Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-05-23 | Garland | Texas | Penske Truck Leasing, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was putting a license plate onto the front of a truck when the truck ran over him and drug him into the wash bay. He was hospitalized with lacerations and a puncture to the face, lacerations to the arms, part of the ear cut off, and multiple internal injuries. | |||||
2017-08-31 | Weslaco | Texas | Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee experienced heat stress and dehydration while on patrol for drug smuggling activities. | |||||
2016-10-07 | Perryville | Missouri | MFA Agri Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to change the bearings on a fertilizer tender truck's auger and was using a garden hose to loosen the product. The hose became tangled in the auger, which drug his hand into the auger. As a result, his right pinky and part of his ring finger were amputated. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-07-20 | Fall River | Massachusett | SOUTH COAST HEALTH SYSTEM GROUP | Forearm(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee suffered burns to their forearms and dizziness from exposure to a chemotherapy drug (Sevoflurane/Ultane) that had spilled. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-11-17 | Topeka | Kansas | HME Inc. | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A plate machine operator had his foot on/under the plate machine and the moving gantry on the machine caught his foot and drug it causing a chip fracture and lacerations. | |||||
2015-10-03 | Eau Claire | Wisconsin | FedEx Ground | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On 10/03/2015, an employee was sorting packages when a jam occurred. While attempting to clear the jam, the employee's right hand got caught by a moving conveyor belt, which drug the hand into a transition plate. The employee's right ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2015-09-10 | Huttig | Arkansas | Chip Haulers, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
An employee and a coworker were at servicing a truck. The employee was under the truck close to the fuel tanks when the coworker started the truck. The truck moved forward and the rear tandem caught the employee and drug him an unknown distance. | |||||
2015-04-19 | Mcallen | Texas | Dept of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection | Nonclassifiable | Water vehicle incident |
Two border patrol agents were involved in a boat accident while chasing drug runners. |