Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-17	Commerce	Ga	Wiz Tech, Inc.	Cheek(s)	Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
Two employees were handling a metal piping tool. The tool shifted and struck one of them on the right side of his face. He suffered an injury to the cheekbone and was hospitalized.
2021-11-10	Chicago	Il	Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was closing a latch from a fixed ladder. The employee fell from the ladder; her head struck the floor and she suffered a broken cheekbone, a broken foot, and a head laceration.
2021-11-10	Estero	Fl	Koh Knox Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
On November 10, 2021, an employee was approaching a ladder to climb down from a two-story roof. The employee fell from the roof to the ground, suffering a broken femur and cheekbone. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-11-01	Fort Worth	Tx	Thornton Steel Company, LLC	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
The injured employee was helping to unload metal tubes from a trailer. A co-worker was operating an overhead crane to lift a bundle of tubes. The load started to go sideways instead of in a straight line. As a result, the injured employee took a step backward and fell to the ground, sustaining two fractured ribs, a fractured right cheekbone, and a concussion.
2021-10-27	Madison	Wi	TruGreen Lawn Care	Multiple head locations	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
Two employees were repairing a latch on a roll-up door. The door came down on one employee's head, causing fractures to the skull, an eye socket, and a cheekbone. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-10-26	Berthoud	Co	Prairie Construction LLC	Head and trunk	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
An employee was constructing stairs from the second level of a residential home to the third level when the stringer broke and they fell 15 feet to the ground, resulting in broken ribs and a broken cheek bone.
2021-10-25	New York	Ny	Consolidated Edison Inc.	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was performing an activity on a breaker when an arc flash occurred, resulting in burns to the right cheek, right arm, and left forearm.
2021-10-20	Union	Nj	Central Jersey Sales and Services	Multiple face locations	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was filling a pipe with water and air when the pipe exploded in his face, resulting in lacerations to the face and cheeks.
2021-10-15	Lima	Oh	CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, INC	Multiple body parts	Struck by discharged object or substance
On October 15, 2021, an employee was standing about 8-10 feet behind the operator of a water lance, being used to clean the tubing of a fin fan bank. The lance came out of the unit and a burst of water lacerated the employee's left hand and left cheek.
2021-10-01	Columbus	Oh	WF Automotive of Columbus, LLC	Multiple face locations	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was assisting a co-worker in removing the center bolt from the strut cap of a strut/spring assembly while the assembly was mounted and compressed on a spring compressor tool. When the bolt was free, the strut cap flew up and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a fractured septum and cheekbone, as well as a laceration on the upper-left cheek.
2021-09-27	Texarkana	Ar	Cooper Tire Rubber Company	Multiple face locations	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was driving a tugger, connected to a full tread cart, down an aisle. The front right corner of the cart contacted the blunt end of a guardrail. The tugger turned sharply and stopped, causing the employee to fall off and strike his face on the guardrail. He suffered fractures to the cheek and around the eye.
2021-09-27	Galena Park	Tx	World Energy Biox Biofuels	Multiple face locations	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was on top of a tanker trailer, trying to vent the truck for loading. When the employee released the camlock fitting, the cap blew off and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a broken nose, a fractured orbit, and a laceration to the cheek.
2021-09-24	Timnath	Co	HALL-IRWIN CORPORATION	Multiple face locations	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was removing a pin from an excavator arm. The arm shifted laterally when the pin was released, causing the pin ram to swing and strike the employee's cheek and jaw. The employee suffered broken cheek and jaw bones.
2021-09-03	Arlington	Tx	Central Conveyor Company, LLC	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was replacing a broken hasp on a gang box. Combustible vapor from a 10-cubic-foot low-pressure acetylene cylinder in the box ignited. The employee suffered multiple burns, a head laceration, and a fractured arm, cheek and nose.
2021-08-25	Oakwood	Ga	PRIMEX PLASTICS CORPORATION	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
On August 25, 2021, an employee was standing on a platform next to an extruding line when hot plastic was expelled from the line during startup. It landed on the employee's cheek, ear, and forearm, burning the skin.
2021-08-10	Houston	Tx	WILLIAMS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.	Cheek(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving a dozer when it went over a 5-foot embankment. A grab bar over the controls struck the employee, who suffered a broken right-side cheekbone and a head contusion.
2021-08-05	Lowville	Ny	QubicaAMF Worldwide, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working on a cheek plate line making bowling pins. The employee tried to grab a falling bowling pin when a moving chain contacted their left hand, resulting in amputation of the ring finger down to the first knuckle.
2021-08-03	Kismet	Ks	Kansas - Smith Farms LLC	Cheek(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was flushing a tank. The handle slipped out of her hand and hit the left side of her face, breaking her cheekbone and lacerating her cheek.
2021-07-30	Fort Myers	Fl	Sims Crane & Equipment Co.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was on a straight ladder gathering equipment to be used at a jobsite. When they began descending the ladder, they fell 8 feet from the ladder to the ground below, resulting in fractured wrists, a fractured cheekbone, and a laceration on their hand.
2021-06-24	Longwood	Fl	Sunrun	Cheek(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
On June 24, 2021, an employee was pulling wires through the conduit in an attic when he stepped off a rafter and fell 8 feet through the sheetrock ceiling onto the garage floor. The employee suffered a facture to his cheek bone and was admitted to the hospital.
2021-05-28	Caldwell	Tx	Bassler Energy Services	Nonclassifiable	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
A crew of three Bassler Energy Services employees were about to clean out a heater treater vessel bottom. The vessel had been depressurized and its contents had been evacuated below the manway. When the crew opened the vessel to begin pressure-washing the manway face, fumes ignited and the resulting flash fire burned two of them. One suffered burns to the face, cheeks, and neck; the other suffered burns to the hands. One employee was hospitalized.
2021-05-18	Grand Island	Ne	CHIEF CONSTRUCTION	Cheek(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
An employee was replacing a roof panel. The employee fell through a hole to the ground and some boxes 20 feet below, suffering a broken cheekbone and lacerations.
2021-05-18	Tampa	Fl	EnviroWaste Services Group	Multiple face locations	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was cleaning lines when water pressure caused a hose to burst. He was struck on the face, suffering a cheek fracture and cuts from his broken safety glasses, as well as a retinal detachment and bruises to a cornea.
2021-04-08	Marysville	Ks	Landoll Corporation	Cheek(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was pulling parts to fulfill a customer order in the parts department. While utilizing a Work-Assist Vehicle (WAV) to pull two 89-lbs. axles, the remaining axles in inventory shifted. One axle rolled forward and struck the employee in the face. The employee sustained a fractured cheek bone.
2021-04-07	Port Aransas	Tx	Gulf Stream Marine, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was removing a chain binder that was used to secure cargo to a vessel. While working to free the handle of the tension binder from the deck plate using the handle of another binder, the binder suddenly released and struck the employee on the left side of his face and on the right thumb. The employee sustained a fractured right thumb and a laceration on the left cheek.
2021-03-16	Forest Park	Ga	Inhance Technologies, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
The employee was disconnecting old equipment and installing new equipment when he was exposed to hydrogen fluoride. He suffered chemical burns to the left arm and light burns to his left cheek and eye.
2021-03-03	Bensalem	Pa	ToyotaLift Northeast	Multiple head locations	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was working on a forklift fuel system when the fuel ignited. The employee suffered second degree burns to the ear, cheek, and lips.
2021-02-24	Watonga	Ok	Cyclone Drilling Inc.	Cheek(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was standing in front of a heater, watching a casing being floated into a hole to seal it. A ball valve failed and burst apart, fracturing the employee's cheekbone and lacerating his cheek.
2020-10-07	Champaign	Il	Timothy J Braker	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
On October 7, 2020, an employee was descending an extension ladder from the second floor and fell to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis, two fractured wrists and a left orbital cheek fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-10-06	Spring Branch	Tx	Urban Concrete Contractors, Ltd	Hip(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
An employee fell approximately 16 feet through a plastic skylight panel on the roof and landed on the concrete ground. The employee sustained a fractured right hip and injuries in the right cheek and wrist.
2020-09-23	Stevenson	Al	Westrock CP, LLC	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Employee 1 was replacing a bucket (480-volt breaker) while Employee 2 was observing from outside the arc flash boundary (36"). Employee 1 completed the work and was closing the door when an arc flash occurred. Employee 2 sustained first degree burns on the forehead and cheek and first and second degree burns to the hand. Employee 2 was hospitalized. Employee 1 was not injured.
2020-09-19	Galveston	Tx	Savage Services	Cheek(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was removing hot sulfur slugs and sulfur splashed onto his face. The employee sustained a second degree thermal burn on his cheek.
2020-09-08	Middleburg	Fl	Leware Construction Company of Florida, Inc	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was working with a crane when a bolt broke and the cheek plate fell off and struck his left leg. His leg was fractured in two places and required surgery and hospitalization.
2020-08-19	Newport	Ar	Ecosystems Protection SVC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
At 1:45 p.m. on August 19, 2020, two employees were putting a highway sign on a flatbed truck. The wind blew the sign, knocking one of the employees off the truck. The back of his head struck the curb. He suffered lacerations to the back of the head, a laceration near his left cheek, a broken forearm, and a concussion. He was hospitalized.
2020-07-30	Greeley	Colorado	Connell Resources, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a demo saw to cut pipe. The saw kicked back, striking him in the face and breaking his nose and cheekbone.
2020-07-28	Thorp	Wisconsin	THORP EQUIPMENT, INC.	Cheek(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On July 28, 2020, an employee was moving a piece of steel on his workbench. The steel shifted and struck him in the face, lacerating his cheek.
2020-07-28	Anniston	Alabama	Bates Engineers/Contractors, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Struck by falling object or equipment
Two employees were removing interior metal liner wall panels two at a time, leaning them against the wall, and then lowering them to the ground to be stacked. Each panel is 3' wide x 18' 6" long, and weighs approximately 30 to 35 pounds. Two panels were leaning against the wall. The employees lowered the first panel to the floor and were about to stack it, when the second panel fell and hit the injured employee’s hard hat and cut his nose and cheek. The injured employee was hospitalized.
2020-07-01	Machesney Park	Illinois	Hennig, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a weld out of a roof panel when the cutting wheel became pinched between two sections of metal. The grinder spun and kicked back toward the employee, its disk striking her in the face. She suffered a laceration across the nose and on both cheeks.
2020-06-29	Nokomis	Florida	Reyes Family Construction Corp.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee was laying down trusses. The employee fell from the trusses to a concrete slab, suffering a broken skull, three broken ribs, and fractures to a cheekbone and an eye socket.
2020-06-23	Elkhorn	Nebraska	Atlas Steel Erection	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
An employee installing a metal roof deck fell through an opening in the roof approximately 26 feet to the concrete ground. The employee sustained fractures to the left leg, left arm, pelvis, and cheek bone.
2020-06-06	Dwight	Illinois	LSC Communications US, LLC	Multiple face locations	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An LSC Communications security guard was performing security checks throughout the facility while operating a three-wheeled electric cart. The cart struck a vertical steel I-beam, causing the employee to continue forward and contact the edge of the I-beam and then fall to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations on the forehead and nose, and fractures to the forehead and right cheek bone.
2020-05-23	Dade City	Florida	Publix Supermarkets, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
An employee was leveling product on a store shelf when an errant vehicle crashed through the front of the store. The vehicle struck the employee on the right side of his body. He suffered broken bones in the right cheek, the loss of several teeth, and a right arm laceration that required stitches.
2020-05-13	Watertown	Massachusett	TMC Transportation, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a flatbed trailer, suffering right facial fractures, a cervical spine fracture, a right cheek abrasion, a forehead laceration, and paralysis.
2020-05-12	Vestal	New York	Economy Paving Company, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was holding/monitoring the purging "pigging" of a concrete pumping hose after testing. The hose began flailing and struck the employee in the face, causing face, jaw, cheek, and nose injuries/lacerations. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-04-28	Claymont	Delaware	Honeywell	Multiple face locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
At about 1:00 p.m. on April 28, 2020, an employee was checking a sulfuric acid railcar to ensure that it was empty before it was sent offsite for cleaning and decommissioning. The employee loosened the railcar's dip tube cap with a pipe wrench, then removed it. Residual pressure in the railcar sprayed about 4 pounds of acid into the employee's face, causing chemical burns to the employee's forehead, cheeks and nose.
2020-04-16	Rogers	Arkansas	Tyson Foods, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c.
An employee was sitting in the break room when another employee walked over and threw hot soup into the employee's face. The employee suffered burns to the left and right eyes, left cheek, and right nostril.
2020-04-14	Decatur	Illinois	Kroger Limited Partnership	Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On April 14, 2020, an employee was retrieving produce from a walk-in cooler. The employee tripped on a pallet and fell forward onto the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured nose and contusions to the cheek and forehead.
2020-03-06	Saraland	Alabama	Allied Steel Corporation, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Struck by discharged object or substance
A temporary employee was using a sandblaster to prepare steel product for painting. The employee lost control of the sandblaster and sandblasting material struck the employee's face and eyes. The employee sustained abrasions to the left side of the face (cheek and forehead).
2020-02-26	Shullsburg	Wisconsin	White Hill Cheese Company, LLC	Multiple face locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A maintenance employee entered the cheese molding cell after de-activating it to troubleshoot the equipment. When the equipment was re-activated, the cheese lid armature moved and struck the maintenance employee on the face causing a laceration from the forehead to the lower cheek that required surgery.
2020-02-13	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Stephen F Peters Inc	Multiple face locations	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was on a scaffold, using a gas-powered saw to cut out a lintel. The saw caught on something and kicked back, striking the employee in the right cheek. The employee suffered lacerations from the cheek to the top of the nose.
2020-02-03	Hodgkins	Illinois	UPS	Cheek(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a bollard on ground level while walking and suffered a facial injury to the right cheek.
2020-01-02	Merritt Island	Florida	JMAK Roofing Inc	Cheek(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was getting on a ladder to come down from a metal roof. The ladder slipped and fell from under him, and he fell to the ground. His cheekbone was broken.
2019-09-23	Florham Park	New Jersey	Precise Services Corporation	Multiple head locations	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was removing an excavator bucket pin with a crowbar. The crowbar slipped and struck the employee, who fell and suffered a cut on the right side of his face, a broken nose, a possible broken right upper cheek, sore neck muscles, and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-09-17	Atlanta	Georgia	REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on an A-frame ladder changing a light bulb. When he started to dismount, he shifted his weight and the ladder slid out from under him. He impacted the tile floor and suffered a broken right arm, three fractured ribs, a broken collarbone, a broken cheek bone, and a broken eye socket.
2019-09-11	Harmony	Pennsylvania	American Made, LLC	Face	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a ratchet to tighten banding on a cart. The ratchet slipped and struck the employee's left cheek and eye area, causing facial fractures and lacerations above and below the eye.
2019-08-31	Jacksonville	Florida	Kraft Heinz Foods Company LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On August 31, 2019, an employee was guiding a roll of film into a pizza sauce machine that was being lowered with an overhead hoist when the employee's hand was caught between the film roll shaft and the cradle of the pizza sauce machine. The employee pulled her hand back and received an amputation of the right index fingertip. The unbalanced film roll struck her on the right side of her face between the nose and cheek, causing blunt trauma to the face. She was hospitalized.
2019-08-22	Cartersville	Georgia	Shaw Industries Group, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee had been trying to clear a clogged drain with drain cleaner. As the employee was using compressed air to clear the drain, the drain cleaner sprayed out and caused second-degree burns to his cheek, nose and forehead.
2019-08-20	Canton	Ohio	CANTON DROP FORGE INC.	Multiple head locations	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was removing flash from a forged product using a long rod. The forge operator did not see the wand while it was within the press, cycled the hammer, and struck the wand. The wand then flew upwards, striking the employee in the right side of his face and resulting in a fractured jaw and cheek bone. The employee fell backwards and struck his head, resulting in a skull fracture.
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
2019-06-27	Arlington Heights	Illinois	MARTAM CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Head, neck, and trunk	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting lumber with a cut-off saw when it kicked back and lacerated the employee from the cheek to the chest.
2019-06-25	Kerens	Texas	Southland Contracting, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Struck by discharged or flying object
An employee was attempting to remove a metal wedge from a tall tunnel boring machine when pressure from the equipment caused the wedge to strike the employee's face, injuring the right cheek and nose.
2019-06-17	North Kansas City	Missouri	Maverick Transportation LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was tarping a truck load and applying plastic between the load and the tarp. The employee became tangled in the plastic and slipped from the trailer, hitting the ground. The employee suffered two broken wrists, a broken left cheekbone, and eye socket damage.
2019-05-07	Jacksonville	Florida	Total Wrecking and Environmental, LLC	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A temporary employee had been cutting a section of a catwalk with a torch. After completing the cutting, the catwalk made a twisting motion and caused a light pole on the far end of the catwalk to fall and strike the employee. The employee sustained a puncture wound to his left upper cheek and a laceration on his back and was hospitalized due to symptoms of a concussion.
2019-04-29	Belleville	Illinois	HANK'S EXCAVATING & LANDSCAPING, INC.	Cheek(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
On 4/29/2019, an employee was conducting landscaping operations at a street corner. He pushed a tree branch out of his way, and it snapped back and struck his face. A splinter pierced the left upper cheek just below the eye. Safety glasses were worn at the time.
2019-04-03	Rowlett	Texas	Brookway Horticultrural Services	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was on a riding lawn mower when it tipped over into an embankment. The lawn mower fell on top of him resulting in collapsed lungs, fractures to the wrist, ribs, collar bone, shoulder blade, and cheek bone as well as cuts to the left ear and wrist.
2019-04-01	Sarasota	Florida	EZL Corp	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was working at the eave of a roof when rotten wood in the fascia, decking, and trusses gave out, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a laceration to the right cheek and a broken bone in the right shoulder.
2019-04-01	Hialeah	Florida	CARL F. EWIG INCORPORATED	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was unloading cardboard from a flatbed truck when the employee missed a step and fell to the cement floor, injuring the right cheek and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-03-26	Wellsville	New York	NYSARC, Inc./Allegany County Chapter	Multiple head locations	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was attempting to perform physical intervention techniques on an agitated individual in a bus seat while other employees were calming the agitated individual. The agitated individual head-butted the employee, who was hospitalized with a concussion, fractured nose, and bruising to the lip/cheek.
2019-02-19	Duncanville	Texas	Red Lobster	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped in a kitchen and fell to the floor, striking his face and hand. He was hospitalized, having suffered lacerations requiring sutures, a concussion, and a cheekbone injury that required surgery.
2019-02-04	Saint Joseph	Missouri	M CON	Cheek(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was pulling pipe from a hole using a drill machine. A weld broke and the pipe struck the employee's face breaking the right cheek bone.
2019-02-01	Great Bend	Kansas	The Great Bend Cooperative Inc.	Cheek(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off an application spreader rig while washing a window and struck the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured cheek bone.
2019-01-29	Sanford	Florida	IRBY Construction Company	Ear(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was installing a steel band to a pole when the band became loose and one side hit an energized conductor. An arc flash occurred, causing first degree burns to the employee's cheeks and neck and second degree burns to both ears.
2018-09-11	Rochester Mills	Pennsylvania	Penn Line Corporation Inc.	Lumbar region	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was operating a boom in a bucket truck. One outrigger of the truck was placed on the pavement and the other outrigger of the truck was on soft ground. The outrigger that was on soft ground sunk into the ground and caused the truck to roll and the weight to shift on the truck. The employee and bucket then fell to the ground. The employee suffered L1 and L2 vertebrae fractures and a right cheek laceration. Fall protection was worn at the time of the incident.
2018-09-07	Richardson	Texas	Shermco Industries, Inc.	Hand(s) and wrist(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee had set down an electrical breaker box inside a motor control center he was preparing to replace the breaker in. He turned to walk away and an electrical arc flashed out of the open door of the cabinet, burning his palms and wrist and causing a slight burn to his right cheek.
2018-09-04	Golden	Colorado	Dakota Drilling Inc	Cheek(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee at a water line drilling site was struck by a hose when its fitting broke at the threads. The hose broke the employee's cheekbones.
2018-08-28	Bellville	Texas	Marek Brothers Company	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was bringing trash down a stairwell when he stumbled and fell down five steps, landing on his head. He suffered bleeding in the brain, a fractured cheekbone, and swelling on the right side of his head and eye.
2018-08-28	Anniston	Alabama	Defense Logistics Agency, Distribution Anniston	Cheek(s)	Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was opening a wooden crate with a rubber-handled claw hammer when his hands slipped off the hammer handle and the rubber end of the hammer struck his face. He suffered a left cheek laceration.
2018-08-24	Marshall	Missouri	CORESLAB STRUCTURES, INC	Cheek(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
A crew was stretching a strand that was part of a concrete product when the strand broke and punctured the injured employee's left cheek area.
2018-06-29	Kansas City	Kansas	Consolidated Container Company LLC	Multiple face locations	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A forklift was transporting two stacked intermediate bulk containers (IBC) which are plastic containers in a metal cage. The IBC containers fell off the forklift and struck the injured employee in the face causing a fracture to the left cheek and nose.
2018-06-26	Providence	Rhode Island	LMG Rhode Island Holdings Inc.	Cheek(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a mobile ladder stand clearing a stacker transfer when she slipped and fell, striking her face on the concrete floor. She suffered a fractured cheekbone.
2018-06-06	Cartersville	Georgia	Fluor Corporation	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Employees were raising a structural steel beam (L 27' x W 24" x 104") when it fell striking the injured employee. They were lifting the beam using a beam clamp and a crane to orient it to slide in place to be bolted up. The injured employee's lower left leg was amputated. The employee also sustained serious injuries to the right leg, a bruised hand and a possible fractured cheekbone.
2018-05-22	Charleston	West Virgini	Mountain State Pipeline & Excavating LLC	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On May 22, 2018, at approximately 8:40 a.m., an employee was in the enclosed cab of an excavator preparing the ground for the installation of a silt fence. While the employee was digging around the base of a dead oak tree, a limb broke off of the top of the tree and fell onto the cab of the excavator. The limb shattered the glass sunroof, and the employee was struck by glass and broken limbs. The employee was hospitalized for a skin graph to the right index finger, cut on the head and cheek, an
2018-05-04	Columbus	Ohio	Superior Production LLC	Cheek(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On May 4, 2018, an employee was carrying a bumper to set it on a conveyor when the bumper slipped and severely lacerated his left cheek.
2018-05-01	Fort Collins	Colorado	Transpro Inc	Cheek(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was walking through the shop when she stopped to watch a mechanic doing maintenance on a truck. The mechanic was changing the rear spring axle on the front of the vehicle. The bottle jack was keeping the spring open to pull out the pins. As the mechanic was tapping the pins out, the bottle jack shifted and shot out, hitting the employee and injuring her right cheek.
2018-05-01	Cape Coral	Florida	PRINCE LAND, INC.	Cheek(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting a piece of iron pipe with a chop saw when the saw kicked back and lacerated his left cheek, requiring stitches.
2018-04-28	Kermit	Texas	Cactus Drilling Company	Multiple face locations	Contact with objects and equipment
A crew was installing a top drive track during a rig move when it became hung up on a girt. The top drive track was freed and whipped, striking an employee in the head. The employee suffered broken right cheek bones, a broken jaw bone, and a right shoulder injury.
2018-04-25	New York	New York	Safeway Construction Enterprises, Inc. aka SCE	Multiple face locations	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was tightening a screw cap on a pipe when the cap broke loose and struck the employee's face, breaking bones in the cheek and below the eye. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-04-11	Booker	Texas	Preferred Beef Group, LP	Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was sorting carcasses when one of the carcasses became caught. The employee turned off the chain and was attempting to free the carcass when the guide bar came off and struck the employee across the bridge of the nose and cheekbone. The employee's nose was shattered.
2018-03-16	Omaha	Nebraska	Spectrum America SCS	Head and neck	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a metal A-frame ladder moving conduit above a false ceiling and fell off the ladder fracturing his cheek and neck.
2018-03-07	Houston	Texas	Francisco Miranda	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
An employee was replacing shingles and roofing paper on a residential home when he tripped on the roofing paper and fell about 15 to 20 feet through a skylight cutout hole to the concrete floor. He injured his head and fractured his nose, cheekbones, neck, and right arm.
2018-03-02	Pooler	Georgia	Tyson & Sons, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was cutting into an excavated PVC waterline with a pipe saw when the PVC pipe shattered under pressure. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the forearm and cheekbone and lacerations to the face and neck.
2018-02-26	Clearwater	Florida	Hammer Haag Steel, Inc.	Cheek(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was bending a 1/2-inch thick piece of stainless steel on a mechanical press when the steel broke and flew through the air, striking and lacerating his right cheek.
2018-02-21	Corpus Christi	Texas	Brock Services, LLC	Multiple body parts	Fire
An employee was standing in an area where paint was stored, when a flash fire occurred. The employee suffered flash burns to her torso, arms, legs, and cheeks.
2018-01-14	Fern Park	Florida	Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc	Arm(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was moving from behind a counter when he slipped or tripped and fell into a shelf, breaking both arms and lacerating his lip and cheek.
2018-01-10	Reserve	Louisiana	DSC Dredge, LLC	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A winch drum was sitting on top of a piece of angle iron to keep it elevated. An employee was laying beneath the angle iron, blowing sand off the drum to prep for painting. He then used the drum to pull himself up from the ground. One side of the drum shifted and fell on him, lacerating his left cheek, right thumb, and behind his right ear and breaking his jawbone and right thumb.
2018-01-09	Elkhorn	Nebraska	Omaha Door and Window	Cheek(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was replacing the bottom seal on a garage door. When he removed a roller, tension on the door caused it to fling up. The bottom section of the door struck his face, fracturing his cheekbone.
2017-10-09	Mead	Nebraska	AG Group Resources LLC	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was kneeling on the ground putting bolts on a rafter while a second metal rafter was leaning on a secured larger rafter section. A gust of wind blew the leaning metal rafter onto the employee, pinning him between the rafter on the ground and the rafter that fell on top of him. He suffered a facial laceration, broken foot, and broken cheek bones.
2017-10-04	Gettysburg	Pennsylvania	Donald B Smith Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall to lower level
On October 4, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., an employee was using a tape measurer to measure a warehouse roof vent hole where the vent cover structure had been removed to place decking material. The tape measurer then fell onto the retrofitted drywall vent cover. The employee was trying to recover the tape measurer when the drywall collapsed and he fell 28 feet to the floor of the warehouse, fracturing his right hip, left foot, right cheek, and lumbar spine. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2017-10-01	Broken Bow	Oklahoma	Huber Engineered Woods	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was exiting a vehicle when the vehicle rolled back on the employee resulting in fractured ribs, punctured lungs and a fractured cheek bone.
2017-09-18	New York	New York	Bass Electrical	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was running wires via an electrical panel to provide temporary lights when a ground wire touched the panel's line terminal and created a spark. The spark burned the employee's right elbow and left cheek.