Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-14	Gadsden	Al	Abramson, LLC	Brain	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
Employees were pouring a culvert using a trackhoe. The injured employee was dumping a concrete bucket when the hydraulic line on the trackhoe failed causing the stick portion of the boom to release. The bucket struck the injured employee and he fell into a rocky bank and struck his head.
2021-05-14	Florence	Ms	Mississippi Machinery	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Employees were installing a culvert. Dirt picked up in an excavator bucket loosened and fell onto an employee's back, causing a fracture.
2021-03-08	Lake Charles	La	McManus Construction, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was installing drainage culverts in a trench bank. The trench bank caved in on the employee, who suffered injuries to the lungs, spleen, and liver. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-02-18	Fort Riley	Ks	Corvias	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using a sewer auger machine to clear a blocked drain at a residence. He had inserted the auger into the outside clean-out when he slipped and fell into a drainage culvert, suffering fractures to the right tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2021-02-15	Joplin	Mo	Freeman Health System	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was clearing snow using a skid steer and a bucket attachment when the skid steer struck a culvert. The safety bar of the skid steer struck the employee in the abdomen, resulting in hospitalization for blunt force trauma.
2021-01-07	Maryville	Mo	Advance Services, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working on a metal culvert when his right index finger got caught in a press, resulting in a partial amputation.
2020-08-20	New Stanton	Pa	C H & D Enterprises, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was post-tensioning an arch culvert. The post-tensioning machine caught and injured the employee's left thumb. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-08-05	Clearwater	Fl	ALL SOUTH UNDERGROUND, LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was handling a pressurized water hose to clean a large culvert pipe when the hose slipped from his hands and began to flail around, striking the employee approximately four times. The employee was hospitalized with an abdominal injury.
2019-07-10	Beaumont	Texas	Triangle Concrete Services	Multiple head locations	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was installing culvert ends. While removing a temporary light, the light fell and struck his head. He was hospitalized with scalp and facial lacerations.
2019-07-05	Eau Claire	Wisconsin	MENARD, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
On July 5, 2019, an employee was working in a flatbed trailer area, consolidating corrugated metal culverts on a pallet at ground level. The employee lifted one end of a culvert and it slipped and cut the employee's left ring and little fingers. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2019-06-18	Hutto	Texas	A Greater Austin Development Company, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was doing demolition work in a storm drain culvert. As he was adjusting a steel I-beam, the tip of his right index finger was caught between the two pieces of the adjustable beam. The fingertip was amputated.
2019-05-30	Lockport	New York	Kistner Concrete Products Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was removing a plywood blockout from inside a concrete box culvert segment. As the employee was sitting on the lip of the culvert and trying to grab a ladder, he fell off the culvert onto steel plate decking 3-4 below. He suffered a broken left tibia and was hospitalized.
2019-03-28	Grand Prairie	Texas	Forterra Pipe Precast, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using an overhead crane to set 12-by-10 box culvert. His left hand was caught between two structures, and the index finger and thumb were crushed and broken.
2018-05-22	Sarasota	Florida	IBT Construction LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was down in a culvert directing an excavator operator who was moving a 24-inch cast iron pipe. The rigging slipped from the excavator and the pipe struck the employee's left leg, possibly fracturing it. He was hospitalized.
2018-04-06	Springfield	Missouri	MARANTHA VILLAGE	Nonclassifiable	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
While cutting grass on a zero-turn mower, an employee fell approximately 10 to 16 feet from a box culvert to the surface below, suffering severe injuries.
2018-04-05	Huntsville	Alabama	SJ & L General Contractors, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonroadway noncollision incident
An employee was removing an existing concrete culvert with an excavator when the concrete culvert broke, causing a jolt to the employee, who suffered five fractured ribs.
2018-02-25	Killdeer	North Dakota	Streamline Water Services, LLC	Skull	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a skid steer over rough terrain when he hit a culvert, which jerked the skid steer. The abrupt motion caused him to hit his head against the rear window of the cab, fracturing his skull and requiring hospitalization.
2017-05-05	Glendive	Montana	Coleman Construction	Multiple body parts	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was welding plates inside a culvert using a stick welder when the welder ignited his clothes. He suffered third degree burns to his chest, arms, hands, and head, requiring hospitalization. Fire-resistant clothes were not worn at the time.
2017-04-25	Pottsville	Pennsylvania	U.S. Postal Service	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a delivery route when she stepped out of her truck and onto the edge of a culvert and fell fracturing her left ankle.
2017-04-07	Springdale	Arkansas	Arco Excavation & Paving	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was waterproofing culvert boxes. He was attempting to cross a 4.5-foot gap between the boxes when he fell backwards to the ground and broke his leg.
2017-04-07	Bentonville	Arkansas	LaborMax Staffing	Leg(s)	Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was waterproofing culvert boxes. He was trying to cross a 4.5-foot gap between the boxes when he fell backward to the ground and broke his leg.
2017-03-29	New Stanton	Pennsylvania	C. H. & D. Enterprises	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was working to install a box culvert. He was walking across a stream when he slipped and fell onto a hardline discharge hose from a pump, suffering internal bleeding.
2017-02-09	Laurel	Mississippi	PECO FARMS OF MISSISSIPPI LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving a truck to a farm to deliver feed. As he turned onto the farm's driveway, the left rear wheels of the truck trailer ran off the driveway's culvert, causing the truck to turn over on the driver's side. He suffered three broken ribs and a lacerated spleen.
2015-05-29	Mishicot	Wisconsin	Fox Hills Resort	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was trimming weeds with a gas powered trimmer near a cement culvert. The employee noticed a small branch resting in the culvert and tried to reach for it. The employee slipped and fell approximately ten feet. The employee did not have anything in his hand at the time of the accident.
2015-04-23	Houston	Texas	Texas Sterling Construction, LP	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was in a 14-foot excavation installing a concrete box culvert. As he was climbing out of the culvert, he fell approximately 3 feet and broke his right femur. He was hospitalized.