Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-16 | N Attleboro | Ma | Savers | Head | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee became dizzy while cleaning and fell. Her head struck a jewelry peg and then the floor. She suffered a head contusion and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-11-15 | Canyon | Tx | Panhandle Foundation Repair | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was cleaning up a dig site and fell 3 feet into an uncovered pier hole, resulting in a broken right femur. | |||||
2021-11-15 | Sheboygan | Wi | Torginol, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a paint conveyor belt when they were pulled into the conveyor belt and 20-inch rollers. The employee was hospitalized with 11 broken ribs. | |||||
2021-11-11 | Pitts | Ga | Pitts Gin Co Inc | Head and trunk | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning up cotton from around a conveyor belt. He fell onto the belt, passed under an auger that was over the belt, and hit a metal support beam with his head. He continued down the conveyor and a piece of metal overhead struck his left eye. He suffered trauma to the eye, as well as chest fractures. | |||||
2021-11-10 | Montgomery | Al | Premier Tech | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a rotator shaft with sandpaper. The employee's gloves got caught in the rotating shaft, pulling his right hand into the machine. Two of the employee's fingers were amputated, and two were reattached. | |||||
2021-11-10 | Pittsburgh | Pa | Darden Restaurants | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cleaning a bandsaw when it amputated the tip of one of his fingers. | |||||
2021-11-10 | Erie | Pa | JTM Foods, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning an auger blade on a conveyor when the auger pulled the employee's arm into the machine and caused a partial arm amputation. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2021-11-09 | Wimauma | Fl | Surterra Florida, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a mint press machine. The rag the employee was using got tangled in the rotating tabletop and drew their finger into the press punch. The employee's right middle fingertip was struck by one of the mint press die punches, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-11-06 | Louisville | Ms | New Wood Resources, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a jam in a chipper and amputated their left index finger. | |||||
2021-11-03 | Blountsville | Al | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a piece of equipment with a vacuum hose when her index finger was caught between the vacuum hose and the piece of equipment, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-11-02 | Washington | Pa | Pleiger Plastics Company | Knee(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning a sheet casting machine when he slipped and fell into the machine. As the employee was thrown out of the machine, he hit his knee on the machine frame, causing a puncture wound. | |||||
2021-11-01 | Dallas | Tx | Start Kleen Legacy | Head | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was cleaning a drain when a thermal reaction between sodium hydroxide and hot water occurred. The employee sustained thermal and chemical burns to the head and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-11-01 | Buford | Ga | Caliber Collision Center #2301 | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
On 11/1/2021, an employee was cleaning a car when he blew compressed air across his hand and received an air embolism, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
2021-10-31 | Ballston Spa | Ny | Specialty Silicone Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a 50-inch mill with a rag. The rag got caught in a pinch point, and the employee's fingers were pulled into the mill. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingers were amputated. | |||||
2021-10-29 | Harwinton | Ct | Charter Oak Building Maintenance, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was cleaning windows while standing on a ladder when they fell off the ladder to the ground, resulting in a sprained wrist. | |||||
2021-10-27 | Lakeland | Fl | PEPPERIDGE FARM INCORPORATED | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was cleaning out the crumb tray of a dough divider machine when his finger became caught in a conveyor roller/belt. The employee sustained a broken finger and lacerations, which required stitches. | |||||
2021-10-26 | Beatrice | Ne | Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was reaching for paper towels while cleaning up when her left foot caught on a box and she fell to floor, landing on right arm and shoulder. The employee suffered a fracture of the right humerus bone. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Wellington | Ks | Scoular Company | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the interior portion of a grain bin when their foot was caught in an open sump pit where a drag was operating and their foot was fractured. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Providence | Ri | Lorac Tool LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a 150-ton machine press with compressed air. The employee's right hand was inside the point of operation when the machine was activated and crushed his right hand. The employee suffered injuries to his right hand to include fractures, lacerations, and amputation of his index and middle fingers. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Beaver Dam | Wi | Mittera Wisconsin, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a damper roller when his right hand was caught in a pinch point between rollers, resulting in a degloving that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-10-24 | Monticello | Ms | Georgia Pacific Monticello LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee suffered a broken and lacerated right thumb while cleaning wood chips from a screen room. | |||||
2021-10-23 | Hudson | Oh | Little Tikes Company | Ankle(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a rotational molding machine when it cycled. As he tried to jump up to the platform, it caught his ankle and broke it. | |||||
2021-10-21 | Avon | Oh | K.M.U. Trucking & Excavating, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
On October 21, 2021, an employee exited a semi-truck to begin cleaning out its trailer after dumping dirt. The semi-truck and trailer began rolling backward and struck the employee, who fell to the ground. The trailer tires rolled over the employee's right arm, causing fractures and a degloving injury. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-19 | Du Quoin | Il | Illinois Premium Extracts LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning out the dust collector for a milling machine and sustained amputations to their right middle and ring fingers. The machine was running at the time. | |||||
2021-10-18 | Bridgeton | Mo | VERIPAC, LLC | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A temporary employee was cleaning extruder rollers when his left forearm was pinned and crushed. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-10-17 | Mcpherson | Ks | Johns Manville | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a roller. As he tried to cut a paper inside it, his right arm was caught in the conveyor belt and broken. | |||||
2021-10-17 | Evadale | Tx | WestRock Company | Eye(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was cleaning a copy machine. While trying to open the filter compartment to finish the cleaning by rinsing with water, the pressure exerted on the lid caused a solution with possible traces of a sodium hypochlorite to spray into the employee's eyes, resulting in eye irritation that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-10-15 | Union | Nj | Deep Foods, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was manually dispensing a caustic cleaning chemical into a 5-gallon container. The chemical splashed onto the employee causing chemical burns on his right thigh. | |||||
2021-10-11 | Brandon | Sd | Midwest Railcar Repair, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
At about 10:00 p.m. on October 11, 2021, an employee was cleaning a pressurized paint gun. The gun activated while his left ring ringer was in front of the paint nozzle, which injected paint and solvent into the finger. | |||||
2021-10-11 | Glastonbury | Ct | Stop & Shop Supermarket | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
On October 11, 2021, an employee was outside a gas kiosk cleaning its windows. A vehicle struck her as it pulled up to the pump. She suffered multiple fractures to the left leg. | |||||
2021-10-10 | Pennsauken | Nj | BARRY CALLEBAUT USA, L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a clogged machine when a finger contacted rotary blades within a pipe on the machine, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-10-08 | Wellston | Oh | General Mills | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On October 8, 2021, an employee was cleaning the pizza topping machine using a scrubbing pad when their right hand was pulled into a running conveyor belt and roller, resulting in a broken right hand. The belt and roller were unguarded at the time. | |||||
2021-10-06 | Middletown | Ny | Genpak, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was cleaning a printer when his right hand was caught between two rollers. He suffered an amputation to the little finger. | |||||
2021-10-06 | Schuyler | Ne | Cargill Meat Solutions Corp | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a chute on a meat processing machine when the machine activated, causing an amputation to the employee's right index finger. | |||||
2021-10-04 | Midland | Tx | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was cleaning a mud pump. A retaining cap dislodged from the pump and struck the side of his head, causing a laceration and a head injury. | |||||
2021-10-03 | Dartmouth | Ma | DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC. | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment |
An employee was cleaning underneath a table when they struck their head on the table, resulting in a head injury. | |||||
2021-10-02 | Lexington | Ne | Darling International Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a trough with a cleaning bar when an auger caught the cleaning bar and the bar pinned the employee's right ring finger against the guard, pinching it and resulting in a fingertip amputation. The auger was not locked out at the time of the incident. | |||||
2021-10-01 | Port Orange | Fl | The Michaels Companies, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On October 1, 2021, an employee was cleaning a floor when he slipped on water and fell. The employee sustained a hip fracture and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-01 | Middletown | Oh | Electro-Metallics Inc | Multiple body parts | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
Two employees were cleaning a hose that contained hydrochloric acid. After rinsing the hose, it was placed in a tank with bleach. Hydrochloric acid remaining on the hose reacted with the bleach, exposing the employees to chlorine gas that made it difficult to breathe. One employee was hospitalized for inhalation chemical burns. | |||||
2021-09-27 | Jacksonville | Fl | Central Florida Contractors Services, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On September 27, 2021, an employee was cleaning a concrete pump at the wash out area. As he sat at the edge of the hopper, the auger inside the hopper engaged and his right leg was amputated below the knee. | |||||
2021-09-25 | Yigo | Gu | Smithbridge Guam, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was cleaning excess material off the back end of a dump truck when the truck's tailgate closed. The employee's right middle and ring fingertips got pinched between the tailgate and dump bed, resulting in amputations. | |||||
2021-09-25 | Stuttgart | Ar | TAS Environmental Services, L.P. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was cleaning when they slipped and fell to the floor, resulting in an injury to their right hip. | |||||
2021-09-24 | Robinson | Il | Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On 09/24/2021, at approximately 4:30 PM, three employees were cleaning a toffee cooker. The toffee cooker consists of an upper plate and a lower plate that are raised and lowered to separate the cooker. The toffee cooker was locked out/tagged out. Once the toffee cooker was cleaned, the gasket was installed and it was ready to be closed up. Lockout/tagout was removed. The injured employee reached to adjust the seal as the lower piece come up into place and their right little finger got caught be | |||||
2021-09-23 | Denver | Co | Lucky Dog Contracting, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was cleaning up a jobsite and lifted a concrete manhole cover when the cover crushed three of the employee's fingers resulting in amputation. | |||||
2021-09-22 | Farwell | Tx | Johnson Bros. Corporation, a Southland Company | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was assisting with cleaning the distributor truck's tank. The distributor tank was still hot causing a rapid release of stems, burning the employee and causing them to fall from the tank to the flatbed work truck. The employee sustained burns to the face and hands, a head contusion, and a laceration above the right eye. | |||||
2021-09-21 | Lake City | Fl | Townhomes, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On September 21, 2021, an employee had finished cleaning the floor and cabinets inside a newly manufactured home. She then started descending a distance of 4 feet from the manufactured home floor to the production floor using a 6-foot A-frame ladder. She fell and hit her head on the production floor. She was found unconscious with bleeding from the head. She was hospitalized with a head injury. | |||||
2021-09-21 | Cleveland | Oh | M. Argueso & Co., Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On September 21, 2021, at approximately 2:30 a.m. an employee was cleaning a pastillator machine, a rotoform granulation system, when her right hand was caught and crushed in a running nip point. The employee sustained fractures and second and third degree burns to the right hand. The machine was not locked out or guarded at the time. | |||||
2021-09-20 | Dallas | Tx | ABM Building Services, LLC | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was cleaning a glass door. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a broken leg/hip. | |||||
2021-09-20 | Omaha | Ne | DIMATIC DIE & TOOL COMPANY | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was cleaning the production area floor when she slipped on soap and fell, hitting the floor on her right side. The employee's right hip was broken. | |||||
2021-09-15 | Buffalo | Ny | Dash's Supermarket | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee had been cleaning a fryer. Hot oil from the fryer burned the employee's right forearm and hand. | |||||
2021-09-14 | Ellery | Il | Mt. Carmel Stabilization Group | Lower extremities | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
An employee was cleaning between two pieces of equipment. One piece moved and pinned the employee against the other, breaking the employee's fibula. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-13 | Fremont | Ne | Nye Square | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
An employee was cleaning a shower drain. The employee suffered a respiratory reaction to the drain cleaner that was being used. | |||||
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. | |||||
2021-09-08 | Aliceville | Al | Buchanan Hardwood Flooring, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a conveyor belt. The belt caught the employee's left hand and arm, breaking the arm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-08 | Arlington | Tx | Chartwells Dining Services - Compass Group at UT Arlington | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning a food preparation machine. A blade in the machine lacerated her right index and middle fingers resulting in partial amputation. | |||||
2021-09-07 | Syracuse | Ny | US Ecology | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was cleaning debris in a confined space (vault). Electric power surged through wires, and the employee was burned. | |||||
2021-09-03 | Hartsdale | Ny | Central Westchester Tenants Corp. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was cleaning carpet pieces using a pressure washer. High-pressure water hit the employee's left hand, cutting the top of the hand. | |||||
2021-09-03 | Altamonte Springs | Fl | Emerson International, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
On September 3, 2021, an employee was climbing down a 6-foot A-frame ladder after cleaning an AC drain. He lost his balance, fell, and hit his head on the top of a cubicle wall. He suffered a head injury and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-01 | Lake Buena Vista | Fl | Walt Disney Parks & Resorts | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was cleaning the edge of a pool when she fell in and suffered a broken ankle. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-01 | Fredericksburg | Pa | Farmers Pride Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a liver harvest machine. While removing liver/gizzard parts from a plastic auger, the rotating auger amputated his right index fingertip. | |||||
2021-08-29 | Glendale Heights | Il | Pro-Troop LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On August 29, 2021, an employee was cleaning dough from the roller of a chunker hopper. As he was removing a piece of dough, his left hand was caught by a roller of the chunker machine. He suffered an amputation of the index finger, as well as crushing injuries to the left middle and ring fingers. | |||||
2021-08-27 | Northumberland | Pa | River Run Foods DE LLC | Scalp | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a conveyor when it caught the employee's hair. The employee suffered a scalping injury. | |||||
2021-08-26 | Elmore | Oh | Materion Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A hoisted metal cover, about 3 feet by 3 feet, fell off the hook of an overhead crane that had been used to lift it. It landed on the left hand of an employee who was cleaning under it, and he suffered fractures and a partial amputation (below the nail) to the left middle finger. | |||||
2021-08-26 | Dalton | Ga | Mohawk Imdustrires | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was cleaning the air cylinder in a tearing machine and amputated their left middle finger. | |||||
2021-08-26 | Conyers | Ga | Bio-Lab, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was cleaning a tablet press. The press amputated the tip of the employee's left middle finger. | |||||
2021-08-20 | Washington | Dc | AAA Complete Building Services, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was entering a building after cleaning a floor drain in a courtyard. He slipped and fell down a flight of 7 stairs, coming to rest on a landing and suffering a broken left ankle. | |||||
2021-08-18 | Oneill | Ne | BX Civil & Construction | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a concrete placer. He was on the housing of the auger/hopper area, chipping out some built-up concrete, when his right foot slipped. The auger caught his pant leg and pulled in his right leg. The leg and the ankle were broken. | |||||
2021-08-18 | Jasper | Ga | AMICALOLA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was cleaning the elbow of a transformer when he suffered electrical contact burns to the left hand and flash burns to the right hand. | |||||
2021-08-17 | Van Alstyne | Tx | LaCore Nutraceuticals | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a part in a machine. The machine came down on the employee's right hand, causing an amputation to the little finger. | |||||
2021-08-13 | West Chicago | Il | DS Containers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a printing roller when his index and middle fingers were pinched between two rollers. The index finger was medically amputated. | |||||
2021-08-12 | Standish | Me | Trustees of St. Joseph's College | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee had been cleaning out athletic sheds and a garbage disposal. The employee became ill and sustained heat stroke. | |||||
2021-08-11 | Atlanta | Ga | HARTYBAKE, LLC | Hand(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
On August 11, 2021, a temporary employee was washing pots and pans. While his right hand was in the sink containing dishwater, dish cleaning liquid spilled over the cuff of his glove and caused a chemical burn to his hand. | |||||
2021-08-10 | Boyertown | Pa | Drug Plastics & Glass Incorporated | Scalp | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a three-step rolling ladder cleaning a mold. The employee attempted to descend the ladder when he fell to the concrete floor, resulting in trauma and a laceration to the back of his head. | |||||
2021-08-04 | Mesquite | Tx | Rainstamp Manufacturing | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a slitter machine when their hand got caught in the machine, resulting in lacerations and amputations to their right hand. | |||||
2021-08-03 | Seminole | Tx | TRICO PEANUT, LLC | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning machinery when it caught her glove, resulting in the amputation of her right forearm. | |||||
2021-08-03 | Harrisburg | Pa | LeafFilter Gutter Protection | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was cleaning a residential gutter from an A-frame ladder, 6 to 7 feet above the ground. The employee fell to the ground and suffered two fractures in the lower back and a broken right ankle. | |||||
2021-07-31 | Beloit | Wi | Hormel Foods Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a portable belt conveyor when their right hand contacted the power end of the belt conveyor, which crushed the employee's hand. | |||||
2021-07-29 | Smethport | Pa | International Waxes, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee who had been performing walkthrough inspections and cleaning drain filters began to experience nausea and cramps due to heat and dehydration, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
2021-07-28 | Nanticoke | Pa | Reilly Plating Company, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
On 7/28/2021, an employee was cleaning up product on a powder coating line that had crashed into a support grate. The product pulled the support grate, which caused the employee's left leg to fall into a tank of iron phosphate up to their knee and resulted in chemical burns to their lower left leg. | |||||
2021-07-27 | Lititz | Pa | Eurest Services | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was standing on the floor pulling shrink wrap off a pallet of cleaning supplies. The employee lost their footing and fell to the floor, fracturing their right wrist. | |||||
2021-07-27 | Etters | Pa | Core & Main LP | Foot (feet) | Stepped on object |
While cleaning up a yard, an employee stepped on a nail that was sticking out of a pallet. The nail punctured the employee's right foot. | |||||
2021-07-26 | Lebanon | Mo | LOWE BOATS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cleaning a board with a hand-held circular saw. The board slipped and the saw amputated part of the employee's left ring finger. | |||||
2021-07-26 | Decatur | Il | HTH Companies, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
On July 26, 2021, an employee was hydroblasting using a 5,500 psi water blast gun with a 66-inch barrel. The barrel was run across the top of his left boot, lacerating the top of the foot. He was hospitalized, requiring cleaning and stitches for the wound. | |||||
2021-07-26 | Covington | Ky | North Star Painting Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was cleaning a paint spray gun. The gun activated and injected paint thinner into the employee's left little finger. | |||||
2021-07-25 | Omaha | Ne | Graphic Packaging International | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a printing press. The press rollers caught the employee's right hand and degloved it. | |||||
2021-07-24 | Klingerstown | Pa | Michael Foods, Inc. | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
On July 24, 2021, an employee was cleaning egg-breaking machines with a corrosive chemical. The chemical burned the employee's knees and lower legs, and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-24 | Lynn | Ma | General Electric Aviation | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was cleaning the contacts of the tie bar inside a 480V switchgear and suffered burns from an arc flash. The employee received third degree burns to his arm and first degree burns to his face. | |||||
2021-07-19 | Allen | Tx | ABM Industries Inc | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was cleaning floors, tripped, and fell backward resulting in a head injury. | |||||
2021-07-12 | Round Rock | Tx | Proportion Foods, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning meat off a conveyor belt when his glove was caught under the belt, causing his finger to be pulled into the sprocket and resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-07-10 | Tupelo | Ms | Elite Comfort Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a glue machine and amputated their left index finger. | |||||
2021-07-09 | Darlington | Wi | Wisconsin Whey Protein Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning equipment when the star valve on the equipment amputated four fingers on the employee's left hand. The equipment was running at the time. | |||||
2021-07-08 | Billings | Mt | United States Bakery | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning dough from the sheeter when their right hand was caught between the rollers. Their hand and fingers were crushed. | |||||
2021-07-07 | Fairfield | Oh | Foxtail Foods, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a machine and partially amputated their right middle finger. | |||||
2021-07-06 | Boyce | La | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning the shower. She bent down to wipe the floors and her hand was caught in the towel rack. Skin was removed from her finger and she was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2021-07-06 | Lancaster | Tx | Neuline Kitchens, LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was cleaning the filter on a floor cleaning machine on a dock and fell off the edge of the dock to the ground below. The employee's ankle was broken in three places and required surgery. | |||||
2021-07-05 | College Station | Tx | Kroger | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over the power cord for a piece of cleaning equipment as she walked away from it. She fell to the ground, suffered a broken hip, and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-07-03 | Oakdale | Ny | MODERN ITALIAN BAKERY OF WEST BABYLON INC. | Wrist(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was cleaning the inside of the mixing machine when the door of the mixing machine struck the employee's right wrist resulting in a laceration and contusion to the right wrist. | |||||
2021-07-01 | Ebensburg | Pa | *New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company* | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a platform on a concrete truck cleaning dried ready-mix from the chute. The employee fell from the platform to the ground resulting in hospitalization for a fractured hip. | |||||
2021-07-01 | Lodi | Oh | Medina Materials | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
The injured employee and a co-worker were cleaning the jammed auger system of the rotary airlock feeder. The injured employee was using a piece of rebar when his hand and arm were pulled into the auger. His hand was injured and three fingers were amputated by the rotating auger. | |||||
2021-07-01 | Great Falls | Mt | General Mills | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating the 5-pound flour packaging machine. While cleaning something on the machine, the employee's hand was caught in the machine resulting in a deep laceration to the right little finger which required hospitalization and surgery. |