Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-09 | Newark | De | Food Lion, LLC | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving a trash can on a dolly to a dumpster. The dolly wheels caught on an object, causing the employee to fall to the ground and suffered fractures to the left hip and leg. | |||||
2021-11-03 | Blytheville | Ar | Hays Store Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was moving an empty dolly in the packet room. As she backed up, her left heel struck an empty pallet and she fell onto it. She suffered a broken left hip. | |||||
2021-10-22 | White Plains | Ny | PAL Environmental Services Corp. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Two employees were loading flooring onto an A-frame dolly. The dolly tipped over and the flooring struck an employee, who suffered injuries to the back and both legs. | |||||
2021-10-05 | Ponte Vedra Beach | Fl | Cavalier Spirits | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
On October 5, 2021, an employee was unloading products from the back of a box truck. He was on the lift gate with a dolly full of beer boxes; when he pressed the descend button, the dolly began moving away from him. As he tried to catch it, he fell off the lift gate with the dolly and the beer boxes. He suffered injuries to his shoulder, back, and leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-25 | Fort Mccoy | Wi | Army and Air Force Exchange Services | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was moving an oven on a dolly in a restaurant. The oven fell off the dolly and caught part of the employee's finger against the wall, causing a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-08-27 | North Sioux City | Sd | Interbake Foods, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking around a stack of tubs when her right toe struck a dolly and she fell to the floor. She suffered a broken left hip. | |||||
2021-08-27 | Macungie | Pa | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED | Arm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was maneuvering and positioning a vehicle hood assembly on a dolly. The assembly fell and a hood struck the employee's right arm, breaking it. | |||||
2021-08-26 | Maumee | Oh | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was adding a second trailer with a dolly to the rear of a trailer. The employee's right leg got stuck on the dolly and the employee fell on their left leg, suffering an injury to the left hip. | |||||
2021-08-19 | Meriden | Ks | Ernest Spencer Metals, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A baghouse was being moved using dolly carts. A cart got stuck on a crack in concrete; a forklift was used to lift the baghouse while an employee moved to adjust the cart. The baghouse slipped from the forks and crushed the employee's hand against the cart. | |||||
2021-08-12 | Bryan | Tx | Sanderson Farms Inc, Processing Division | Thigh(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by another person |
On August 12, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., an employee was clocking in after a lunch break when he was struck by a manual dolly loaded with trays. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a fractured femur. | |||||
2021-07-13 | Worcester | Ma | Apple Studios, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
An employee was operating a crank lift. The wheel of the dolly rolled over the employee's toe. The toe became infected and the employee was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||
2021-07-13 | Hialeah | Fl | XPO Logistics Freight, Inc. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was assisting another truck driver with hooking his set of twin trailers. The employee was between trailers and was struck by the converter dolly. The employee sustained a fractured left foot/ankle requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-07-13 | Broken Arrow | Ok | Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was changing the battery on a forklift using a mobile battery dolly. The employee positioned the dolly adjacent to the storage rack. The dolly began to roll backward when the employee was transferring the battery and the battery fell off the rack and onto the employee's left foot. Three toes were severely crushed resulting in amputation at the first knuckle. | |||||
2021-07-08 | El Paso | Tx | FEDEX Freight | Hand(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was attaching a dolly to the back of a trailer. His left hand was caught and crushed between the dolly and the trailer. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-06-23 | Saint Louis | Mo | PrimeFlight Aviation Services Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was running when she tripped over a dolly tongue and fell. She suffered a laceration above the right eye and a broken left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery for the leg fracture. | |||||
2021-06-14 | Neenah | Wi | Bayland Transport Inc. | Jaw, chin | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was attaching a trailer to a semi truck. While the employee was raising the dollies using the landing gear crank, it became difficult to crank. The employee bent down to see if the dolly legs were coming up when the tension in the crank caused it to come back and hit the employee in the face. The employee suffered a broken jaw. | |||||
2021-06-11 | Rockford | Il | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On June 11, 2021, an employee was hooking a dolly up to a tug hitch. The employee's left middle finger was pinched between the dolly tongue handle and tub hitch. The finger was amputated. | |||||
2021-06-01 | Whitehouse Station | Nj | Readington Farms Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
On June 1, 2021, an employee was trying to clear a milk case jam on the dolly loader track. His right was hand was under the milk crate and his index finger got caught in the chain of the track, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-05-25 | San Antonio | Tx | Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee as investigating a leak at roof level beside a parts rack at the final assembly area. As the employee was taking a picture of the leak, he stepped back into the drive path of a dolly train. The employee made contact with the third dolly in the train causing the employee to fall to the ground and fracture a leg. | |||||
2021-05-19 | Orlando | Fl | Caliber Holdings Corporation | Foot (feet) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by another person |
On May 19, 2021, an employee was standing next to the frame machine as it was being pulled into the stall. The dolly wheel ran over his right foot causing a fracture. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-08 | Kansas City | Mo | FEDEX GROUND | Face | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was moving to unhook the dolly from the lead trailer when the trailer pulled forward and the dolly struck the employee, resulting in a facial fracture. | |||||
2021-05-02 | Huntsville | Al | Worldwide Freight Services | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was trying to separate two dolly carts that were stuck together. The employee tripped and fell and suffered fractures to the ends of his left tibia and fibula at the ankle. | |||||
2021-04-08 | Crowley | Tx | Charley's Concrete Co., Ltd. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was pushing a welder on a dolly when the dolly hit a bump in the concrete and flipped up. The welder shifted, and the employee's right pinky finger was caught between the dolly and the welder. The finger was amputated. The employee was hospitalized and the finger was reattached. | |||||
2021-03-15 | Round Rock | Tx | Ferguson Plumbing Supply | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was unloading a concrete mop sink from the back of a truck with a dolly. The slope of the ramp caused the sink to slide down the dolly and crush the employee's right thumb. The employee suffered a fracture and dislocation to the thumb. | |||||
2021-03-04 | Tulsa | Ok | Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
An employee was using a dolly converter while unhooking a set of double trailers when he was struck in the chest by the dolly converter. The employee sustained fractures to the sternum and ribs. | |||||
2021-03-02 | Crestline | Oh | Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was using a flip dolly to rotate a rack of glass. The employee used their right hand to operate the flip dolly's wire control box when the dolly rotated downward and pinched their right thumb, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-02-22 | Patuxent River | Md | U.S. Department of Defense | Hand(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
Two employees were using a dolly to transport a safe. When the dolly moved over the door's transition strip, the dolly and safe bounced, crushing and causing a fracture on the employee's right hand. | |||||
2021-01-27 | Oklahoma City | Ok | Madison Painting | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was moving material on a dolly. The dolly tipped over and the employee suffered a broken leg. | |||||
2021-01-27 | Edgerton | Wi | M.J. Electric, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employee had been climbing a utility pole to install a dolly on the pole and fell approximately 50 feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with a lacerated spleen and internal bleeding. | |||||
2021-01-08 | Peru | Il | FedEx Freight | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On January 8, 2021, an employee attempted to hook a converter dolly to a trailer and suffered a hand injury. | |||||
2021-01-04 | Conroe | Tx | FedEx Freight | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was attempting to hook a converter dolly to a trailer when his left hand was caught between the dolly and the trailer resulting in a crushing injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
2020-10-18 | Abbeville | La | Sparrows Group (Energy Cranes) | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employee was assisting the platform manager to move a drum of oil with a dolly. While setting the dolly down, he smashed the tip of his finger between the handle of the dolly and a beam on the platform. This resulted in the amputation of his right middle fingertip. | |||||
2020-10-12 | Jacksonville | Fl | US Census Bureau | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
An employee was moving a box of office supplies from the back seat of his car onto a dolly. While making a twisting motion, he felt something pop in his back and felt a sharp pain and his feet went numb. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-10-12 | Houston | Tx | Canteen Vending Services | Multiple trunk locations | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While delivering vending machine products to a worksite, an employee's foot got caught in a dolly-cart that was leaning up against the inside of the box-truck. While attempting to get his foot unstuck the employee lost balance and fell, striking his ribs and spleen on the back opening-lip of the box-truck. He sustained three fractured ribs and a bruised spleen. | |||||
2020-10-01 | Rancho Mirage | Ca | Best Buy Equipment & Supplies Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
While unloading restaurant equipment from a dolly, the dolly moved and an employee's finger was caught between the dolly and a stainless steel counter. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the right middle finger. | |||||
2020-09-10 | Wakefield | Ma | Westrock CP, LLC | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was loading a paper roll onto a machine using a pneumatic powered dolly. The employee's hand was caught between a stationary roll of paper on the floor and the roll of paper they were moving. The employee suffered an avulsion to the hand and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-26 | Tampa | Fl | LGSTX CARGO SERVICES, INC | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving a forklift forward when she tried to move a dolly's break bar by pushing it with her arm. Her ring and middle fingers were then caught between the overhead guard frame of the forklift and the dolly's break bar, resulting in a ring fingertip amputation and middle finger laceration. | |||||
2020-08-26 | Tulsa | Ok | Dick's Sporting Goods | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was unloading a treadmill from a truck using a dolly. The treadmill and the dolly fell on him, breaking a vertebra at the base of his neck. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-03 | Maspeth | Ny | Smartway Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
A driver was connecting a dolly to their truck when the tip of their left little finger was amputated. | |||||
2020-07-30 | Treasure Island | Florida | Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a dolly to transport seven cases of product through a doorway. He fell; the cart also fell, striking his right hand and amputating the tips of his middle and ring fingers. | |||||
2020-07-22 | Chicago Heights | Illinois | Fedex Freight, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was hooking up a tandem trailer. While attaching the dolly section, the employee was pinned between the dolly and the trailer and suffered a broken left leg. | |||||
2020-07-21 | Pueblo | Colorado | AMERICAN PRODUCE | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
A driver was delivering groceries from a truck to a store. He slipped on the ramp at the back of the truck and fell to the ground along with the dolly he was using. He suffered a broken right ankle and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-09 | Jamaica | New York | Dnata Ground Handler | Leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was driving a tug with a load into a warehouse. While the employee was trying to disconnect the dolly from the tow tractor hitch, the dolly brake tongue swung and struck his left knee. He suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-30 | Branford | Connecticut | Owens Realty Network, LLC | Lumbar region | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was moving a 10-gallon water container on a four-wheeled dolly. The dolly hit a bump and the container moved. The employee suffered a muscle strain in the lower back while trying to prevent the container from falling. | |||||
2020-06-25 | Little Rock | Arkansas | SYSCO FOOD SERVICES OF ARKANSAS, INC. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was in the back of his trailer, making a delivery. As he loaded his hand dolly, he slipped on some condensation and fell to the ground. He suffered contusions to the left rib and hip, as well as a ruptured spleen. | |||||
2020-06-12 | Belton | Texas | Ag Meier Industries, LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was helping to move a hay trailer on a dolly. The hay trailer fell off the dolly and struck the employee between the knee and upper part of the leg resulting in hospitalization with a possible fracture. | |||||
2020-06-09 | Dallas | Texas | Southeastern Freightlines | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was hooking two trailers. As the employee was positioning a converter dolly at the first trailer, the dolly started to roll toward him. His left thumb was caught between the dolly and the lead trailer and sustained an amputation. | |||||
2020-06-09 | Birmingham | Alabama | United Parcel Service | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was using a dolly to take packages up a stairway. The employee fell down the stairs, suffering a broken femur. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-02 | Trinidad | Colorado | PepsiCO | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
A driver was using a dolly cart to unload product from the back of a truck. His shoe got caught in the bumper as he was stepping down to the ground, causing him to fall. The employee was hospitalized with a broken lower right leg and had surgery. | |||||
2020-05-31 | Rexburg | Idaho | BASIC AMERICAN FOODS | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee had been using a dolly to move a barrel. The employee hit his head on an overhead walkway while wearing a hardhat. He got back up and continued working until he later passed out and had a seizure. The employee broke his nose during the seizure. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-05-27 | De Pere | Wisconsin | Bayland Transport Inc. | Multiple head locations | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was adjusting a tractor trailer to put it on dolly legs when the trailer shifted, causing the trailer crank to spin and come down on the employee's head. The employee suffered a concussion and broken facial bones. | |||||
2020-05-22 | Fort Worth | Texas | Coca Cola Southwest Beverages | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was attempting to move materials with a push dolly when he fell to the ground and fractured his right femur, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2020-05-21 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Advent Health | Lower leg(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
An employee was moving into a new office space and that had junk left in the office areas from previous tenants. He was taking a large piece of commercial glass to the dumpster using a dolly. As he was picking up the glass over his head to throw it in the dumpster, the glass broke and half went into the dumpster and the other half fell on his right lower leg, severely cutting it. He was hospitalized with a severed tendon. | |||||
2020-05-19 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was loading a commercial water tank onto a truck using a stair climber dolly. The tank slipped and the employee suffered a broken leg. | |||||
2020-05-19 | Saint Louis | Missouri | UPS FREIGHT | Hand(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was moving a truck dolly when it pinned the employee's left hand, causing a laceration that required surgery. | |||||
2020-05-18 | Jamaica | New York | ASAK Solutions LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was directing a tug operator to connect the tug to a dolly with mail. The tug operator mistakenly reversed instead of pulling forward, causing the employee's left leg to be pinned between the tug and the dolly. He suffered a puncture wound to his lower left leg. | |||||
2020-05-14 | Long Island City | New York | Swing Staging LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was placing angle iron pieces on a dolly the long way. He placed his hand on the load and his other hand on the handle of the dolly. As he was moving the load, the load shifted and smashed his right index finger between the load and the handle, causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-05-08 | Commerce City | Colorado | United Parcel Service | Pelvis | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was adjusting a trailer dolly between two trailers. As the employee began to move the dolly from under the rear trailer, the weight of the trailer shot the dolly forward. The dolly hit and pushed the employee, who became pinned between the two trailers and injured his pelvis. | |||||
2020-04-25 | Pontotoc | Mississippi | Walmart Supercenter 164 | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was moving a tote when she tripped on a dolly and fell, breaking her left leg and requiring surgery. | |||||
2020-04-03 | Tallapoosa | Georgia | Estes Express Lines, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was attempting to hook a dolly up to a trailer when the employee's left ring finger was caught between the trailer and dolly, resulting in a fingertip amputation (no bone). | |||||
2020-03-17 | Inverness | Illinois | The Salvation Army | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was pulling a dolly (holding a fireproof cabinet weighing about 500-600 pounds) while two other employees pushed it. The employee slipped on the wet ground and fell; his leg landed between the ground and the dolly and was broken. | |||||
2020-03-13 | Austin | Texas | TCS Mechanical LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was using a manual pipe dolly to move a pipe fabrication into a building for installation. He was guiding the pipe along the path when his right thumb was pinched between the pipe fabrication and an existing support, resulting in a partial transphalangeal amputation of the right thumb. | |||||
2020-02-28 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Carnegie Mellon University | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a large dolly and fell to the floor, hitting several items on the way down. She suffered a broken bone in her left thigh and a strained right wrist. | |||||
2020-02-20 | Sturtevant | Wisconsin | McLane Food Service | Brain | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was taking boxes of food down a ramp on a dolly. The employee fell, suffering a head injury. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-02-19 | Jamestown | New York | Jamestown Metal Products, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
Two employees were assembling doors onto storage cabinets while the cabinets were laying on their backs. After attaching the doors, they stood the cabinet up onto a wooden dolly. The doors came open and the excess weight away from the center of gravity caused the cabinet to fall forward on top of one employee. The employee was hospitalized with abrasions to the left arm and pelvis. | |||||
2020-02-14 | Dfw Airport | Texas | United Parcel Service | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was connecting two dollies. He had pulled the pin from the eyelet of one dolly and was pulling the other dolly to make a connection when his right middle finger was caught between the tongue of one dolly and the eyelet of the other dolly. The finger was lacerated between the nail and the first knuckle, and the fingertip was medically amputated. | |||||
2020-01-17 | Victor | New York | RIDGEWAY EQUIPMENT | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Two employees were delivering refrigerator up a ramp using a furniture dolly when the dolly and refrigerator tipped over, striking one employee. The employee suffered three broken vertebrae in the neck area and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-17 | Hatfield | Pennsylvania | R&L Carrier Shared Services, L.L.C. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was connecting a dolly to a yard hostler truck and severed the tip of his left thumb. | |||||
2020-01-15 | Janesville | Wisconsin | R & L Carriers Shared Services, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was hooking up a dolly as a coupling between two trailers. The dolly went over a lip in the asphalt, and the employee's left hand was pinched between its frame and the lead trailer. The ring finger was lacerated and broken. | |||||
2020-01-06 | Washington | District Of | Crane Service Company | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was installing a steel beam and using a dolly to support and move the beam. The dolly was approximately 5 feet off the ground when the beam fell off the dolly and landed on the employee's right foot, breaking three toes. | |||||
2019-09-18 | Basehor | Kansas | Rock & Roll Transportation, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
While unloading packages from the rear door of a truck onto a dolly, an employee became ill and experienced cramping, nausea, and pain. He was hospitalized for dehydration and acute kidney failure. | |||||
2019-09-12 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | UPS | Foot (feet) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
An employee was attempting to hook a dolly to a tug by hand when the dolly rolled over the employee's foot. | |||||
2019-09-03 | Beaumont | Texas | Wyatt Field Service Company | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was moving a pipe dolly to a staged piping area. An extended boom forklift's right front tire struck the employee, who suffered a broken pelvis and a broken left femur. | |||||
2019-08-30 | Warren | Ohio | XPO Logistics | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was hooking up a dolly to a lead trailer when his index finger was caught between the pintle hook and the dolly. This resulted an index fingertip amputation before the first knuckle. | |||||
2019-08-29 | Houston | Texas | FedEx Freight | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was trying to hook up a dolly to a trailer and slipped while the dolly was moving. The employee's hand was then caught between the dolly and trailer, crushing the left ring and middle fingers. | |||||
2019-08-29 | West Jefferson | Ohio | FedEx Freight | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On August 29, 2019, an employee was hitching a trailer when the employee's finger was pinched and amputated in the trailer dolly. | |||||
2019-08-23 | Colorado Springs | Colorado | ENTREC Cranes and Heavy Haul Inc | Pelvis | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
An employee was attempting to repair a crane boom dolly. The employee released the air supply to the crane boom dolly, allowing the brakes to release. The dolly rolled over its wheel chocks back toward the crane, pinching the employee between the crane and dolly. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2019-08-18 | Pinecrest | Florida | Florida Power and Light | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was moving a transformer on a dolly. The transformer slipped off the dolly and crushed the employee's left middle finger. | |||||
2019-08-08 | Springfield | Missouri | Lowe's Home Centers | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was delivering a refrigerator when it slipped off the dolly, falling on his ankle and breaking it. | |||||
2019-07-29 | Longmont | Colorado | Xpo Logistics, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was disconnecting the back trailer from the converter dolly on the truck. There are hooked safety chains between the trailer and the converter dolly. The trailer dropped and pulled a safety chain tight. The chain caught his finger and caused the amputation of the right index finger to the second joint. | |||||
2019-07-20 | Cumming | Georgia | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Lumbar region | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
An employee was transporting a 64 pound box of parts using a hand truck/dolly. As the employee was bringing the dolly up some steps, he felt a severe pain in his lower back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-20 | Mattoon | Illinois | NCI Group, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was manually moving a 55-gallon drum of caulking from a wood pallet to a dolly. The drum slipped back into its original position, pinching his finger against an adjacent drum. The injury resulted in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-07-17 | Dallas | Texas | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a chassis onto a dolly to transport it to the paint both. The employee's hand was smashed between the chassis and the dolly, resulting in a left index finger amputation. | |||||
2019-07-16 | Amherst | New York | Best Buy Co., Inc. | Thoracic region | Struck by falling object or equipment |
Two employees were loading appliances into a delivery truck using a 2-wheeler/dolly. One employee was helping push a refrigerator while the other employee pulled it towards the dolly. The refrigerator fell on one of the employee's lower extremities and mid-section, causing the employee to fall on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured T7 vertebra. | |||||
2019-07-02 | Cranbury | New Jersey | Wayfair LLC | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving merchandise from a trailer truck when the employee was hit by three king-size headboards while pushing a hand dolly outside the trailer. The employee suffered a right-side head and shoulder injury (contusion). | |||||
2019-06-18 | Washington | District Of | North Capitol Partners, Inc | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was moving a safe on a wheeled dolly when the wheel of the dolly ran over imperfections in the floor. The safe then tipped off the dolly and onto the employee's leg, breaking it. | |||||
2019-06-17 | Brooklyn | New York | Altech Electronics Inc | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped on a dolly behind him and fell on the concrete floor, fracturing both elbows. | |||||
2019-06-15 | El Paso | Texas | J&J Worldwide Services | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
At 9:45 a.m. on June 15, 2019, an employee suffered a possible hernia while lifting a door onto a dolly. | |||||
2019-06-14 | Miami Gardens | Florida | XPO Logistics, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was attaching a dolly to his lead TRL when he slipped and his left pinky finger was caught between the front dolly and the TRL pintle hook. | |||||
2019-06-11 | New York | New York | Schindler Elevator Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee's left hand was caught between an elevator rail and the floor while he was moving the rail using a channel dolly. The middle and ring fingertips were amputated. | |||||
2019-06-03 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bimbo Bakeries USA | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was using two-wheel hand carts to move merchandise. The hand cart trays separated and the dolly was knocked out from under the stack. The stack came back toward the employee causing him to lose balance and fall off the dock onto the ground fracturing an elbow. | |||||
2019-04-08 | Northampton | Pennsylvania | Transport Typhon Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was hooking up tandem trailers with a dolly when the rear trailer shifted and pinned the employee against the dolly. The employee suffered bruising on the left leg and a broken left thumb. | |||||
2019-04-06 | Orlando | Florida | Swissport USA, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was connecting two LD-3 containers on dollies. He was moving the rear dolly with his right hand on the dolly tongue and his left hand toward the front dolly's connection hitch when the rear dolly's ring impacted his left ring finger, fracturing it. | |||||
2019-03-25 | White | Georgia | Pinnacle Propane Express | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a propane storage cabinet. The dolly and the cabinet hit together and the cage flopped back, hitting the employee's right ring finger. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-03-18 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Giant Food Stores, LLC | Jaw, chin | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a dolly leg handle to lower a trailer so it could be connected. The handle slipped from his hands and it sprung back, striking him in the jaw and neck area, bruising his esophagus, and breaking his jawbone. | |||||
2019-03-17 | Star City | Arkansas | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was working in a chick trailer. As he was repositioning a flat hook (on a winch) attached to the last chick tray, the attached cable straightened out. His left hand was caught between the hook and the dolly and his index finger was crushed. The finger was amputated. | |||||
2019-01-29 | Williamsville | New York | Frito Lay | Lumbar region | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
An employee was moving a converter dolly for a tandem trailer. While pushing the converter dolly, the employee felt a pop in his lower back, followed by severe pain. He was hospitalized with two bulging discs and a fractured vertebra. | |||||
2019-01-24 | Austin | Texas | R2 Corporation | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was transferring materials using a dolly cart. As he was trying to load the cart on a weighing scale, it tipped over on top of him, lacerating his nose and lip and breaking his ankle. | |||||
2019-01-23 | Middletown | Connecticut | Night Trips Express, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A driver was about to hook a trailer up to a converter dolly. He bent over and used the handles to pick up the converter dolly, then lost his footing as he moved it forward. As he was catching himself, the eye of the converter dolly amputated the tip of his left thumb just below the bottom of the nail bed. | |||||
2019-01-21 | Toledo | Ohio | Old Dominion Frieght Line , Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
On January 21, 2019, at approximately 1:00 p.m., an employee was attempting to hook up two trailers using a converter dolly. As the employee was maneuvering the dolly, he slipped and fell to the ground due to ice. When he fell to the ground, the dolly pinned his right ankle against the trailer bumper. He was hospitalized with a fractured ankle. |