| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-14 | San Antonio | Tx | CRAM ROOFING COMPANY, INC. | Upper arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| And employee was removing a corrugated metal roof panel with a claw hammer and chisel. A metal shard shot from the hammer and punctured the employee's upper arm. | |||||
| 2021-07-17 | Marinette | Wi | Waupaca Foundry, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was removing slag from the walls of a receiver with a chipping hammer. The employee was caught between a hot metal carrier ladle and chisel bits and suffered a crushing injury to the torso that resulted in a lacerated liver. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-06-25 | Springfield | Oh | Bryce Hill, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using a hammer and chisel to knock out the pin of a hydraulic cylinder on a backhoe when the arm of the backhoe fell approximately 1/2" and caught the employee's left little finger. The employee suffered an amputation of the left little finger at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-02-18 | Washington | Ga | Yancey Bros. Co. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a chisel and hammer to separate and remove a bearing in the axle of a road scraper machine. One of the tools struck his left thumb, resulting in the partial amputation of the thumb tip at the end of the nail. | |||||
| 2020-09-02 | Greencastle | Pa | Antrim Diesel Service Inc | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was replacing a bearing. The employee was using an air chisel to help remove the bearing from the brace when a piece of metal broke off and struck the employee's right eye. | |||||
| 2020-01-15 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | The Marcus Corporation | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a hammer and chisel to remove some floor tiling when a piece of tile went under the employee's safety glasses and into the eye, lacerating it and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2019-09-13 | Birdsboro | Pennsylvania | Reitnouer, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was trying to separate two wheel wells with a chisel and a mallet. The wheel wells came back and struck the employee's finger, causing a split finger and an amputation. | |||||
| 2019-07-30 | Chippewa Falls | Wisconsin | GREAT NORTHERN CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| On July 30, 2019, an employee was scraping varnish away from a blade with a chisel. The chisel slipped off the blade and the employee sustained a tissue amputation to the right index finger that required sutures. | |||||
| 2019-07-10 | Wilmington | Delaware | Contractors Materials | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was changing a tooth on the bucket of an excavator. He was using a hammer and chisel to remove the tooth when a piece of the tooth fragmented and struck him on the left wrist and in the stomach. The employee sustained an internal injury to the stomach resulting in surgery. | |||||
| 2019-02-13 | Saint Petersburg | Florida | Dicks Sporting Goods | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was adjusting a bicycle's rear gear assembly. The employee's chisel tool slipped and lacerated the employee's left middle finger, causing an amputation to the fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-01-28 | Macon | Georgia | Fair Masonry, LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was working from a scaffold chiseling mortar. As the employee set his tools down onto the walk boards between two outriggers, the walk boards gave way and the employee fell feet first to the ground below. The employee suffered a broken ankle and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-04 | Charleston | South Caroli | Container Maintenance Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was adjusting the pin lock on a chassis that had a container that was not sitting flush to it. The employee struck the pin multiple times with a hammer in the left hand and chisel in the right hand. On the last swing of the hammer, the chisel hit the pin and then slipped, sending the employee's right ring finger under the container as it fell flush to the chassis. The employee's right ring finger was crushed between the chassis and container, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-07-19 | Browntown | Wisconsin | Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries LLC | Head and neck | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| A employee was attempting to chisel through a tuyere on a cupola melt deck that had started to solidify. When he created a hole through the chilled iron, molten iron exploded out of the tuyere and struck him on the right side of his face and neck. As he moved out of the way, he tripped over a water pipe on the deck; he fell, striking his head on the metal deck and losing consciousness. | |||||
| 2017-09-08 | La Villa | Texas | Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a pneumatic chisel to dig though asphalt when the chisel became stuck. He was trying to unstick it when the chisel came loose and caught his right pinky finger between it and the wall, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-07-19 | Dover | Delaware | George & Lynch, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a small air-driven chisel to remove hardened asphalt from the conveyor slats of a hot mix asphalt transfer device when a piece of asphalt flew into his right eye. | |||||
| 2017-06-23 | Ackerman | Mississippi | Headwaters Resources, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using an air chisel to chisel coal ash from the inside of a chute when a piece of ash fell from the chute and struck the employee's left hand, causing a 3-inch laceration. | |||||
| 2017-01-19 | Athol | Idaho | SILVERWOOD, INC. | Eye(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a chisel, punch, and hammer to remove rivets from the frame of a train tender when the chisel flew loose and struck the employee's left eye, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2016-08-07 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Pacific Steel & Recycling | Upper arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a hand chisel and hammer to remove the blade from the lower pocket of the shear head. While he was driving the chisel with the hammer, a small piece of metal came off and punctured his arm 3 inches above the elbow. | |||||
| 2016-07-13 | Randolph | Ohio | East Manufacturing Corporation | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| The employee was attempting to remove a pin from a tube that is part of a dump truck's lifting mechanism with an air chisel. The pin shot out at him, striking him in the stomach area. The pin is approximately 2 inches in diameter. It did not pierce the skin, but caused bruising/internal injury. | |||||
| 2016-06-08 | Lorain | Ohio | Grafton Ready Mix | Upper arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| On or about June 8, 2016, an employee was chipping concrete inside a mixing drum using a pneumatic air chisel. The chisel malfunctioned, and the locking collar exploded, sending a piece of shrapnel into the employee's left bicep. The employee was hospitalized with a penetrative wound. | |||||
| 2015-08-19 | Skokie | Illinois | Castwell Products, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was grinding a chisel. When he placed the chisel on the work blade, the grinding wheel caught the chisel through the work rest and pulled his left thumb into the grinding wheel. His left thumb was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2015-06-24 | Green Bay | Wisconsin | Miron Construction Co., Inc | Foot (feet) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was struck by an air hammer chisel, breaking a bone in his right foot. | |||||
| 2015-03-01 | Mapleton | Illinois | Casting Cleaning Resources | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee amputated his fingertip while sharpening a chisel. | |||||