| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-17 | Dallas | Tx | Webber, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
| While trying to get over a double row of concrete barriers in a highway gore area, an employee fell about 40 feet in the space between two barriers, hitting a concrete apron below. The employee suffered leg and arm fractures and internal injuries. | |||||
| 2021-07-12 | Trussville | Al | RUSSO CORPORATION | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Two employees were loading concrete barriers into the bed of a dump truck using an excavator. The injured employee was in the bed of the dump truck when one of the barriers shifted and fell onto his left foot. His left foot was then caught between two barriers and sustained tendon damage. | |||||
| 2021-07-06 | Kalispell | Mt | Weyerhaeuser | Thigh(s) | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
| An employee was operating a three-wheeled personal electric transport vehicle. While traveling up a concrete grade of approximately 30 degrees, the equipment failed. The employee then attempted to turn left, back down the incline, and the front wheel may have caught on a concrete barrier. The employee fell out of the vehicle, landed on the concrete ground and sustained a broken left femur. | |||||
| 2021-03-16 | Bridgeview | Il | Pactiv | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| Two employees were fighting in a parking lot. One employee's head struck a concrete barrier; he lost consciousness and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-02-19 | Englewood | Co | Dairy Farmers of America | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| On 2/19/2021, an employee was near the top of an extension ladder attempting to "blow out" a clogged milk line. There was ice on the floor where the ladder was standing. The ladder slipped on the ice, and the employee fell onto products/equipment, a concrete barrier pole, and the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the left tibia, nose, left side ribs, and knee cap. | |||||
| 2021-01-17 | Tampa | Fl | Walsh Infrastructure Management, LLC | Leg(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
| During a road shoulder sweeping operation, an employee was walking to get into a debris truck when an SUV drove onto the shoulder and struck the truck on the driver's side. The employee was between the truck and a concrete barrier and suffered a broken leg and a head laceration. | |||||
| 2020-09-11 | Waltham | Ma | MIG CORPORATION | Multiple trunk locations | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A trailer was being loaded with crane mats and precast concrete barriers. An employee was caught between the crane mats and an excavator and suffered bruising to the hips and buttocks. | |||||
| 2020-08-07 | Houston | Tx | Pulice Construction, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| A work crew was moving concrete barriers along a traffic lane using an excavator with a barrier lifter. The excavator's boom contacted a 19.9-kilovolt overhead power line, and an employee was shocked. The employee suffered burns to the right hand and right foot. | |||||
| 2020-07-17 | San Marcos | Texas | Pavestone LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving concrete barrier blocks when their pinky finger got caught between two blocks. The finger was fractured and required surgery. | |||||
| 2020-07-15 | Hampden | Maine | RF Jordan & Sons Construction, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was assisting with the hoisting of a concrete barrier. The hoist chain caught the employee's thumb against the concrete barrier and the thumb tip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-05-04 | El Paso | Texas | Jordan Foster Construction | Foot (feet) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was waiting to help guide a concrete barrier as it was moved. The barrier struck his left foot, injuring it. | |||||
| 2020-04-02 | York | Pennsylvania | Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) when he lost control of the PIT and his leg was crushed between the PIT and a concrete barrier. | |||||
| 2020-01-09 | Columbia | Missouri | ForTech Medical | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was unloading a laser machine onto a cart when wind blew fibers off the machine/cart. The employee pressed the brake on the cart, retrieved the fibers, and took them inside the building. When the employee returned for the cart, it was rolling toward cars in the parking lot. The employee chased the cart and ran into a concrete barrier and fell, suffering a fractured right hip and right elbow injury. | |||||
| 2019-07-04 | Edinburg | Texas | TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc. | Scalp | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was guiding a concrete barrier onto a flatbed trailer. The barrier crumbled in the employee's hand, causing him to lose his balance and fall off the trailer. He struck his head on the crane tire rim and suffered a laceration to the rear crown of his head. | |||||
| 2019-06-13 | Prescott | Arkansas | Peterson Concrete Tank Co | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
| Employees were installing a precast concrete barrier wall. An 18-wheeler drifted over and struck a piece of equipment that was being used to set a section of the wall. This knocked the wall section loose, and it crushed two of an employee's toes. The toes were medically amputated. | |||||
| 2019-04-04 | Monte Vista | Colorado | WORLEY & MCCULLOUGH, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was opening a valve when they slipped onto a concrete barrier and broke three ribs. | |||||
| 2019-02-12 | Morgantown | West Virgini | Ruby Memorial Hospital | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was walking up a grass hill to the workplace. The employee slipped in mud and slid down the hill, hitting a concrete barrier. The employee suffered a broken left ankle. | |||||
| 2018-08-13 | Atlanta | Georgia | North Perimeter Contractors | Multiple body parts | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to secure a reinforcing steel cage into place when he was caught between the steel cage and a section of a temporary concrete barrier wall. He suffered a lacerated and fractured left index finger, broken right ankle, and hernia. | |||||
| 2018-05-06 | Hoover | Alabama | Dothan Security, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking to his car when he tripped on a concrete barrier and fell in the parking lot, breaking his right femur. | |||||
| 2018-03-19 | Alafaya | Florida | Acme Barricades LLC | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was helping to install low-profile concrete barrier walls when his left hand was caught between barriers, fracturing his pinky finger and lacerating his hand. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2018-02-26 | Roanoke | Texas | Albertson's Tom Thumb | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a pallet jack in a warehouse with a wet floor when the pallet jack lost traction and slid into a concrete barrier. The employee's left foot was caught between the pallet jack and the barrier, resulting in a laceration and swelling to the foot. | |||||
| 2017-08-30 | Amelia | Ohio | A & A Safety, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On August 30, 2017, an employee was unloading concrete barriers from the back of a flatbed truck when the employee's left middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the lifting device and a barrier. | |||||
| 2017-04-22 | Hurricane | West Virgini | Hurricane Gas Processing Plant | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level |
| While an employee descended a wooden stair case, a stair tread began to give way. The employee shifted his weight to the handrail and the handrail gave way, causing the employee to fall approximately two feet to the ground. The employee landed on his back, then slid down the hill and contacted a concrete barrier. The employee was hospitalized with lower back pain. | |||||
| 2017-01-21 | Rosenberg | Texas | Williams Brothers Construction | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was helping to direct a trackhoe in placing 30-foot concrete barriers on a roadway when a barrier fell on his left foot, partially amputating his pinky toe. | |||||
| 2016-08-29 | Oconomowoc | Wisconsin | Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee operating a stand-up forklift was struck by (broad side) another stand-up forklift at an aisle intersection. The collision pushed the forklift into a concrete barrier. The employee operating this forklift had his foot and ankle crushed between the forklift frame and the concrete barrier. The employee was transported to the hospital and hospitalized for surgery to the ankle and foot. The second forklift operator was not hurt. | |||||
| 2016-07-13 | Dfw Airport | Texas | Phillips May Corporation | Foot (feet) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to stabilize the concrete barrier that was being lifted by a rubber tire loader. The operator of the rubber tire loader lowered the barrier and caught the tip of the employee's right foot resulting in amputation of the tip of the right foot to the first joint. | |||||
| 2016-07-08 | Tampa | Florida | Orion Marine Group | Ankle(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
| An employee was preparing to perform a walk-around survey of the site for future removal of the walkway structure along the water's edge. He crossed a set of concrete barriers placed on location when his right foot broke through the upper capping metal surface of the walkway area. He injured his right ankle and required surgery. | |||||
| 2016-06-22 | South Amboy | New Jersey | A.Servidone Inc. | Forehead | Fall, slip, trip |
| While walking across a concrete barrier, an employee lost his footing and struck his forehead on the concrete barrier, suffering a forehead laceration. | |||||
| 2016-06-06 | Gainesville | Texas | IOWA BRIDGE & CULVERT, LC | Thigh(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using an excavator to place a concrete barrier rail and crash cushions when the excavator boom moved and pinched the employee beneath a section of crash cushion. The employee suffered a broken left femur. | |||||
| 2016-05-24 | Dublin | Ohio | Complete General Construction Company | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| On May 24, 2016, an employee was helping to place sections of concrete barrier with a track hoe. One piece shifted and fell on the employee's leg, fracturing it and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2016-01-26 | Atlanta | Georgia | Delta Airlines | Knee(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a tug to the carousel for charging. The employee's foot became stuck, and the tug increased speed and ran into a concrete barrier. The employee's kneecap was injured by the impact, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-10-20 | Gadsden | Alabama | Community Health Systems, LLC | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking through the parking lot and passed a large/long concrete barrier. She tripped over the foot of the barrier and fell to the ground, breaking her right wrist. | |||||
| 2015-09-02 | Ruston | Louisiana | Chad Pody Construction Co., LLC | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee exited his dump truck and approached a trackhoe operator. The trackhoe had a piece of concrete barrier in its grasp about 6 inches off the ground. The concrete barrier rolled onto the employee's right foot and leg, resulting in broken leg/foot. | |||||
| 2015-03-03 | Astatula | Florida | MACK CONCRETE INDUSTRIES, INC. | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was shocked when he pushed the start button on a vibrator to shake material out of a bin. He fell back onto a 32-inch highway concrete barrier and hit his right shoulder and left cheek. | |||||