| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-12 | Bolingbrook | Il | LSC Communication MCL LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was running a bindery machine in diagnostic mode. His right hand was caught in the shuttle pocket and the machine amputated his middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-02-22 | Cincinnati | Oh | General Motors, LLC Dba Customer Care and After Sales | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was performing diagnostic testing on an automobile elevated on a car hoist. The employee was working from a portable staircase and fell 6 to 8 feet to the ground, resulting in a loss of consciousness, a broken finger, a head injury that required stitches, and a concussion. | |||||
| 2021-01-26 | Dunedin | Fl | COCA-COLA REFRESHMENTS USA, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was doing diagnostic work on a half-gallon juice filler. The machine's chain and sprocket caught the employee's right index finger and amputated the fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-04-03 | Worthington | Ohio | Charter Communications, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| A cable installer at a residential single family home hooked his ladder over a metal strand line, climbed up the ladder and hooked up his fall protection to the strand line and began diagnostics on the communications line. A splice on the strand line failed resulting in the ladder and the employee falling 18 feet to the concrete driveway below. The employee sustained fractures to the elbow and pelvis. | |||||
| 2019-02-11 | Bolingbrook | Illinois | Peterbilt of Illinois - Joliet, Inc. | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
| On February 11, 2019, at 1:30 p.m., a journeyman mechanic was performing a diagnostic test on a tractor (truck). While standing inside the engine bay of the truck between the frame and the left steer tire axel, the vehicle started and the truck moved forward pinning the employee under the steer tire. The employee's upper leg was crushed and the hip and ankle were fractured. | |||||
| 2017-10-04 | Coleman | Texas | American Lighting & Signalization | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
| While performing diagnostics on a street light pole, an employee received an electrical shock and burns on both hands, the abdomen, and the shoulders. | |||||
| 2016-09-22 | Galveston | Texas | Envitech | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was diagnosing equipment that was malfunctioning. He opened an access panel as part of the diagnostic procedure. When he opened the compartment, chemical was released and sprayed into his face, upper body, chest, shoulder area, and back, causing second and third degree chemical burns. | |||||
| 2016-07-15 | Tampa | Florida | Reeves Import Motorcars | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was injured while performing a routine wheel inspection diagnostics checklist. During this inspection and as the wheel assembly was spinning, the employee's right hand entered into the wheel assembly and his index finger extended beyond the spoke of the wheel as it passed the brake caliper assembly. A pinch point occurred between the caliper and the spoke and amputated the fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-05-27 | Gloucester City | New Jersey | Gloucester Terminals | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee performing diagnostic tests on a crane fell approximately 7.5 feet through an open hatch and was hospitalized. | |||||