| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-24 | West Jefferson | Oh | Joann OMNI Distribution Center | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| On September 24, 2021, at 8:50 a.m., an employee was driving a stand-up forklift when the forklift collided with palletized material. The employee's left foot was crushed under the lift, resulting in multiple toe amputations. | |||||
| 2020-06-30 | Boynton Beach | Florida | TOP CUT LAWN SERVICES NORTH, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
| An employee who had been operating a front-end loader was found trapped and crushed underneath the loader, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-05-29 | Knapp | Wisconsin | Pallet Service Corporation, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On May 29, 2020, an employee was placing decking on a nail machine. His left hand was crushed under the nail chuck. | |||||
| 2019-03-28 | Hamilton | New Jersey | Ted Dolci, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was rolling a 15-inch by 12-foot pipe off a trailer. When the pipe started to roll, a band clamp on it bent. The pipe caught the employee's glove and pulled the employee off the trailer. The employee's wrist and hand were crushed under the pipe; the employee's thumb was amputated and other fingers were crushed, with skin torn off exposing bone. | |||||
| 2017-07-06 | Springfield | Missouri | Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Company | Lower leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a fork truck when a bug flew into the employee's face. As the employee was swatting at the bug, the fork truck turned and rolled onto its side. The employee's right leg was crushed under the fork truck and had to be amputated below the knee. | |||||
| 2017-04-24 | Sundown | Texas | Savanna USA Drilling | Foot (feet) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employees were tripping pipe out of the hole. An employee wanted to roll a pipe section from the catwalk onto the skate. The pipe was having difficulty rolling, so the employee changed the angle of the catwalk. The employee operating the catwalk lowered the catwalk on one corner using the hydraulic to level it out. The employee who was rolling the pipe got his foot crushed underneath the corner of the catwalk when it was lowered. | |||||
| 2016-09-10 | Delaware | Ohio | KROGER DISTRIBUTION CENTER | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
| On or about 09/10/16, an employee was operating a pallet jack. The employee's foot was trapped and crushed underneath the pallet jack's platform while making a turn, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-08-05 | Saukville | Wisconsin | Engineered Exhaust Systems / B-T, Inc.. | Leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a forklift when the forklift tipped over. The employee's leg was crushed under the rollover protection cage. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg and other bodily injuries. | |||||
| 2015-10-08 | Sheboygan | Wisconsin | VPI | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning out a knife gate. The equipment was turned off. While using an airline and nozzle to blow out material the airline hit the on/off switch and the gate was activated. The employee's thumb was crushed under the gate and amputated by the machine. | |||||
| 2015-03-31 | Priest Lake | Idaho | Asplundh Tree Expert Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee's finger was crushed under a wheel chock while moving a trimmer vehicle. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left pointer finger. | |||||