Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-01	Dayton	Tx	Freedom Solar Power	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
A box truck was being backed into a customer's driveway. The truck's ladder became entangled with overhead powerlines. An employee climbed on top of the vehicle and tried to untangle the lines using PVC pipe. His head contacted the energized line and he was thrown off the vehicle to the ground. He lost consciousness, having suffered a shock and electrical burns.
2021-10-05	Downers Grove	Il	Mc Mahon Maintenance	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
At 10:00 a.m. on October 5, 2021, an employee was climbing a portable ladder when it slipped out from under him. He fell about 10 feet to the driveway below, suffering head and back injuries. He was hospitalized.
2021-10-01	Hollis	Ny	Cobalt Mechanical Inc	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
When an employee leaned on a window opening with guardrails, the rails broke and the employee fell through the opening to the driveway about 12 feet below. The employee suffered injuries to the neck, back, ribs, and aorta.
2021-10-01	Chrisman	Il	Effingham Equity	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on top of a bulk feed semi trailer transferring feed from one trailer to another. The employee lost balance and fell to the driveway. The employee sustained lacerations to the head, non-surgical fractures of the T-11 and T-12 vertebrae, and a torn rotator cuff. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-22	Shenandoah	Tx	Juan Davila	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was retrieving tools from the roof of a residential home when they fell onto the concrete driveway, resulting in head trauma.
2021-09-13	Vero Beach	Fl	Jeff Kuhnert Enterprises LLC	Eye(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stepping from a ladder to the roof of a residence. The employee fell to the concrete driveway below and suffered a fracture in the eye socket area.
2021-08-31	Miami	Fl	A. M. Best Roofing Inc.	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a roof to the cement driveway below, suffering a broken wrist and cuts to the chin and elbow.
2021-08-04	Groton	Ct	GENERAL DYNAMICS, ELECTRIC BOAT DIVISION	Leg(s)	Pedal cycle collision in roadway
An employee was using a company bicycle to travel to a company property when they were struck by a vehicle that was backing out of a driveway, resulting in a fractured leg.
2021-06-11	Shawnee	Ks	Bratton Brothers Contracting Inc	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was installing flashing above an overhead door while on a scaffold when he lost his balance and fell to the concrete driveway below, resulting in a compound wrist fracture, a fractured heel, and a head laceration.
2021-05-10	Naples	Fl	Doria's Landscaping Inc	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was on lunch break sitting on the grass near the driveway at a job site when a truck ran over both of the employee's legs and fractured them.
2021-04-17	San Antonio	Tx	Kidd Roofing	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing a ladder up to the roof of a single-story house. The ladder slid out from the employee, who fell to the concrete driveway about 8 feet below. He suffered a broken leg.
2021-03-29	Marblehead	Ma	Marblehead Garden Center Inc.	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was pushing a shopping cart on a driveway. The employee tripped while trying to grab a tray that was falling off the cart and fell to the pavement, suffering a broken pelvis.
2021-03-05	Mill Creek	Wa	U.S. Postal Service	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
At about 4:30 p.m. on March 5, 2021, a U.S. Postal Service employee was stepping out of her postal vehicle in a residential driveway. She lost her footing and fell to the driveway, with her feet moving in opposite directions away from her center of gravity, and broke her right ankle and tibia. She was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
2021-02-24	Plaistow	Nh	Weston Solutions Inc	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was spreading de-icing agent on a driveway when they slipped and fell on ice. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to the right knee.
2021-02-19	Star City	Ar	United States Postal Service	Thoracic region	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was carrying a bag of salt to spread on a driveway. He slipped on ice and fell to the pavement on his back, suffering fractures to the T-11 and T-12 vertebrae.
2021-02-09	Ashland	Oh	UPS	Head	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was making a residential delivery when he slipped and fell on a driveway covered in partial ice and snow, hitting his head and resulting in a laceration that required two staples to close. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-02-08	Highland Park	Il	FedEx Express	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking back to his truck after delivering mail when he slipped and fell on snow and ice in a driveway, resulting in torn quadriceps in the upper left leg that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-02-06	Columbus	Oh	United States Postal Service	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was delivering a parcel when they slipped on black ice on a driveway and fell, resulting in a fractured right fibula.
2021-02-03	East Moline	Il	Van Pelt Corporation	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
On February 3, 2021, an employee was walking on the deck of a flatbed trailer to put straps on steel tubing. He tripped over a fixed piece of the trailer and fell off to the driveway below, breaking his left ankle. He was hospitalized.
2021-01-20	Johnstown	Oh	Heartland Hospice	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on ice in a driveway. The employee's leg was broken in two places, requiring surgery.
2020-10-13	Boise	Id	Multiquip Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was on a buggy in a driveway, moving trailers to storage and was struck by a semi-truck. The employee sustained contusions to the right side of the body requiring hospitalization.
2020-09-26	Brunswick	Oh	Installed Building Products	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was on the roof over a garage to install a gutter above the garage. He slipped and fell approximately 10 feet onto the concrete driveway. He sustained a fractured skull and a broken wrist. Fall protection was not worn at the time.
2020-09-22	Easton	Ct	Aquarion Water Company	Skull	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was riding in the bed of a company pickup truck stabilizing the motor that was being brought over to the dumpster for disposal. When the truck came to a stop, the employee lost his footing and fell out of the truck bed on the driver's side and struck the back of his head on the driveway pavement. The employee suffered a laceration to the back of the head and a skull fracture.
2020-08-11	Louisville	Ky	U.S. Dept of Commerce	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was conducting interviews and handing out booklets to residents. As she was walking down a driveway, she stepped into a two-foot hole and suffered a broken left ankle.
2020-07-06	Marengo	Illinois	Charter Communications, Inc.	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was performing door-to-door sales. While walking between sales visits, the employee tripped on an uneven sidewalk/driveway slab of concrete and fell to the ground, striking his left knee area and suffering bone fractures.
2020-06-22	Hutto	Texas	BWT's Welding & Associates, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a forklift's forks, which had been raised so he could unwrap a tarpaulin. As he unwrapped the tarp, he was dragged off the forks and fell to the ground, injuring his head on the concrete driveway.
2020-06-08	West Memphis	Arkansas	Family Dollar Stores, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee drove a forklift into the aerosol room with a pallet of product on the forks. She drove down the back driveway to the aisle of racking she needed to turn into. The forklift drove through salt brine that was on the floor and slid into a concrete bollard at the end of that aisle. The employee's left foot got caught between the bollard and the forklift. The employee was hospitalized with four broken toes and a laceration to the left foot.
2020-06-08	Cambridge	Massachusett	DOW COMPANY INC THE	Leg(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
A gas powered concrete buggy began to roll down a concrete driveway. An employee attempted to stop it and was struck by the buggy, sustaining a broken leg.
2020-05-28	Houston	Texas	Rojan Incorporated	Brain	Other fall to lower level
While trying to move the drive-thru canopy back into place, an employee fell off a ladder. The employee landed on the concrete driveway and sustained a head injury.
2020-05-28	Shallowater	Texas	BMC WEST LLC.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was on a ladder, installing a window and removing trim. The employee fell about 11 feet to the concrete driveway below, suffering a back injury.
2020-04-30	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Comcast	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was working at a customer's address to troubleshoot an in-channel frequency response issue. The employee was preparing to check radio frequency levels at the tap located on the strand next to a wood utility pole at the end of the customer's concrete pad driveway. He set up his 28-foot extension ladder onto the wood utility pole and began his ascent. He ascended the ladder to about the 13th or 14th rung and was reaching for his fall restraint lanyard to secure himself and the ladder t
2020-04-02	Cartersville	Georgia	R & L Carriers Shared Services LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was using a manual pallet jack to move a freight down a steep driveway when the employee tripped over the pallet jack tires and fell on their left side to the concrete driveway. The employee suffered a non-displaced left hip fracture.
2020-02-27	Fenton	Missouri	Scott Lee Guttering	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was installing gutters on a newly constructed residential dwelling. The employee was climbing a portable extension ladder to install a downspout over the garage and fell approximately 10 feet head-first onto the concrete driveway. The employee sustained a skull fracture, swelling of the brain, eight broken ribs and a collapsed lung and was hospitalized.
2020-02-07	Dallas	Texas	Lowe's	Nonclassifiable	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was at the back of a building, unloading a truck of goods using a forklift. A truck entered the back driveway (followed by a police car) and struck the employee on the forklift. The employee suffered internal bleeding.
2020-02-06	Orange	New Jersey	PRINCE TELECOM LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was hanging a cable TV drop on a customer's home. The employee fell onto the driveway and suffered broken ribs.
2020-01-23	Byron	Illinois	Pearl City Elevator, Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was delivering propane to a customer's residence. He parked his propane truck on the driveway and connected his transfer hose to the customer's storage tank. As he proceeded to return to his truck, he slipped on ice that was present on the property. He fell to the icy ground and hit his head. He slowly got back up and walked back to the propane truck to stop the transfer pump. At this time, the customer returned home to see the employee leaning next to his truck dazed. He was hosp
2020-01-18	Eagleville	Missouri	United Farmers Cooperative	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking on an icy driveway to make a propane delivery when the employee slipped on ice and fell the ground, breaking an ankle.
2020-01-09	Edgerton	Wisconsin	United States Postal Service	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee delivered a package and was returning to the delivery vehicle when the employee slipped on ice in the customer's driveway and fell breaking a knee.
2020-01-08	West Seneca	New York	MLP Plumbing & Mechanical, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
After repairing a roof HVAC unit, an employee was descending a ladder when it became displaced. The employee then fell 15 feet to the blacktop driveway below, suffering a broken left wrist, fractured left elbow, two fractured left ribs, a compound fracture of the back, a lacerated kidney, and a fractured pelvis.
2019-09-17	Santa Rosa	California	U.S. Census Bureau, Los Angeles Regional Census Center	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking down a driveway. Her left foot hit raised pavement and she fell. Both her knees, both her hands, and her face struck the ground; she suffered a broken left patella, a sprained left wrist, and bruising under her lips.
2019-09-06	Buffalo	New York	U. S. Postal Service	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee pulled into a driveway to deliver parcels that would not fit into a mailbox. The employee got out of their vehicle to retrieve parcels out of the back. As her back was turned, a dog came from behind and bit her right forearm and hand, removing a section of skin from the forearm. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-08-21	Gulfport	Mississippi	Utility Partners, LLC	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was cutting a driveway to pour concrete when a motorcycle came around the flaggers and signs and hit the employee. The employee suffered a broken leg.
2019-07-22	Port Chester	New York	UPS	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking across a lawn to deliver a package. The employee fell approximately 5 feet off a wall and landed on the driveway, breaking his femur.
2019-05-31	Erie	Pennsylvania	GE Transportation a Wabtec Company	Brain	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was driving an electric cart in reverse down an incline. While coming down the incline at an increased speed, he turned the wheel and was thrown from the cart onto a concrete driveway, injuring his head.
2019-05-21	Apopka	Florida	Dewar Nurseries	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee loaded plants onto a trailer wagon. The trailer was being moved to another section and the employee was walking behind the trailer. The trailer wagon was being pulled by another empty trailer in the same driveway. The employee thought the loaded trailer was going to contact the empty one and put his hand between the two trailers resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.
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.
2019-03-21	Monroe	Ohio	Joe Morgan Honda	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on an 8-foot ladder, helping repair a service bay garage door that would not roll up and down. The top three glass door panels fell, causing the employee to fall to the concrete driveway. The employee sustained a punctured lung and a cut on the head from the broken glass.
2019-02-26	Berwyn	Pennsylvania	Fine Cedar Siding LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on an extension ladder, using a metal crowbar to remove shingles from near a second-story window on an outside detached garage. The ladder slipped from under him and he fell, landing on the black asphalt driveway in front of the garage. He suffered an injury to his back and was hospitalized.
2019-02-14	Inverness	Florida	JW Morton Real Estate Inc.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
While walking across a driveway, an employee was struck and dragged by a delivery truck as it backed up. The employee suffered a concussion, a broken collarbone, four broken ribs, and a broken right femur.
2019-02-11	Sandusky	Ohio	Renaissance House, Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking a client to the car to drive the client to work when she slipped on ice in the driveway and fell striking the back of her head.
2019-02-06	Fenton	Missouri	PIPE AND DUCT SYSTEMS LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was reversing a forklift truck down an inclined and elevated driveway when the forklift fell upright off the elevated driveway, which was approximately 16 inches above level ground. The employee's right hand was crushed between the cab of the forklift and a guardrail post, breaking the right middle finger and tearing tendons.
2019-02-01	Binghamton	New York	Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital Inc.	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was visiting a residence when they slipped and fell in the driveway sustaining a fractured ankle.
2019-01-30	Cleveland	Ohio	United States Postal Service	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was making a delivery, slipped on ice and fell onto a customer's driveway. The employee suffered a fractured left hip.
2019-01-23	Pearl	Mississippi	Lansing Building Products, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was throwing trash into a dumpster when he slipped and fell onto the paved driveway below, breaking his ribs and tearing his kidney.
2019-01-21	Columbia	Missouri	Septagon Construction Company	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking across the driveway when he slipped on ice and fell to the ground, breaking his right lower leg and ankle.
2018-09-11	Belchertown	Massachusett	Krex Transport Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
A FedEx employee backed a delivery truck into a driveway. Upon exiting the vehicle, she walked to the rear doors to retrieve a package. As she turned to walk around a car that was behind her, the car proceeded to unexpectedly back up, striking the truck first, then pinching and crushing her legs between the bumpers of the truck and car. She suffered multiple fractures to her right leg below the knee.
2018-09-05	Fort Collins	Colorado	FOOTHILLS GATEWAY, INC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was walking in the company driveway during a 15-minute break when the employee's left foot rolled and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken hip. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-08-27	Snowmass Village	Colorado	Luis Ortiz Roofing	Brain	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
An employee climbed onto the fourth story roof of a multi-family structure to begin installing flashing around chimneys. As he stepped to connect his lanyard to a lifeline, he slipped on synthetic felt covering the roof and fell approximately 30 feet onto a porch overhang, before falling about 10 more feet onto a concrete driveway. He was hospitalized with a fractured upper front right rib, a laceration to the back of the head, a concussion, and abrasions to the face.
2018-08-14	Gadsden	Alabama	Comcast of Alabama, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on a ladder and had just completed replacing a customer's service line when he fell from the ladder as he began to descend. He landed on the concrete driveway and ground, requiring hospitalization.
2018-08-11	Melville	New York	United States Post Office	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was delivering mail at a resident's house. He was walking on the driveway, which had cracks and was slippery from rain, when he slipped/tripped and fell onto the pavement, breaking his left ankle.
2018-07-31	New Braunfels	Texas	Golden West Oil Company	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was working on the bed of a truck, moving a drum and then repositioning a pallet jack to be unloaded for charging overnight. The lift gate had been lowered; as the employee walked backward to move the pallet jack, he fell off the end of the truck to the concrete driveway about 3 feet below. He broke his right elbow in five places, also suffering a broken shoulder.
2018-05-27	Des Moines	Iowa	U.S. POSTAL SERVICE	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
A rural mail carrier tripped and fell in a customer's driveway, suffering a broken hip.
2018-05-13	Washington	District Of	Comcast Cable	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee fell approximately 30 feet onto the driveway of a gated garage. He was then struck and run over by a car, sustaining femur and jaw injuries, loss of teeth, and a collapsed lung.
2018-04-16	Sarasota	Florida	Florida State Roofing and Construction	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was getting off the roof of a single story house using a ladder. While getting on the ladder from the roof, he stepped on the first course tile adjacent to the ladder and it broke, causing him to lose his balance and fall about 10 feet to the driveway. He fractured his left femur, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-04-10	Washington	District Of	McLane Mid-Atlantic	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using a hand cart to take empty containers into the store. While he was wheeling the cart up the ramp, one of the cart's wheels fell off of the ramp. He then fell to a concrete driveway below, fracturing his right tibia and requiring surgery.
2018-03-27	Dover	Ohio	W. L. Logan Trucking Co.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell about five feet off the back of a flatbed trailer while securing a load of coiled steel spools with ratchet straps and impacted the concrete driveway below. The employee sustained a head injury, a right arm fracture and a fractured pelvis.
2018-03-09	Lancaster	Wisconsin	TDS TELECOM	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was testing a customer's telephone line and walking back to his work truck, which was parked on the road about 50 feet away. As he walked down the steep gravel driveway, he slipped on snow and landed on his left foot, rolling his ankle and breaking his left fibula and tibia.
2018-02-10	Toledo	Ohio	United States Postal Service	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice while walking up a driveway to deliver mail and fell resulting in a broken and dislocated right ankle.
2018-01-22	Natick	Massachusett	Jordans Furniture	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on ice on a customer's driveway, suffering a leg injury.
2018-01-17	Washington	Maine	MaineHealth Care at Home	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee fell on an icy driveway while leaving a resident's home, fracturing a leg and requiring hospitalization.
2018-01-17	Stuttgart	Arkansas	UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While delivering mail to a residential site, an employee slipped and fell on ice in the driveway, breaking the left hip.
2017-09-19	Brockport	New York	Duncan Family Farms	Leg(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving a utility vehicle down a dirt road and turning left into a driveway parking lot when he lost control of the vehicle, fish-tailed, and flipped. He suffered a compound fracture to his leg.
2017-09-16	Omaha	Nebraska	ROLL ENTERPRISES, INC	Foot (feet)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was operating an earth compactor to compact soil so cement could be poured for a new driveway. The employee drove up an incline and then turned the compactor so it was parallel to the hill. The compactor tipped over, causing injury to the employee's left hip and breaking his left foot.
2017-07-27	Riverview	Florida	DALLAS 1 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On 7/26/2017, an employee was working on the forms and finishing concrete of curbs / sidewalks / driveways at a worksite. At the end of the workday, the employee started to experience cramping in their hands and legs. On 7/27/2017, the employee was admitted to the hospital for heat exhaustion.
2017-07-25	Acworth	Georgia	U.S. Postal Service	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a customer's car while walking down the customer's driveway, fracturing her right ankle.
2017-06-08	Omaha	Nebraska	Nebraska Medicine	Hip(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell while walking on a customer's driveway, dislocating her left hip and requiring overnight hospitalization.
2017-05-27	El Cajon	California	U.S. Postal Service - Bostonia Station	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee stepped upon a retaining wall to throw a parcel over a fence during a delivery. When she stepped off the wall, she fell and landed on the driveway, breaking her wrist.
2017-04-17	Washington	District Of	The National Theatre Group, LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
A worker sweeping with a broom on a loading dock fell 4.5 ft. off the loading dock and hit his head on the concrete driveway below.
2017-04-13	Coon Rapids	Iowa	U.S. Postal Service	Brain	Gored or rammed by animal
An employee had just delivered mail and was walking down the driveway when a dog jumped on him and knocked him to the ground. He lost consciousness and suffered a fractured skull and brain hemorrhage, requiring hospitalization.
2017-03-30	Wichita	Kansas	Senior Services Inc of Wichita	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was removing some branches from the concrete driveway of the business. The branch that she was pulling broke causing her to fall backwards and break her elbow. She also suffered a contusion to the back of her head.
2017-03-30	Fults	Illinois	Shake and Shingle	Heel(s)	Other fall to lower level
The injured employee was loading bundles of shingles onto a conveyor and sending them up to his partner who was stocking the bundles on the roof. The injured employee stepped onto the pallet to reach for the last bundle and the wood pallet broke. The injured employee lost his balance and fell off the truck bed to the concrete driveway below resulting in a fractured left heel.
2017-03-21	Dadeville	Alabama	Cumberland Materials, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was using a forklift to move building materials from a truck to a construction site when the forklift overturned while going up the driveway. The employee broke an arm and ribs.
2017-03-04	Moreland Hills	Ohio	Astrum Solar, Inc.	Heel(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing a portable 12 foot ladder up to a one story residential garage roof when the ladder slipped, causing the employee to fall to the concrete driveway and break both heels.
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.
2017-02-09	Fresno	Texas	Reddico Construction Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was installing an arch pipe in a driveway. After the employee released the mechanism on the hoisting apparatus that held the pipe, the pipe fell on the employee's finger, pinching it between the pipe and the concrete driveway. The employee's right ring finger was amputated at the first joint.
2017-02-03	Pewaukee	Wisconsin	United States Postal Service	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On February 3, 2017, an employee slipped on ice in a driveway while delivering mail, fracturing an ankle.
2017-01-02	New Market	Maryland	U. S. Postal Service - New Market	Ankle(s)	Trip on uneven surface without fall
An employee was delivering mail in a residential neighborhood. While walking down a driveway, she stepped on an unstable object and twisted her ankle.
2016-10-22	Big Lake	Minnesota	U.S. Postal Service, Big Lake Post Office	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
On or about October 22, 2016, at 1:10 p.m., while walking to the door of a private residence to deliver a certified mail piece, an employee tripped on the edge of the concrete driveway where it meets the grass forming a 2-inch difference in surface level. The employee suffered two fractured bones in the right lower arm, requiring hospitalization.
2016-09-20	Venice	Florida	Arrow Exterminators, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing a ladder for pest control inspection when the ladder kicked out at the bottom and the employee fell to the driveway, landing on the wrists and face and suffering multiple fractures.
2016-06-04	Chittenango	New York	Kelberman Center, Inc.	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was running down the driveway after a fleeing patient when he tripped and fell, injuring his left shoulder and fracturing his elbow. He required hospitalization and surgery.
2016-06-01	Uniontown	Pennsylvania	United States Postal Service	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was delivering mail when she slipped on a gravel driveway and broke her leg, requiring surgery.
2016-05-27	Green Bay	Wisconsin	Aurora Baycare Medical Center	Skull	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
On May 27, 2016, at approximately 5:00 p.m., an employee was escorting a discharged patient to their vehicle in the driveway when another vehicle struck the employee. The employee suffered a fractured skull and possible fractured pelvis.
2016-05-11	Bethel Park	Pennsylvania	Verland Foundation Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee loaded a patient in a wheelchair into a passenger van. The van then drifted down the driveway and struck or ran over the employee, causing liver and lung damage.
2016-04-12	Cincinnati	Ohio	Scott's Lawn Service, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was parked in a residential incline driveway. The customer asked if the employee could move his truck. While backing up the vehicle, the right side of the vehicle was off the driveway in the grass. The employee exited the vehicle to look. The vehicle was still in reverse at the time. As the employee exited, the vehicle continued to reverse, and the driver's door struck and knocked him to the ground. The left front tire then ran over the employee, injuring his ribs and chest and possi
2016-04-03	Williamstown	West Virgini	Suddenlink Communications	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee fell approximately 18 feet to a concrete driveway from a ladder while installing cable television line from a pole to a home, suffering fractures and soft tissue damage to the feet and ankles.
2016-03-30	Peoria	Illinois	USPS North University Station	Brain	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was walking across a resident's driveway while delivering mail when the resident backed up a vehicle and struck the employee. The employee was knocked unconscious and hospitalized with a head injury.
2016-03-22	Scottsdale	Arizona	U.S. POSTAL SERVICE	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While walking down a driveway, an employee slipped on loose gravel, fell to the ground, and fractured a hip. The employee was hospitalized.
2016-03-14	Royse City	Texas	Mastec Advanced Technologies	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working from a ladder, installing cable lines to the eave of a roof over a driveway, when he fell off the ladder. He injured his head, pelvis, rib, and arm on his left side and was hospitalized.
2016-03-06	Brackettville	Texas	The Travelers Indemnity Company	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
On March 6, at approximately 2:30 p.m., an employee climbed up a ladder to inspect a roof. The ladder slid sideways, and the employee fell 10 feet to the driveway. The employee sustained a fractured left elbow and was hospitalized.
2016-03-03	Fulton	New York	Oswego County Opportunities Inc	Ankle(s) and knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
At 5:45 AM on 3/3/16, an employee was walking into work from her car when she slipped on ice in the driveway and fell, fracturing her right ankle and knee.