Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-14	Mobile	Al	US Coatings, LLC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee was removing a marine hanging staging scaffold when he fell approximately 25 feet to the bottom of the tank. The employee sustained a fracture to their right orbital socket, a contusion, and a compression fracture to their vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized. Fall protection was not worn at the time.
2021-10-28	Marietta	Pa	Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on top of a wooden skid, bending over and pulling up on plastic straps wrapped around a bundle of cardboard (so that a forklift could slide its forks under the bundle. The straps snapped and the employee fell backward onto the concrete floor. He suffered a compression fracture to a lower-back vertebra.
2021-10-20	Hoover	Al	Cahaba Services LLC	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
An employee set up an aerial lift with two outriggers positioned on a road and the other two on an embankment. The employee raised the aerial lift approximately 45-50 feet high to prepare to trim a tree when the embankment gave way and caused one of the lift's legs to slide. The lift fell over and the employee landed on the ground outside of the basket, resulting in compression back fractures at the L1 and L4 vertebrae and damage to the L1, L3, and L4 vertebrae that required hospitalization. The
2021-09-15	Sheridan	Ar	Signode Multi-wall Division	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to remove excess glue from a roller on the top of a compression belt on a panel line. Her left hand was pulled into the machine, which pulled back the skin on the back of her hand.
2021-09-09	Kissimmee	Fl	Krush Acquisitions	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee and a mechanic were tightening up the compression bolts on a faulty hydraulic line when the line ruptured and hot hydraulic fluid covered the employee's upper body, resulting in thermal burns to their upper body.
2021-08-30	Sumiton	Al	Triangle Construction, Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee slipped on a metal pan and fell to the ground 16-20 feet below, suffering a compression fracture to the pelvis and bruised lungs.
2021-08-30	Fort Lauderdale	Fl	Industrial Divers Corp. Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to change in water pressure
An employee was on his second SCUBA dive of the day, stacking tires for removal from the seabed of a failed artificial reef. He developed vertigo and nausea, which worsened when he surfaced. He was hospitalized, suffering from decompression sickness.
2021-06-30	Flushing	Ny	KAG Merchant Gas Group, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was checking the lowboy trailer and preparing to make a delivery. The employee slipped while climbing down the wet steps of the trailer and fell 3-4 feet. The employee landed on a small step stool at the bottom of the ladder and sustained two rib fractures, a lumbar compression fracture, and a left elbow contusion.
2021-06-05	Rochester	Ny	UPSTATE ROOFING INC	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was spray-painting a ceiling from an elevated mezzanine area. He got entangled in the spray hose and fell to the floor about 8 feet below. He suffered a compression fracture to a back vertebra, as well as four broken ribs.
2021-04-30	Dayville	Ct	Colt's Plastics Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was removing a bad part out of the mold area of a compression molding machine when the mold closed on his left hand resulting in the complete amputation of one finger and the partial amputation of another.
2021-04-14	Shawnee	Ks	Advance Auto Parts	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee had been engaged in stocking activities. While descending a rolling platform ladder, the employee fell backward to the ground. The employee was hospitalized, having sustained a fractured right clavicle/scapula, a hemorrhage, a vertebra compression fracture, and a seizure.
2021-04-08	Lamar	Co	RailWorks Signals & Communications, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Employees were putting in the helical foundation to install a PTC tower when they hit rock and stopped work. An employee took the boom truck remote control and climbed onto the boom truck bed and proceeded to disconnect the foundation adapter plate from the helical foundation. The employee then lifted the boom to remove the helical foundation from compression and pushed the foundation over toward the ground at the back of the boom truck. At that time, the injured employee came around the back of
2021-03-26	College Point	Ny	BJ's Wholesale Club #97	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was struck by falling pallets in a warehouse. The employee suffered a compression fracture and a head injury.
2021-03-26	Nampa	Id	Lactalis American Group, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was performing maintenance on a mechanical vapor recompression evaporator when hot water unexpectedly released through the sight glass. The employee sustained second degree burns to his chest, left arm, and right arm.
2021-03-12	Philadelphia	Pa	Deer Meadows Operating, LLC.	Lumbar region	Fall on same level
An employee fell to the floor in a deep freezer. The employee suffered a compression fracture to a lower-back vertebra.
2021-03-11	Houston	Tx	Stuckey's LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using a ladder to get inside a manhole to measure a pipe that was being replaced. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground and suffered a compression fracture in their back. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-03-03	Mundelein	Il	Commercial Plastics Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a compression machine when their left index finger was caught in a pinch point, resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-02-27	Largo	Fl	Medical Management International Inc.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On February 27, 2021, an employee was using a three-step stool to reach a medication in the pharmacy. When coming down, she missed a step and fell backward, resulting in a back L2 compression fracture that required hospitalization.
2021-02-13	Colstrip	Mt	Talen Energy	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell approximately 3 feet from a ladder to the ground and was hospitalized for a compression fracture of the L2 vertebra.
2021-01-19	Russellville	Al	Pilgrim's Pride Corporation	Multiple body parts	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing packaging supplies from a vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC) or full-size freight elevator lift box. The two master links that connect the chains on each side of the gate to the counterweights failed and the inner door/gate fell down onto the employee and knocked her down to the ground. The door then bounced back up and came down onto the employee's leg. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and fibula, compression fractures to vertebrae, and a collapsed lung.
2020-10-11	Stratford	Ct	SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION	Multiple body parts	Fall from pedal cycle
On October 11, 2020, an employee was commuting to work on his bike. The employee rode over a speed bump on the company property and fell off his bike, sustaining a rib fracture, a scapula fracture, and a spinal compression fracture.
2020-10-09	Fort Recovery	Oh	Fort Recovery Industries	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was checking a recompression evaporator when a moving fan blade inside the machine lacerated his left ring and little fingers. The employee underwent surgery, and the little finger was medically amputated.
2020-09-30	Lebanon	Pa	Treesmiths Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
An employee fell while climbing a poplar tree, landing on the ground about 30 feet below and suffering a broken femur, ankle, wrist, and pelvis, as well as minor compression fractures in his spine. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery to the femur.
2020-09-19	Somerville	Ma	Structures Derek International Steel Erectors	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee fell through a hole in the decking on the ninth floor to the eighth floor below and suffered a compression fracture of two vertebrae and a fractured wrist.
2020-07-22	South Charleston	Ohio	Buckeye Diamond Logistics Supply dba Easy Heat Wood Pellets of PA, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning out debris from a wood pellet mill. The employee's hand was pulled between the mill's die and roller; the employee suffered compression injuries to the left hand, with partial amputations to the left index and middle fingers.
2020-07-20	Homosassa	Florida	Eagle Buick GMC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was under a truck using a stethoscope to diagnose a problem. The rear of the truck was on a lift, raised about 1 foot; the front of the truck was on the ground. The employee was pinned under a spinning tire and sustained chest compression.
2020-06-15	Cyril	Oklahoma	Caliber Completion Services, L.L.C	Lumbar region	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was tightening straps on a 3,000-pound wire ram. Straps on the opposite side became loose and the ram began to dig into the ground, then fell and pinned the employee to the ground. The employee suffered a lower lumbar compression.
2020-05-22	Ladysmith	Wisconsin	Ladysmith Nursing Home, Inc.	Lumbar region	Fall on same level due to slipping
On May 22, 2020, an employee was walking across a wet mopped floor when the employee slipped and fell to the floor, suffering a compression fracture to the lower back. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-04-17	Wilmington	Delaware	Clearsite Industrial	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was cleaning mud out of a concrete footing with a hydroexcavator when the insert from the excavator's rubber vacuum hose sheared off, severing the connection with the dig tubes and causing the dig tubes to fall and strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a compression fracture to the back.
2020-04-16	Buford	Georgia	Harcon Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was standing beside a concrete column form, guiding it as a crane picked it up. The rigging came loose and the form fell to the ground, striking the employee on the way down. The employee suffered a left clavicle fracture, a left acetabulum fracture, transverse vertebrae fractures, compression vertebrae fractures, and multiple contusions and abrasions.
2020-04-15	Bremerton	Washington	Pacific Ship Repair and Fabrication	Thoracic region	Fall on water vehicle
An employee was setting up for hot work on a scaffolding platform. He opened the swing gate at the platform entry and lost his grip on the ladder while transferring from the platform, falling approximately 5 feet onto the main deck of the ship. He was hospitalized with a compression fracture to the T2 vertebra.
2020-04-06	Deshler	Nebraska	Reincoat, LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee moved a fixture into the load area using a cart caddy/fixture mover, then went to the other end of the facility in the unload area to retrieve another fixture to move. As the employee was walking backwards across the facility and operating the cart caddy/fixture mover, he was caught between the cart caddy/fixture mover and the fixture he had deposited earlier. He sustained an abdominal compression injury.
2020-04-02	Crescent City	Illinois	United Prairie, L.L.C.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
On April 2, 2020, at approximately 2:45 PM, an employee was climbing up a portable ladder to inspect a flood gauge on a tank when he slipped and fell to the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with a compression fracture on his back.
2020-03-19	Columbus	Georgia	Pratt & Whitney	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two maintenance employees were disconnecting utility lines to remove a large oven. The injured employee was lying on his right side applying a valve lock device beneath the oven when his coworker cut the compressed air line, releasing the residual air pressure and allowing the door to glide down and pin the employee to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with rib compression fractures.
2020-03-12	Stockbridge	Georgia	Reyes General Construction, LLC	Thoracic region	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was retrieving a window from a trash box attached to an aerial lift. When setting the window, the trash box tipped over and the employee fell 17 feet. The employee sustained a compression fracture to the spine.
2020-02-28	Parsons	Kansas	Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was using a hand truck to move a large compression testing machine. The shipping weight of the item was 975 lbs. The load was top heavy and when the employee tipped it back it fell and struck his lower left leg causing a fracture near the ankle.
2020-02-19	Fairfield	Connecticut	Tecta America New England. LLC	Heel(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee climbed to the top of a ladder and was stepping onto a roof when he lost his balance and fell toward the ground. A coworker caught him under his arms from behind, preventing his head from hitting the ground, but not before his heels hit the sidewalk hard. He suffered a compression fracture and heelbone fractures, requiring hospitalization.
2020-01-20	Momence	Illinois	Van Drunen Farms	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a patch of ice while walking into work, impacting the ground and suffering a compression fracture to the spine.
2020-01-18	Orange Beach	Alabama	Spectrum Resorts, LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee was working on a standalone ice making unit in the maintenance area when he bent over the machine to move it into a better access point and heard a pop in his back. He was hospitalized with a compression fracture of the lower vertebrae.
2020-01-09	Larned	Kansas	Watco Supply Chain Services	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was working at the laydown yard moving windmill components. As the employee was stepping from atop one windmill machine head to another adjacent windmill machine head, she slipped and fell 15 feet to the ground below. The employee suffered a compression fracture of the L1 vertebra, a broken pelvis and a broken right ankle.
2020-01-06	Belvidere	Illinois	FCA US LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking to his work station when he tripped on a pipe assembly and fell to the ground, suffering a spinal compression injury.
2019-09-11	Westhoff	Texas	Archrock, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was servicing a compression unit. When he began to shut the unit down, a flash fire occurred. He suffered primarily first- and second-degree burns. He was hospitalized.
2019-09-08	Center	North Dakota	Industrial Contractors, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was raking slag while standing on a platform. A plug in the boiler came loose causing water and slag to eject at high pressure and strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the back, a compression fracture to vertebrae, and a brain hematoma.
2019-09-04	Malcolm	Nebraska	White Castle Roofing	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing down a ladder he had been working from. He fell to the ground about 7 or 8 feet below, suffering a compression fracture to the spine.
2019-08-22	Hollywood	Florida	DeZurik, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was tightening a thread inside a relief valve when both of the employee's hands were crushed and fractured by the compression collar.
2019-08-21	Akron	Ohio	GOJO INDUSTRIES INC.	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was passing through the atrium area of the facility to another area where she tripped over a floor mat and fell to the floor. She experienced a concussion, wrist fracture, and vertebral compression.
2019-08-18	Topeka	Kansas	Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc	Lumbar region	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
At 7:30 a.m. on 8/18/19, a maintenance employee was removing bolts from the bearing housing of a mixer using a break-over bar with a socket. He was standing inside the mixer panel on a flat surface with the break-over bar at chest height lifting upwards when he felt a sharp pain in his back and his knees became weak. He then laid down on his back. He suffered a compression fracture on his L7 vertebra.
2019-08-16	Silverthorne	Colorado	Peak Materials, LLC	Thoracic region	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was operating a conveyor system for concrete work. The conveyor system dislodged and pinned the employee to the ground, causing a thoracic compression fracture of the spine.
2019-08-15	Woodville	Texas	Texas Materials Group	Multiple body parts	Roadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was operating a broom truck on the shoulder of a highway that was being repaired. A dump truck struck the employee's broom truck. The employee suffered a broken arm, a dislocated elbow, a broken leg, a fractured pelvis, multiple broken ribs, a punctured lung, fractured vertebrae, and decompression.
2019-07-22	Miramar	Florida	REYNOLDS CONSTRUCTION OF FLORIDA, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was pinned between the spreader bar of a trench box and an excavator bucket during a sewer main installation. The employee sustained lower lumbar and thoracic compression fractures, a bruised liver, and dislocated ribs.
2019-07-16	Jackson	Mississippi	MMC Materials, Inc	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee walking along the catwalk on the back of an 18-wheeler fell 3 feet to the ground and sustained a compression fracture to the L1 vertebra.
2019-07-12	Mcdonough	Georgia	Ken's Foods, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A temporary employee was towel drying a moving belt conveyor. The employee's arm became caught between the conveyor and a product quality control roller. The employee sustained compression injuries to the arm and was hospitalized.
2019-07-08	Washington	District Of	U.S. Department of Transportation	Shoulder(s) and back	Fall while sitting
An employee lost consciousness while typing at his desk and fell to the floor. He suffered a fractured shoulder and compression fractures to vertebrae in his back, and was hospitalized.
2019-06-27	Alabaster	Alabama	ATS Operating, LLC	Thoracic region	Injured by physical contact during horseplay
Two employees were engaged in horse playing at the loading dock. One of the employee's forcefully contacted the ground, suffering compression fractures to the T10 and T11 vertebrae and a right elbow contusion. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-05-14	Grant	Nebraska	CSC Construction	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was transitioning from a forklift platform to a roof when the employee fell approximately 18 feet from the roof to the ground, suffering a dislocated right wrist and a compression fracture in the back.
2019-04-26	Yorkville	Illinois	NEWLY WEDS FOODS,INC.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On April 26, 2019, an employee was moving plastic pallets around to get a pallet in place for batching. The employee tripped on a pallet and fell backwards, suffering a compression fracture to the back. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-04-12	North Brunswick	New Jersey	USPL Nutritionals, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a tablet compression machine when it started, catching the employee's fingers and causing an amputation to a finger.
2019-02-15	Fargo	North Dakota	Sanford Medical Center - Fargo	Lumbar region	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped in an icy parking lot and suffered a closed compression fracture of a vertebra in her back.
2019-02-13	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Einstein Medical Center	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on a wet floor outside a cafeteria, suffering a vertebral compression fracture.
2019-02-07	Hot Springs	Arkansas	Berry Global, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing maintenance on a plastic compression molding machine and suffered the partial amputation of the right thumb. The machine was not guarded or locked-out at the time.
2019-02-02	Youngstown	Ohio	Gateways To Better Living, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was carrying laundry down to the basement when the stair railing gave way and she fell down 12 steps. She was hospitalized with a subdural hematoma, fractured left thumb, contused forehead, compression fracture to the C7 vertebra, fractured right humerus, abrasion to the buttock, and contused right thigh.
2019-01-25	Pompano Beach	Florida	Liberty Equipment Warehouse	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee lifted a 55-gallon plastic tank filled with trash to empty it into the dumpster. He placed the 55-gallon tank upside down so it could be completely emptied. The employee then climbed into the dumpster and knelt on the container wall. When he tried to shake the tank to empty it, he lost balance and fell 4 feet to the pavement resulting in a compression fracture to the back.
2019-01-24	Melbourne	Arkansas	Mohawk Industries	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Two machine operators were clearing a jam in a feeder machine. When the jam was removed the lever that drops the feeder chains was activated and the feeder chains dropped on the injured employee's left hand. The injured employee sustained deep puncture/lacerations and a compression injury to the left hand.
2019-01-23	Bossier City	Louisiana	Johns Manville	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was on a ladder when it shifted backwards. The employee fell about 12 feet to the ground, suffering a broken right ankle and a closed compression fracture of a lower-back vertebra.
2019-01-21	Lawrenceville	Georgia	Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working from a ladder when it began to wobble. She fell to the concrete floor, suffering a compression fracture of a vertebra in her lower back.
2018-09-24	Eaton	Colorado	Penhall Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was installing a new drum of sealant into the road sealant machine and caught their left thumb between the compression piston and plunger assembly resulting in amputation of the distal end.
2018-08-14	Harker Heights	Texas	Goodwill Contract Services, Inc.	Multiple back regions	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee was pushing a rolling gate door open when he suffered a back injury: nine compression-fractured vertebrae and one compound-fractured vertebra with internal bleeding.
2018-08-08	Omaha	Nebraska	Pacifc Realty Group, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee lowered a ladder into a ventilation shaft to rescue a cat. The employee fell to the ventilation shaft floor while trying to get down the ladder, suffering a spinal compression.
2018-07-25	Lakehills	Texas	Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.	Lumbar region	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell backwards while moving a couch, suffering a lumbar compression fracture.
2018-07-11	Cuba	Missouri	ASPEQ HEATING GROUP, LLC	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was placing a metal screen on a sheet metal folding machine when his foot inadvertently pushed down on the machine's cycle foot pedal, causing the upper ram to close down on his hands. He suffered a compression injury and fractures to the left hand and bruises to the right hand.
2018-07-06	Houston	Texas	Total Contracting Ltd.	Lumbar region	Excavation or trenching cave-in
On July 6, 2018, an employee was installing pipe in an excavation four feet deep. The walls collapsed and the employee was struck by falling rock and dirt, suffering a compression of the L2 vertebra.
2018-06-26	Bedford	Pennsylvania	Penn Detroit Diesel Allison LLC	Hand(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was doing a compression test on an engine when diesel fuel was injected into his hand.
2018-06-25	Naugatuck	Connecticut	Ferrellgas	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level
On June 25, 2018, an employee was using a sling to offload 120-gallon tanks from the back of a truck. He fell from the truck to the ground, sustaining a lumbar compression fracture.
2018-06-11	Humble	Texas	Worldwide Flight Service	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was closing the front gate when it came off the track and fell on top of the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis, compression fractures to the spine and a right rib fracture.
2018-06-06	Kerens	West Virgini	Kokosing Construction, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
On June 6, 2018, at approximately 7:15 a.m. an employee was removing the operator's seat from an off-road dump truck to perform maintenance on the seat's air ride suspension. While removing the seat from the cab, the employee lost his footing and fell 6.5 feet to the ground. The employee suffered compression fractures to multiple vertebra and was hospitalized.
2018-06-05	Oconomowoc	Wisconsin	Oconomowoc Residential Programs, Inc.	Brain	Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional
An employee was restraining a student. While the employee was on the floor holding the student's leg, the student kicked which in turn caused the employee's head to hit a door frame. The employee sustained a concussion and spinal swelling/compression.
2018-05-21	Orlando	Florida	Richard D. Smith Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee was inspecting a tile roof when he slipped off the roof, suffering compression fractures in his back and head lacerations. He was hospitalized.
2018-05-15	Dallas	Texas	Advancial Federal Credit Union	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee tripped on a floor transition strip and fell while carrying mail, suffering a compression fracture.
2018-05-15	Livingston	Texas	Cotton Utility Constructors, Inc.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing onto the operator's seat of a digger derrick when he lost his balance and fell backwards 6 to 8 feet to the ground. He suffered a lower back compression fracture.
2018-04-23	Youngwood	Pennsylvania	Firestone Building Products	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting a 1-1/2" square compression sample with a chop saw when the saw blade struck and lacerated the back of the employee's left hand.
2018-03-22	North Huntingdon	Pennsylvania	Dave McLaughlin Interiors	Nonclassifiable	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
An employee was working on a baker's scaffold when the platform gave way and he fell approximately 4 feet, suffering a vertebral compression fracture. He was hospitalized.
2018-03-19	Prudhoe Bay	Alaska	Doyon Drilling, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was exiting a rock crusher and getting onto a 6-foot step ladder. He was holding onto the handrail while getting his feet onto the ladder. His feet were on the second rung from the top when the ladder kicked out from underneath him. He held onto the handrail momentarily and then fell 4 to 5 feet to the ground (gravel pad), breaking his left wrist and suffering a small compression fracture in his lower back. He was hospitalized.
2018-03-16	Saint Croix Falls	Wisconsin	St. Croix Regional Medical Center, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was assisting a patient when she tripped over an extension cord from a surgical compression device and fractured her hip, requiring hospitalization.
2018-02-15	Big Sky	Montana	BIG SKY RESORT - BOYNE USA	Thoracic region	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was skiing, lost the left ski and struck a tree with their head. The employee sustained three compression fractures in the upper back. The employee was wearing a helmet at the time.
2018-02-13	Wichita	Kansas	Textron Aviation Inc	Neck and back	Struck by falling object or equipment
The employee was working at a sub-assembly jig that is 66 inches tall and 33 inches wide. The employee was getting up from performing a drilling operation on the underside of the jig. She grabbed onto the jig to assist herself in standing and the jig fell over onto her. The employee sustained subluxation and disruption of the spinolaminar ligament at C-7-T-1 and end plate compression fractures of T-7 through T-1.
2017-09-19	Lake Placid	Florida	The Hallmark Companies, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was inspecting and repairing a roof that had hurricane damage when he fell from the roof and struck a tree trunk, suffering a compression fracture to the L2 vertebra, a spiral fracture to the right tibia, and ankle injuries.
2017-09-18	Tupelo	Mississippi	Confortaire, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a press to seal a plastic bag around a pillow when the press' heat sealer compression bar amputated the employee's left first fingertip.
2017-09-15	Grove City	Ohio	BRIAR GATE REALITY INC	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level
An employee was retrieving a file box from the top of a shelving unit when the employee fell backward down a set of mobile stairs, suffering L1 and L2 compression fractures.
2017-08-25	Eckert	Colorado	Horizons Health Care and Retirement Community	Lumbar region	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee slipped, tripped, and fell while serving dinner to patients. The employee's head/neck hit the wall, suffering an L1 compression fracture.
2017-08-04	Nordman	Idaho	U.S. Customs and Border Protection	Ankle(s)	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was preparing an inflatable boat for training. He attached an air tank to the boat floor using quick-connect attachments. A rescue board was secured inside the boat. When he turned on the air tank, over-pressurization caused the floor of the boat to rupture and the rescue board to push up and shove him into the air. One of the hose attachments then separated from the floor and struck his chin. He suffered a compression fracture to his left ankle requiring surgery and a chin laceratio
2017-07-30	Levittown	Pennsylvania	Iron Mountain Information, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating an order picker in the elevated position when it malfunctioned and he was unable to lower the unit and himself to ground level. As he was attempting to activate the unit, his right hand was caught in a pinch point between the unit's rail and arm, suffering compression injuries.
2017-07-27	Addison	Alabama	Cavalier Homes of Alabama, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was signing papers when the wall of a mobile home came down and struck her on the back resulting in a vertebra compression injury.
2017-07-25	Bridgeport	Connecticut	Lamar Central Outdoor, LLC	Lumbar region	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
On July 25, 2017, an employee was walking on a flat roof when the roof gave in and the employee fell approximately 13 feet to the floor below, suffering L1 and L2 vertebrae compression fractures.
2017-07-06	Monee	Illinois	Mobile Mini	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on top of a vacuum box, loosening a cap on a vent pipe with a pipe wrench, when he fell approximately 4 feet and landed in a sitting position. He suffered a compression fracture and was hospitalized.
2017-06-25	Wellington	Florida	Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from an 8-foot A-frame ladder, suffering a skull fracture, rib fractures, a vertebrae body compression injury, and a chest cavity injury.
2017-06-08	Saint Johns	Florida	CARLISLE CONSTRUCTORS, INC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
On June 8, 2017, an employee was inspecting the nailing of roof plywood and the strapping of the rafters. While walking back to the access point, the employee slipped and fell 13 feet to the ground, fracturing his left tibia and suffering a compression fracture to his L2 vertebra. Fall protection was not worn at the time.
2017-05-25	Chickasha	Oklahoma	MIDWESTERN PET FOODS	Foot (feet)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing a fixed 12-foot ladder to the roof and fell resulting in compression fractures to both feet.
2017-05-23	Carnegie	Pennsylvania	Flynn's Tire and Auto Service	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell 6 feet from the platform of a stock picker while getting an auto tire from a shelf resulting in a lower lumbar compression injury.
2017-05-15	Smithton	Pennsylvania	Wabash National Corporation Trailer Center	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was attempting to replace the lift gate on a 53-foot trailer. He removed two tall yellow jacks and then hit the pin in the lift gate cylinder. The gate fell on him and he was pinned in the squatting position with the lift gate on top of his back. He suffered compression fractures to his back.
2017-05-11	Idaho Falls	Idaho	Lowe's Home Centers, LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall, slip, trip
An employee tripped and fell while wheeling an appliance out of a trailer, suffering a back compression fracture.