehicle. The chute joint caught his right index finger, causing a soft tissue amputation. | |||||
2020-01-09 | Sheboygan | Wisconsin | CSE Construction | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was laying steel columns out for future placement with another employee and a crane. When the crane lifted the column, the material started rotating. The injured employee placed his hand on the column to stabilize it and his right ring finger was pinched between the shackle and the column, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2020-01-07 | Houston | Texas | UTLX Manufacturing LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was installing a brake part on a refurbished rail car. The employee fell from a 4-foot ladder to the cement floor, suffering head injuries and losing consciousness. He was hospitalized. | |||||
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. | |||||
2019-09-18 | Boise | Idaho | Hayden Beverage Company | Foot (feet) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was changing out a 2.5-pound CO2 canister for a kombucha kegerator when the replacement canister involuntarily went off due to a gas release and flew into the employee. The canister struck the employee's right foot and split it open, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2019-09-18 | Denver | Colorado | Lundquist Associates, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working from plaster scaffolding to repair a 9-foot ceiling. The employee fell about 3.75 feet from the scaffolding to the cement floor, suffering several broken ribs, a punctured right lung, and a broken pelvis. | |||||
2019-09-13 | Aledo | Texas | Texas Materials Group | Upper and lower limb(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On September 13, 2019, at 9:50 A.M., an employee was disconnecting a hose from an asphaltic cement tanker when hot asphaltic cement material contacted and burned his hands, arms, and knees. The tanker valve was not closed at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-09-06 | Bedford Park | Illinois | Cintas | Lower leg(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was pushing a cart full of garments through a doorway. The employee then transitioned to the front of the cart to continue pulling it. As the walkway began to slope downwards, the cart caught the employee’s leg against a pallet of quick-dry cement. The employee was hospitalized with a broken tibia and fibula. | |||||
2019-08-28 | Apopka | Florida | RANDALL ENGINEERED WALL SYSTEMS, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was laying rebar and preparing to pour cement for a pre-cast wall. The employee lost consciousness while walking to the breakroom and was hospitalized for dehydration and heat related illness. | |||||
2019-08-26 | San Antonio | Texas | Indus Road and Bridge | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was climbing up the side ladder of a cement pavement machine. When he was more than halfway up, 5-6 feet from the ground, he fell to the concrete below and broke his left ankle. | |||||
2019-08-21 | Houston | Texas | ADVANCED CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS INC. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
The injured employee was directing another employee (fork truck operator) on the placement of a 12' x 8' container onto a flatbed trailer. The employee was pointing to the place on the trailer where the container needed to be in order to secure it for transport. When the injured employee moved his hand, he felt a tug on his right index finger. He observed that the tip of his right index finger had been amputated. | |||||
2019-08-19 | La Porte | Texas | METTON AMERICA | Forehead | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was attempting to use a portable concrete mixer along with two other employees when the lid of the cement mixer came off and hit the top of the employee's forehead, causing a laceration just behind the hairline. | |||||
2019-08-19 | Marblehead | Massachusett | Tower School | Jaw, chin | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off an extension ladder to the cement ground while hanging a banner and suffered a broken jaw. | |||||
2019-08-15 | Brooklyn | New York | Jen-Mar Electric Service Corp. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a 10-foot A-frame ladder, cutting steel brackets that held a wooden dock to a cement pier. One of the brackets hit the ladder and the employee fell, suffering a broken wrist. | |||||
2019-08-12 | Fort Stewart | Georgia | U.S. Dept of Defense | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee was removing a student from oncoming traffic when she broke her left ankle on a cement curb. | |||||
2019-08-07 | Flora | Illinois | Franklin Well Services LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was assisting with services related to cementing (closing) an oil well when a valve detached from the wellhead under pressure. Part of the valve hit the employee's legs, fracturing the left tibia and fibula. | |||||
2019-08-01 | Topeka | Kansas | KOSS CONSTRUCTION CO. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was cleaning cement off an end dump trailer's tailgate latch. The tailgate closed, pinching the employee's left ring finger between the gate pin and the latch and amputating the fingertip just above the nailbed. | |||||
2019-07-31 | Pasadena | Texas | SER CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS, LTD | Head and trunk | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway |
An employee was in the center of the street applying marks to the pavement for placement of reflective buttons to mark the lanes. An SUV turned onto the street at a high rate of speed. It dragged the employee before running them over with the front and rear tires. The employee sustained injuries including: an open fracture to the left pelvis; fractured right pelvis; bilateral hip fractures; fractured bones near the eye and cheek bone areas; fractured nose; bruised right lung; bruised liver; and |