Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-25	Onalaska	Wi	Kwik Trip, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee opened a roller grill cabinet door to retrieve soup cups. After they removed the soup cups, they turned and fell over the door, resulting in a fractured right hip.
2021-08-27	West Bridgewater	Ma	R F OWENS CO, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
On August 27, 2021, an employee was using a patty machine to make hamburger patties. The employee was straightening a metal mold plate below the knockout cup when the machine amputated the tips of two fingers on the employee's left hand. The machine was not guarded at the time.
2021-06-28	Conyers	Ga	GOLDEN STATE FOODS CORP.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was showing a co-worker how to unjam a pneumatic bar in the box drop section of a cup machine when the bar cycled and contacted the employee's right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-06-20	Independence	Mo	Northrop Grumman Ammunition Plant	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning out metal cup casings around a chain, sprocket, and rotating shaft during maintenance. The machine was turned on while the employee's hand was in a pinch point. The employee's fingers were caught in the machine's chain and sprocket, and the employee suffered a broken right arm and possible finger amputations.
2021-06-12	Fort Lauderdale	Fl	Air Canada Fort Lauderdale	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking from the check-in lobby to the ticket counter. Condensation from a customer's drinking cup had made the floor wet. The employee slipped on the condensation and fell to the floor sustaining a sprained right knee.
2021-05-26	Georgetown	Tx	DLHG Inc.	Forearm(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was helping co-workers to set a 3/8" tempered glass material in the shower with suction cups. During installation, the glass shattered and cut the employee's right forearm.
2021-03-19	North Las Vegas	Nv	U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs - North Las Vegas VA Medical	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonclassifiable
An employee received acupuncture as part of a training when they suffered a collapsed lung that resulted in hospitalization.
2021-03-15	Wilbraham	Ma	Friendly's Manufacturing and Retail, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was preparing a cup line packer for sanitizing. The machine started, and a moving rail amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.
2021-03-08	Madison	Fl	Stahler-Meyer Foods, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On March 8, 2021, an employee was adjusting the alignment of a hot dog line machine. When he moved a loader so the hot dogs could drop into a square cup, the loader pinched his right ring finger. He suffered an amputation to the finger without bone loss.
2021-03-02	Aurora	Co	Colorado Counter Tops	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee and a coworker were lifting a stone so that it could be hooked to and lifted by a forklift. The coworker used hand-operated suction cups to lift the stone while the employee used their hands. A suction cup came loose and the stone dropped and smashed the employee's left hand, resulting in the amputation of his left index fingertip.
2021-02-22	Mexico	Mo	HarbisonWalker International, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Two employees were changing the cups in a pump. The pump was started up to put the machine in reverse, which would get the cylinder cup out to the end of the material cylinder so the cup could be removed. The swing tube switched, and an employee's right thumb and index finger were caught in it. The employee suffered amputations to the thumb and finger.
2020-10-04	New Berlin	Ny	Chobani, LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a cup/foil jam on a filler when they were injured by the yogurt cup conveyor. The employee sustained lacerations to the left arm and left side and fractures to the left arm.
2020-06-03	La Crosse	Wisconsin	Crown Beverage Manufacturing	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping to reinsert a 10,000-lb. die set on a cupper. While pushing the die set in, the employee’s left hand was on the bottom of the die set, with the tips of his fingers in a recessed hole underneath the die set. As the die set slid into place, the employee's fingertips were contacted by the straight edge of the lower base of the cavity, resulting in the amputation of the index, middle, and ring fingertips.
2020-05-23	San Antonio	Texas	Bottling Group, LLC	Multiple mouth locations	Ingestion of harmful substance
While conducting a taste test, an employee mistakenly grabbed a sample cup that contained sodium hydroxide, incurring chemical burns to the mouth and lip. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-03-23	Miami	Florida	Baptist Hospital of Miami	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was getting a cup of coffee when she fell on the floor and injured her right elbow.
2020-02-20	Arab	Alabama	Progress Rail Services Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
While working on a cup polisher machine, an employee suffered an amputation to the left middle finger at the first joint.
2020-02-10	Horicon	Wisconsin	JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS	Multiple body parts	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was adjusting a sensor inside of a de-stacker machine. The machine was then activated and the injured employee was struck by the suction cup carriage as it came down resulting in fractured ribs and a fractured shoulder that required hospitalization. The machine was not locked out at the time.
2020-02-05	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	BLUE BELL CREAMERIES	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was filling the cup and lid dispensing mechanism of a packing machine when the lids became jammed. She was able to remove all lids that were stacked in the dispensing mechanism, but one lid was jammed between the stacking mechanism and the lidding stomper. As she attempted to remove this lid, her right index fingertip was pinched between the lid stomper and the rotating table (nest plates), resulting in the amputation of the fingertip right above the nail bed.
2020-02-04	Zanesville	Ohio	Casting Solutions LLc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to blow out the core box mold to make sure it was clear from residual sand when the machine cycled unexpectedly, pinching his left index finger between the pin and the cup. His finger was amputated at the first knuckle (mid-nail). The machine was in automatic mode at the time of the incident.
2020-01-09	Eau Claire	Wisconsin	MENARD, INC.	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On January 9, 2020, an industrial mechanic was replacing suction cups on an end-of-arm tool for a robotic depalletizing machine in a distribution plant. The employee was on an elevated depalletizing table between the depalletizing machine and a conveyor. A mechanical bar (used to push palletized merchandise from the depalletizing table onto the adjacent conveyor) struck the employee's left foot. The employee was hospitalized, requiring stitches and then surgery. The area was guarded with light c
2019-09-10	Jacksonville	Florida	Publix Supermarkets, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee arrived at work about one hour before his shift started. While walking in the break room to get a cup of coffee, he tripped on a cart and fell. He sustained a broken hip and was hospitalized.
2019-08-10	Tampa	Florida	Haverty's Furniture	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee went to the break room to make herself a cup of tea when she tripped and fell to the floor, breaking her hip.
2019-08-09	Hershey	Pennsylvania	Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Ventilation fans inside the restrooms of the employee cafeteria experienced a mechanical issue, causing smoke to occupy the restroom. An employee working in the cafeteria at the time of the mechanical issue experienced trouble breathing and had an asthma attack due to smoke inhalation, requiring hospitalization.
2019-05-07	La Crosse	Wisconsin	Kwik Trip	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was being trained on the operation of a 5-step depositor machine that fills muffin baking cups with batter. While the working motion of the machine was being demonstrated the employee contacted the slicing blade resulting in amputation of the pad of a finger. The machine was unguarded at the time.
2019-04-02	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Crossland Heavy Contractors	Hand(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was hooking up a sling for an excavator to move a piece of concrete pipe when the excavator operator pulled up on the sling, crushing the employee's left hand between the pipe and teacup.
2019-03-05	Cleveland	Ohio	I. Schumann & Co.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was using a dipper (a 5-foot pole with a cup) to retrieve molten metal from a gas rotary furnace. The metal splashed him, setting his cotton overalls on fire and causing burns to the left side of his torso and left arm.
2019-02-26	Buckhannon	West Virgini	Oil States & Energy Services, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On February 26, 2019, at approximately 1:00 p.m. a tool maintenance employee was prepping an isolation tool when a cup-shaped portion of the tool became caught on a bracket. The employee attempted to free the cup and the employee's left middle finger was caught in the hole of the cup and amputated.
2019-02-11	Conyers	Georgia	Golden State Foods Corp.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing jammed plastic cups and lids in a sauce packaging machine. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.
2018-07-19	Browntown	Wisconsin	Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries LLC	Head and neck	Contact with hot objects or substances
A employee was attempting to chisel through a tuyere on a cupola melt deck that had started to solidify. When he created a hole through the chilled iron, molten iron exploded out of the tuyere and struck him on the right side of his face and neck. As he moved out of the way, he tripped over a water pipe on the deck; he fell, striking his head on the metal deck and losing consciousness.
2018-07-06	Rankin	Texas	Long Wolf Well Servicing LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
A Lone Star Wolf Service employee was testing tubing going into a well when he began helping an operator who was lowering testing bars and pressuring them up for testing. After a couple of repetition runs of inserting the testing gun into the testing bar eye and hydrotesting the tube, the operator lowered the bars a bit more to have a complete seal. At the time, the injured employee's hand was on the testing gun handles, and his right index finger was pinched between the wiper cup and the testi
2018-06-19	Paterson	New Jersey	St. Joseph's Hospital	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee missed a step and fell while walking down the stairs, injuring the left knee and suffering a ruptured patella tendon. Both of the employee's hands were occupied at the time of the incident.
2018-04-26	Eustis	Florida	Florida Food Products, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unclogging a pulp screw conveyor drain cup when his hand contacted the moving screw auger, amputating his middle and ring fingers and his index fingertip.
2018-04-18	Palm Harbor	Florida	Innovative Employer Solutions, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was drinking coffee when she inadvertently dropped her coffee mug, which struck a chair and then impacted the floor mat. The cup handle broke and struck the employee's foot, causing a puncture wound and bleeding that required hospitalization and surgery.
2018-03-24	Reedsburg	Wisconsin	American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was standing on the floor removing a sample of molten iron from a furnace. The sample cup became caught on the lip of the furnace and molten iron spilled onto the employee's aluminized pants, contacting his leg through a pocket opening. He received burns to the thigh, calf, and ankle.
2018-03-19	Bonner Springs	Kansas	CSM BAKERY PRODUCTS NA, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting why a suction cup plate assembly was binding up. To do this, the employee cycled the machine to see what component on the suction cup assembly was creating the binding. As he grabbed the plate to make a manual movement, the suction cup plate was freed, allowing his left thumb to contact the housing of the plate cylinder. His left thumb tip was smashed between the plate and the cylinder housing. When he pulled his hand back, it removed the very tip of his thumb.
2018-02-02	Rockford	Illinois	Gunite Corporation	Hand(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was using an oxygen lance to clean a cupola slag runner (a portion of a foundry furnace) when the oxygen line supplying the lance failed causing a flame to strike the employee and enter his glove. The employee sustained third degree burns to the back and palm of his right hand.
2018-01-22	La Joya	Texas	Newman Operating Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was grabbing a transfer cup to place it on top of a rod when his thumb became caught in the transfer cup's hole, amputating it.
2017-09-21	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	Blue Bell Creameries	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
The injured employee was drying off excess sanitation water from the bottom of the nest plates on a filling machine. Her hand was next to the mechanism that lifts the cups out of the nest plates, referred to as the "lift pad." The lift pad pushed her right ring finger up into the hole as the nest plate was rotating smashing her finger and resulting in amputation of the fingertip and nail.
2017-08-21	Atlanta	Georgia	American Airlines	Wrist(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee observed an unoccupied tug rolling toward an aircraft and was attempting to stop it when the employee suffered a cut wrist.
2017-08-15	Acworth	Georgia	Chief Container Co., Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Ingestion of harmful substance
An employee ingested Dimethyl Ethyl Amine and Rhodolian 675 (defoamer) after drinking from a cup that he believed contained soda.
2017-07-20	Wilson	Oklahoma	Brammer Pipe and Steel, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was changing the swabbing cup on a workover rig when a pipe slipped down approximately 12 inches and amputated the employee's index and middle fingers at the middle joint.
2017-06-29	Edison	New Jersey	Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was removing a 25-pound cup conveyor part from a storage rack when he lost control of the part and it fell, crushing his finger between the part and the rack. He suffered a left index finger amputation.
2017-03-21	Bloomington	Illinois	Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was attempting to load material into a monorail cart. As the employee was pushing the material into the monorail material cups, the employee's right middle finger was pinched between the material shell bar and monorail cart cups. The fingertip had to be surgically amputated.
2017-02-22	West Chester	Pennsylvania	Staff Management	Hand(s) and wrist(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee who was driving an unloaded stand-up forklift turned down an aisle. To avoid hitting an unoccupied forklift, he quickly turned the forklift and placed his right hand out to brace himself. His right hand struck the non-moving, unoccupied forklift, fracturing his wrist and the area between his index finger and thumb. He was hospitalized.
2017-02-17	Addison	Illinois	SPROVIERI'S CUSTOM COUNTERS INC.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was lifting stone material with a suction cup when the slab came loose and crushed the employee's right middle finger, amputating the fingertip without bone loss.
2016-09-28	Hanover	Pennsylvania	R. H. Sheppard Co., Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was tipping a pouring cup into a mold (to mark it as bad) while his right hand was on the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt automatically moves when it's ready for the next mold. When it moved forward, his hand became caught between the mold and conveyor belt, amputating his right pinky fingertip.
2016-07-15	Moran	Texas	Basic Energy Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
While conducting well servicing operations, a rig crew was changing out swab cups and preparing to go back into the hole (oil well), when an employee had his hand pinched between a bar and the tubing resulting in the amputation of the employee's pinky finger.
2016-07-07	Quarryville	Pennsylvania	BB's Grocery Outlet , LP	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was getting a cup of coffee when she tripped over a mat in the lunchroom and broke her left femur. She was hospitalized.
2016-07-05	Arlington	South Dakota	Prairie Ag Partners	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping a millwright remove a backstop from the grain leg of a silo when the employee's left thumb was partially amputated by a de-energized belt and pulley that moved due to the weight of the product in the cups on top of it.
2016-05-07	Oshkosh	Wisconsin	Supple GC Oshkosh, LLC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Ingestion of harmful substance
An employee ingested degreaser that was placed in a cup and handed to him for cleaning the grill. The employee's esophagus was burned and the employee underwent surgery.
2016-03-23	Saint Germain	Wisconsin	Aegis Therapies Inc	Multiple face locations	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was conducting an occupational therapy activity with a patient when the patient's dog bit the employee, lacerating her lip and cheek.
2015-12-16	New Bedford	Massachusett	High Liner Foods USA Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning glue rails on a packaging machine. Another worker was troubleshooting the packaging machine where suction cups grab the paperboard boxes. This worker jogged the machine to see if the suction cups were grabbing the paperboard sheets and the employee who was cleaning glue off of the rails suffered an arm injury requiring surgery.
2015-11-24	Bessemer	Alabama	Specialty Foundry Product	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was operating a gunning machine to shotcrete a cupola. He contacted the flywheel and amputated his right-hand middle fingertip.
2015-11-12	Oconomowoc	Wisconsin	Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
While turning a powered pallet jack, an employee ran into a forklift that was occupied and parked. His left leg got pinched between both vehicles, fracturing his lower leg area.
2015-10-31	Dallas	Texas	JE Dunn Construction Company	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking and tripped on an expansion joint in an occupied tunnel underneath the hospital and fractured the pelvis.
2015-10-26	Mchenry	Illinois	Brake Parts, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On or about 7:30 a.m. on October 26, 2015, an employee was preparing to change a powered industrial truck battery. Due to the end stops on the multi-level battery rack being bent out of place, the battery was positioned too far into the rack for the large suction cup on the automatic battery machine to reach it and pull the battery out. The employee used a strap to try to pull the battery forward and in doing so, his left pinky finger was pinched between the strap and a guardrail in the area,
2015-10-07	Channahon	Illinois	Universal Plant Services	Face	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was operating a portable grinder with a cup tool attachment to bevel the edge of a piece of pipe. The cup tool disintegrated and debris from the cup tool struck the left side of the employee's face. The employee was transported to hospital.
2015-08-10	Blossburg	Pennsylvania	Ward Manufacturing LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was severely burned (first and second degree burns) on his thigh and genital area by a lancing rod while attempting to remove slag on the cupola system. The lancing rod dropped and ignited a flame burning the employee.
2015-08-01	New Berlinville	Pennsylvania	BOYERTOWN FOUNDRY COMPANY	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
On 08/01/2015, at 0700 a.m., an employee was removing chilled iron from a cupola moat when he sustained burns to his hands, arms, and face. The employee drove the bucket loader into the moat after water was applied to hot sand, which caused steam to burn the employee.
2015-06-23	Marathon	New York	Square Deal Machining Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating an Accupress press brake and the tooling pinched his middle and ring fingers on his right hand.
2015-06-04	La Crosse	Wisconsin	Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level
An employee received a head injury after he fell to the floor and struck his head while taping straws to cups.
2015-04-24	Rome	Georgia	International Paper Mill	Face	Contact with hot objects or substances
At 4:50 AM on 4/24, an employee was collecting a sample of black liquor. The sample splashed from the cup onto the employee's face, burning his face. He was hospitalized.
2015-03-30	Sealy	Texas	TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS	Lower leg(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was on a service call, replacing a sensor on a fleet truck. He stood on a battery box, and put his right leg on a cylinder to help hold his balance. His hands were occupied with hand tools in a position above his head. His left foot slipped, putting all of his body weight on his right foot and resulting in a fracture below the knee.
2015-03-26	Lithia	Florida	Central Maintenance and Welding Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was changing dies on a 400-ton Accupress brake press when one of the lifting bars slipped off the die and crushed the employee's hand between the base of the press and the die.
2015-03-11	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	ANN STORCK CENTER, INC.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.
An employee was removing items from a cupboard. When she turned around, she tripped and fell over a child who was crawling on the floor, resulting in a broken hip.
2015-03-09	Chicago	Illinois	SOLO CUP COMPANY	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On March 9, 2015, an employee sustained distal amputations of the third and fourth right-hand digits while operating a conical paper cup-forming machine. The employee was feeding paper in order to start production on the machine.
2015-02-22	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Friends Hospital	Face	Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c.
On February 22, 2015, a patient microwaved a cup of coffee. The patient then threw this hot cup of coffee into the face of the injured employee. The employee sustained burns to his face and was hospitalized.
2015-01-27	Mc Comb	Ohio	Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On or about January 27, 2015, an employee sustained an amputation of the left middle finger, distal to the first joint, while removing a jammed product on the Go-Cup Line.
2015-01-04	Kingsville	Missouri	STAHL SPECIALTY COMPANY	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
On or about January 4, 2015, an employee was injured while running a gas sample. The employee was dipping out a sample with a sample cup using tongs. When he put the cup in, the hot metal splashed on him, causing burns to the ring finger and little finger on his right hand. The employee was admitted to the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.