| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-07 | Sarasota | Fl | Cambria Company LLC dba Cambria | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was delivering a countertop slab. The employee tried to stop the swing of the slab when the inertia of the swing caused the tip of the employee's left thumb to be caught between the slab and the wood frame that the slab was delivered on, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-05-24 | Wichita | Ks | HOMEWOOD SUITES | Scalp | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was moving several boxes of floor tile that were in front of a 2x2 piece of granite countertop. When he moved the last box, the countertop tipped over and struck him on top of the head and caused a laceration. | |||||
| 2021-01-10 | Attleboro | Ma | Old Colony Habitat for Humanity | Knee(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was unloading a truck. A granite countertop slab slipped and hit the employee in the leg, causing a contusion to the right knee. | |||||
| 2020-10-10 | Thompsontown | Pa | ACPI | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was pushing a cart loaded with countertops when it tipped over on top of the employee resulting in three fractured ribs. | |||||
| 2020-08-19 | Eau Claire | Wi | Clean Power L.L.C. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On August 19, 2020, an employee was turning to pick up cleaning rags from a countertop, tripped over the legs of a stool, and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a leg fracture in two places. | |||||
| 2020-08-18 | Sarasota | Fl | Interior Logic Group, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was loading countertop slabs onto an A-frame on the back of a flatbed truck. The slabs began to fall, causing the employee to fall onto the ground with his head and torso below the truck. The slabs then fell onto his legs. His left leg was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-08-10 | Atco | Nj | The Fountains at Cedar Parke | Head | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over a computer cord and struck her head against a countertop. She suffered head lacerations. | |||||
| 2020-06-16 | Springfield | Missouri | Lacy Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting a countertop with a cordless circular saw when the saw cut his finger, resulting in a 3/4-inch amputation. | |||||
| 2020-06-15 | Texas City | Texas | Turner Specialty Services, L.L.C. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
| Two employees were removing a door from a control room to take out a refrigerator while another employee was lying on the ground removing screws to disassemble a countertop. The door was let go and it fell over, striking the employee that was lying on the ground. The injured employee was hospitalized with a broken lower left leg and a dislocated ankle. | |||||
| 2020-02-13 | Snellville | Georgia | The TJX Companies, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was putting up products in the beauty department and slipped, landing on the countertop. The employee sustained a fractured right hip. | |||||
| 2019-09-01 | Cantonment | Florida | Deans Solid Surfacing, Inc | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| A piece of quartz countertop material was stored on an A-frame metal storage stand that was 9 3/4 inches off the floor, with wheels on one end and permanent legs on the opposite end. The material slipped off the edge of the stand onto an employee's right foot, breaking two toes. The employee was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
| 2019-06-06 | Hartford | Connecticut | Imagineers, LLC | Ball(s) of the foot | Stepped on object |
| On June 5, 2019, an employee was installing countertops in an apartment and stepped on a screw that went through the sole of his shoe into the ball of his right foot. The employee was hospitalized to treat an infection. | |||||
| 2019-05-08 | Palatka | Florida | Marble Today, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A warehouse technician was moving a cart with two pieces of granite countertop weighing 300 pounds. The cart tipped over and struck the floor. One of the broken pieces of granite landed on the employee's left foot and lacerated it. He was wearing steel toed boots at the time. | |||||
| 2019-04-04 | Toms River | New Jersey | Flo-Dar Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
| An employee was lying on his back underneath a kitchen sink installing a laminate countertop and felt pain in the lower chest while pulling on the countertop. | |||||
| 2019-02-23 | Tampa | Florida | Nordstrom, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was cleaning shelving inside the safe room. The employee climbed a ladder and stepped onto a countertop to clean the shelving. When stepping down from the countertop to the ladder the employee fell and fractured her hip. | |||||
| 2019-02-04 | Macedonia | Ohio | Home Depot | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was unloading countertops from a pallet. After the banding was cut, some of the countertops slid off the pallet and hit the employee's left foot, causing a broken left ankle. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2018-07-30 | O Fallon | Illinois | FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WATERLOO | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
| An employee had just picked up a teller tape that had fallen to the floor. Her head struck a countertop, causing a concussion. | |||||
| 2018-05-31 | Columbus | Ohio | NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was turning around after getting supplies from a cabinet to attend to a patient in a dental chair when the employee's foot became caught in hoses/tubing/the cord under the dental chair. The employee fell, striking the floor and countertop. The employee suffered left kneecap fractures and a chin laceration. | |||||
| 2018-05-29 | Satellite Beach | Florida | Dry-Tech Restoration, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing an old kitchen countertop when the countertop broke and fell on his right leg, lacerating the skin. He was hospitalized and required stitches. | |||||
| 2018-01-24 | Poplar | Montana | Verne E. Gibbs Health Center | Brain | Fall on same level |
| While working in the laboratory, an employee fell. The employee's head hit a countertop or the floor, suffering a concussion and hematoma. | |||||
| 2017-09-30 | Pensacola | Florida | Pensacola Christian College, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was scraping wallpaper off the wall in an apartment while standing on a kitchen countertop. As he was descending from the countertop onto a step ladder, he lost his balance and fell about 3 feet to the floor, breaking his right hip, spraining his right wrist, and straining his right shoulder. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-08-17 | Washington | District Of | Panera Bread | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a ladder while moving a ceiling tile when the employee fell off the ladder and struck a countertop, suffering a concussion and dislocating the right pinky finger. | |||||
| 2017-06-16 | Doral | Florida | EDGED IN STONE LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a handheld saw to cut a stone countertop when the saw lacerated the employee's right index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2017-02-10 | Cambridge | Massachusett | SDI Interiors Contractor | Ankle(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was balancing a granite countertop that was on the floor when it fell on and broke his left ankle. | |||||
| 2016-06-06 | Lenexa | Kansas | Cosentino | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was loading a stone countertop onto a flatbed truck, and his finger was crushed. He was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||
| 2016-05-17 | Omaha | Nebraska | CKF, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was moving remnant pieces of stone countertops. As he pulled them toward him, the pieces tipped and fell on his right leg, breaking it. | |||||
| 2016-05-04 | Ephrata | Pennsylvania | CounterTek, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of build-up (countertop). While cutting the material, the employee's fingers came in contact with the saw blade. The employee sustained serious injury including laceration and fracturing of the right forefinger and right middle finger. | |||||
| 2016-04-06 | Port Charlotte | Florida | Circle K Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was standing on a three-step stool to stock cigarettes in overhead bins. While coming down the steps , the employee missed the last step, lost balance, fell, and struck the countertop, breaking four ribs. | |||||
| 2016-03-23 | Valdosta | Georgia | UNITED EXCEL | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was conducting a fire wall inspection while working from a ladder. While descending the ladder, the employee lost their footing and fell against an adjacent countertop and then to the floor, breaking ribs. | |||||
| 2015-06-23 | San Antonio | Texas | Custom Equipment Fabricators | Arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a grinder with a cutting blade to cut a stainless steel countertop from below when he sustained a deep cut to his right arm, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-06-04 | Holly Hill | Florida | Durastone Solid Surfaces | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was moving a countertop from a delivery truck. He stepped off the tailgate and lost his footing. The countertop landed on his right pinky finger, resulting in an amputation at the hospital. | |||||