| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-02 | Fort Collins | Colorado | B&M Roofing of Colorado, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was reroofing a flat roof of a single story dwelling. The employee went to get a chalk line from the ground. He then climbed back up the ladder and knelt down on the edge of the roof to snap the chalk line. The roof gave way and he fell 8 feet 4 inches onto a pile of landscaping posts and sustained fractured ribs. The employee was wearing fall protection, but it was not connected at the time of the fall. | |||||
| 2019-01-19 | Meridian | Mississippi | STRUCTURAL STEEL SERVICES, INC. | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was sharpening a chalk stone using a 7-inch hand held grinder. The employee was struck by the grinder and sustained a laceration to the right wrist requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-09-04 | Western Springs | Illinois | Challenger Sports Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was striping lines in a soccer field. He placed a metal stake in the ground, using string as chalk. The string did not reach as far as needed and when the employee tugged on the string, the stake came out of the ground like a slingshot, striking his left bicep. The stake traveled through his arm and punctured his lung. | |||||
| 2017-06-07 | Bensalem | Pennsylvania | JAMES D MORRISEY INC | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was snapping a chalk line on the ground when he dropped the ball of string. He went to grab the ball and slipped on wet pavement, falling and fracturing his right leg. | |||||
| 2016-07-28 | York | Pennsylvania | R & R Plaster and Drywall Company, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| On or about July 28, 2016, at 7:00 a.m., an employee was on the second landing of a scaffold on the side of a building, preparing a chalk line to put a V-groove in a column. When he stood up, he became dizzy and fainted. He fell forward toward the building and onto a brick ledge, fracturing several vertebrae, his left scapula, and several left- and right-side ribs. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-07-05 | Denver | Colorado | Swissport | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was applying "chalks" behind a plane engine after the aircraft landed. The employee was blown over by a blast from the plane engine, resulting in a shoulder injury and hospitalization. | |||||