Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-16 | Pascagoula | Ms | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was inspecting a crane when his right foot became lodged between the crane's wire rope and the drum structure for the rope. The foot was amputated. | |||||
2021-11-15 | Independence | Mo | Olin Winchester LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was changing a fiber drum believed to be empty when the drum fell, causing the employee's right ring fingertip to be caught in a pinch point in the conveyor belt and amputated. | |||||
2021-11-11 | Pemberton | Nj | ACrane Rental | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was disassembling a crane. While attempting to adjust a hoist drum, the employee fell from the crane to the ground below, resulting in leg fractures. | |||||
2021-11-05 | Peyton | Co | Towers Northwest | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was pulling a cable up a communication tower using a capstan winch. His left arm contacted the winch line and became entangled under the rope and drum. He suffered three broken arm bones, constriction wounds, and lacerations to the arm. His middle and ring fingers were medically amputated. | |||||
2021-11-01 | Clearwater | Fl | Waste Management Inc. of Florida | Face | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was using a plasma torch to cut the lid off an empty drum of brake cleaner when sparks from the torch ignited fumes in the barrel. The employee suffered second degree burns on the left side of his face. | |||||
2021-10-21 | Muskogee | Ok | Paragon Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a crowbar to align steel on a machine when the crowbar slipped and smashed the employee's left index finger between the crowbar and the drum of the machine, resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2021-10-05 | Gassville | Ar | AMERICAN STITCHCO INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
At 3:20 p.m. on October 5, 2021, an employee was clearing a jam on a blower machine when the rotating drum crushed the employee's right hand. The employee was hospitalized and suffered amputation of their right index finger and the tip of the right middle finger. The thumb was also severely injured. | |||||
2021-10-05 | Arnold | Mo | ARMOR EQUIPMENT | Pelvis | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was under a truck working to free a seized brake drum. The brake released and the truck rolled forward over the employee crushing their pelvis. | |||||
2021-10-01 | Miami | Fl | Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
A crane operator was resetting a limit switch on an overhead crane. A cable and/or drum caught the operator's left leg, causing the operator to fall about 10 feet from the crane bridge. The employee's leg got entangled in the crane cables resulting in amputation of their left leg at the thigh. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-24 | Augusta | Ga | Graphic Packaging International, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was using a water hose to spray and clean pulp out of a large drum in a bleach plant area. The employee was exposed to chlorine dioxide from the pulp, became ill, and began to cough. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-21 | Windsor | Co | Titan Machinery | Arm(s) | Explosion, n.e.c. |
On 9/21/2021, at 2:15 PM, an employee was using a cutting torch to remove the top of an empty drum that contained hydraulic fluid. Vapors in the drum expanded causing the top of the drum to blow off and strike the employee's left arm and right hand. The employee sustained a fracture to the left arm and required stitches on the right hand. | |||||
2021-09-21 | Guntersville | Al | Farm Fresh Foods LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
The injured employee was working to lift a 55-gallon chemical drum off a pallet jack. Two other employees came to help with the lift. The drum fell on the injured employee's left ring finger and amputated the fingertip. | |||||
2021-09-08 | Wentzville | Mo | Warren County Concrete | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On 9/08/2021, a concrete truck driver was repairing a rear light approximately 7-8 feet above the ground. He lost his grip and his hand got caught between the roller and the drum. He lost a fingernail and required amputation to the right ring finger. | |||||
2021-08-20 | Jeanerette | La | Estes Refractory & Insulation of Louisiana, Inc. | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Other jump to lower level |
An employee stood on an extension ladder to guide a metal pipe into a hole/drum. The pipe made contact with a pipe that had been previously placed in the drum and knocked it loose from its friction weld and crimp. The employee then jumped off the ladder rather than be struck by the loose pipe. The employee landed on the floor and sustained a fracture to the left tibia and right heel. | |||||
2021-08-12 | Huntsville | Ar | Standard Materials Group | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was using a hammer to remove concrete from a water nozzle on a ready-mix concrete truck. The truck's drum pinched the employee's right index finger, causing a fingertip amputation below the nail. | |||||
2021-08-11 | Sun Prairie | Wi | Lakeshore Recycling Systems, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was opening the hinged doors on the back of a truck when a cardboard drum fell and struck the employee in the head, resulting in two fractured vertebrae. | |||||
2021-08-10 | Longview | Tx | Hiab USA | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee climbed a ladder to work on the boom of a crane. The employee was striking the boom with a pry bar when he fell off the ladder and struck the ladder on the way down, resulting in a skull fracture, ruptured ear drum, multiple rib fractures, and other scrapes and bruises. | |||||
2021-08-04 | Dalton | Ga | MFG Chemical, LLC | Heel(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was passing though an area where a drum washout was occurring. Hot water splashed onto the employee, burning his left heel. | |||||
2021-08-02 | Cleves | Oh | Shoemaker Masonry Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee's finger was caught between the paddle and the drum of a mortar mixer. The finger was partially amputated. | |||||
2021-07-28 | Chicago | Il | Mauser Packaging Solutions dBA Meyer Steel Drum, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was shifting empty 55-gallon steel drums from floor level onto a conveyor at the unloading dock. When the employee sat down to take a break, he lost consciousness and was later admitted to the hospital for heat exhaustion. | |||||
2021-07-26 | Forreston | Il | Carroll Service Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee and co-workers were working on taking a cable up a grain leg so they could re-install the belting and buckets for the leg. While turning the drum on the grain leg with his right hand, the employee's left hand was caught between the pulley and the belts on the reducer, resulting in amputation of his little fingertip. | |||||
2021-07-25 | Lafayette | La | Catalyst Recovery Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was moving a 55-gallon drum. A rotary valve lacerated the employee's left index and middle fingers resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2021-07-07 | Uniontown | Oh | Barberton Tree Service Inc | Skull | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
Two employees were unclogging the chipper after a rainstorm. One employee opened an access panel to the drum of the chipper to unclog it while the second employee went to the other side of the chipper. The first employee then shut the access panel. The motor was off, but the drum was still spinning. A piece of clogged brush kicked the panel open and struck the second employee in the forehead, resulting in multiple skull fractures. | |||||
2021-06-15 | Edwards Afb | Ca | Pacific Gold Marketing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using an industrial drill, drilling holes for footings. The kelly cable drive was not retracting properly on the machine's drum, so the employee tried to disconnect the cable to re-spool the drum. He backed out the threaded pin from the kelly drive clevis that was holding the cable drive end. As he tried to push the pin through, his right middle finger was pinched in the clevis and cable. The finger was amputated at the first joint. | |||||
2021-06-11 | Aurora | Il | UNILOCK CHICAGO, INC. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
At 3:36 p.m. on June 11, 2021, an employee was using a cutting torch to cut the end off a 55-gallon drum that had been filled with hand sanitizer. The drum flashed and the employee suffered a thermal burn to the left side. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-28 | Grand Island | Ne | MCCAIN FOODS USA, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a drum former machine. The employee's right middle finger was caught in the machine and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-05-26 | Webster | Tx | Campbell Concrete & Materials LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning grease from the drum roller bearing of a mixer truck when the side of the rotating roller contacted his left middle finger causing a partial amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2021-05-19 | Abilene | Tx | BWJ Metal Works | Head | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was repairing a sand blaster machine. After the sand blaster was reassembled, the employee then turned on the generator to check the pressure. The employee went back to check the drum and air was escaping. The employee noticed that the hose was slipping off. The employee grabbed the hose and it slipped off and struck the employee on the left side of the head resulting in a laceration and a swollen left eye. | |||||
2021-05-17 | Clearwater | Fl | Waterfront Property Services, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee cut into a 55-gallon drum with a plasma cutter. Gasoline fumes in the drum ignited and then flamed out. The employee suffered burns to both shins, as well as a laceration to the right temple from a piece of the drum. | |||||
2021-05-17 | Ponca City | Ok | Phillips 66 | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee opened a valve to see if a drum was free of hot residual oil. The oil was plugged behind the open valve, but the plug dissolved. Hot oil (300-400 degrees F) splashed out of the drum's receiving receptacle and onto the employee's right thigh and right arm, as well as the right sides of the employee's abdomen and face. | |||||
2021-05-15 | Rolla | Mo | HARTMANN U.S., INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was changing a font print blanket on a printer when their left middle finger was caught between the blanket drum and the plate drum support resulting in amputation. | |||||
2021-05-13 | West Palm Beach | Fl | Beyond the Reef, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
An employee suffered a strained back while pulling a 44-gallon drum that was half filled with water. | |||||
2021-05-04 | Texas City | Tx | Blanchard Refining Company, LLC - Galveston Bay Refinery | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
Hydrogen fluoride was released from piping near an alkylation unit's auxiliary acid dump drum. Two employees were exposed to the hydrogen fluoride and were hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-01 | South Elgin | Il | Transamerican Auto Parts | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was winding a winch line onto a winch drum. The line termination hardware pulled the employee's left hand into the guide rollers, causing an amputation to the index fingertip. | |||||
2021-04-09 | Sulligent | Al | US Ecology Sulligent, Inc | Forehead | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was moving a 30-gallon poly drum containing a halon fire extinguisher. He opened the container to verify its contents. Once he unlatched the drum ring, the lid flew off of the drum and struck the left side of his face. He suffered a fracture to the left eyebrow and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2021-04-07 | Hilliard | Oh | Proto Precision Additive LLC | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee swept loose aluminum powder dust from an air filter into a dustpan and poured the dust into a 55-gallon water-filled sludge drum. Additional water was poured on top of the aluminum powder floating on the surface when the resulting hydrogen gas ignited, causing second-degree burns on the employee's right forearm and hand. | |||||
2021-03-16 | Dakota | Il | BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting a vacuum pump connected to a drum containing cream filling. The employee shut off the vacuum pump, disassembled the pump, turned the pump back on, and was trying to remove thick cream around the edge when the pump suction cycled. The employee's left thumb was caught between the base ring and the inside of the pump ferrule housing, and was amputated at the first knuckle from the tip. | |||||
2021-03-11 | Oklahoma City | Ok | Standard Iron & Metal Co., LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was picking trash and metal off a conveyor belt when their right arm became trapped in the conveyor belt roller drum, resulting in amputation below the shoulder. | |||||
2021-02-22 | Waycross | Ga | GATX Corporation | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was walking by a railcar commodity offloading area. A 2-inch rubber hose funneling phenol into a 55-gallon drum became dislodged from the drum and sprayed liquid phenol onto the employee. He was hospitalized, having suffered second-degree chemical burns to the back of his neck and first-degree chemical burns to his face and arms. | |||||
2021-02-16 | Deridder | La | Packaging Corporation of America | Multiple head locations | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice at a work site and fell forward to the concrete floor. He suffered two jaw fractures and a ruptured ear drum. | |||||
2021-02-15 | Laceyville | Pa | Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was handling a 55-gallon drum of material on the floor. His right middle finger was pinched between the drum top and a hard piece of metal. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-02-10 | Midland | Tx | Circle 8 Crane Services, LLC | Multiple arm locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
The sheaves of the crane were frozen due to ice and snow conditions, which caused a backlash with the auxiliary cable of the crane. The operator attempted to straighten out the backlash on the superstructure near the drum. The frozen sheave freed itself, allowing the cable to run, and the operator's right arm got tangled in the cable. The operator sustained an open fracture of the humerus and a dislocation of the radius. | |||||
2021-02-04 | Orlando | Fl | Lewis Tree Service | Leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was feeding tree trimmings into the chipper when a 3/8 inch metal wire hidden in the trimmings got pulled into the drum of the chipper. The wire swung with a force that amputated the employee's leg. | |||||
2021-02-02 | Markesan | Wi | Del Monte Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was manually rotating a 4-foot-wide grater drum (without its drive chain and motor attached) to do maintenance. The employee's right little finger was pinched between the bar and another part, causing an amputation to the finger. | |||||
2021-01-29 | Longmont | Co | J.M. Smucker LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was transferring a 55-gallon drum to a secondary containment pallet. The employee slipped and fell, causing the drum to also fall. The drum fell on the employee's hand, resulting in the amputation of the right index fingertip and the right middle finger at the first knuckle. | |||||
2021-01-25 | Americus | Ga | Nutrien | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was trying to place a chute into a hopper under a conveyor through a side opening in the hopper. A rope, used to secure the chute in place under the upper conveyor, got caught in a conveyor drum at the bottom of the hopper. The employee was holding the rope in his hands at the time, and the conveyor pulled the rope and the employee's right hand down into the rotating drum. The hand was torn open and the top part of the index finger was medically amputated. | |||||
2021-01-20 | Williston | Nd | Tilley Pressure Test | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was cutting open a 55-gallon empty brake cleaner drum with a right angle grinder when sparks ignited residual flammable material in the drum, causing flash flames and second degree burns to the employee's chest and arms. | |||||
2021-01-06 | Thorsby | Al | Franklin Iron Works, Inc. | Lumbar region | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was burning cardboard in a 55-gallon drum. Grease on the employee's coat caught fire, causing burns to the employee's lower back that required a skin graft. | |||||
2021-01-06 | Wilmington | Oh | LGSTX Services, Inc. | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
At 10:00 a.m. on January 6, 2021, an employee was operating a 55-gallon drum crusher when the ram of the crusher pushed the ½-inch metal door outward, breaking the door welds and striking the employee in the head. The employee suffered head trauma and was hospitalized. | |||||
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. | |||||
2020-10-17 | Pampa | Tx | J Lee Milligan Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing maintenance on a drum at an asphalt plant. The drum was activated while the employee was turning by hand, causing the employee's fingers to be caught in a V-belt pulley. Two of the employee's fingers were amputated. | |||||
2020-10-10 | El Dorado | Ar | Clean Harbors Environmental | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee had been pulling samples from drums, placing them in jars, and placing them in the lab for testing. He headed to lunch, then returned and began to work in the lab under the lab hood. When he opened a jar, there was a flash fire and chemicals splashed onto him. He suffered burns to the neck, chest, left hand, and wrist and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-10-03 | West Orange | Tx | Suez Wts Usa, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was inventorying drums of chemicals and assisting a forklift driver when the forks became stuck in an elevated position. While dislodging the mast chain, the employee's right hand became wrapped around the chain and was pulled into the pulley system as the chain realigned. The employee sustained lacerations, three broken fingers, and a partial amputation of the index finger. | |||||
2020-09-19 | Athens | Ga | SAC WIRELESS LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a capstan hoist when two fingers on his right hand were caught between the rope and the drum of the hoist resulting in amputation of the distal phalanges. | |||||
2020-09-18 | Mill Hall | Pa | RelaDyne, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
While moving drums in the back of a delivery truck, an employee fell from the truck to the ground, suffering a concussion and head laceration. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-09-09 | Jackson | Oh | Bellisio Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was attempting to move the cooling drum away from the blancher when their foot slipped causing their right thumb to get caught between the blancher drum and pasta chute while the drum was rotating counter clockwise. The employee sustained the amputation of the right thumb above the first knuckle and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-09-03 | Chicago | Il | Meyer Steel Drum | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee suffered a broken finger when a steel drum fell on his right ring finger. | |||||
2020-09-01 | Weldona | Co | Coastal Chemical Co. L.L.C. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was moving drums in the bed of a pickup. He fell from the tailgate, landing on his back and striking his head on the concrete ground. He suffered a contusion to the back of the head and bleeding in the brain. | |||||
2020-08-27 | La Crosse | Wi | Kwik Trip Inc | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was changing the drum brakes on a yard truck. As he used a pry bar to help install the upper brake shoe of the right rear drum, his left little finger was caught between the S-Cam roller and the brake shoe. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-08-25 | Blytheville | Ar | Calstrip Steel Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was removing a small strap coil band from an arbor by sliding off the uncoiler drum. The drum was still collapsing to allow the coil to be removed, and as it closed it crushed and broke the employee's right ring and little fingers. | |||||
2020-07-28 | Jonesboro | Georgia | CGL Companies | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were fixing a commercial washing machine. As the drum was being manually spun to bring a broken airline into view, the injured employee's left middle finger became caught in the pulley system resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2020-07-28 | Baytown | Texas | Palmer Distribution Services | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was using a forklift to move a triple-stacked pallet of drums containing chemicals. An expandable concrete joint hit the pallet, causing the material to shift. One drum was punctured and sprayed chemical onto the employee's entire body. | |||||
2020-07-28 | Boerne | Texas | LineTec Services, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
A crew was working on a single-phase re-conductor project. The digger truck, which was pulling the four-drum puller trailer, had been driven into position to start pulling ropes on a section of line. The puller was at a 90-degree angle to the digger truck to align the drums with the existing poles. The puller then needed to be repositioned. An employee used two safety chains to connect the puller to the winch line from the digger. He then winched up so he could disconnect the puller from the bac | |||||
2020-07-27 | Rosedale | Mississippi | AXEL AMERICAS, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was placing a 55-gallon drum on a pallet. The employee's finger was smashed between two of the drums, causing an amputation. | |||||
2020-07-13 | Mansfield | Louisiana | International Paper - Mansfield Mill | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
A welder was tasked with a repair project on a de-barker machine. He was carrying a 44-pound roll of welding wire to the location. Accessing the de-barker drum requires walking down a rubber conveyor. While stepping onto the conveyor, the employee slipped. This caused him to drop the roll of wire onto his right hand. He sustained crushing injuries to the fingers on his right hand and required surgery for his right middle finger. | |||||
2020-06-24 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Hentzen Coatings, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was removing an open-head drum from a skid. When he removed it, he rolled it on the floor. His finger got caught between the drum he was moving and another drum that was stationary. The employee's right ring finger was amputated between the two drums. | |||||
2020-06-18 | Jacksonville | Florida | WinCup Plastics, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A maintenance employee was tightening a loose screw on a machine to stop it from wobbling in the drum area when the rotating drum partially amputated one of his left-hand fingers. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-05 | Gentry | Arkansas | NWA Recycling, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a circular saw to cut a plastic drum when the saw skipped/slipped and caused a cut to the bones in his left forearm just above the wrist. | |||||
2020-05-26 | League City | Texas | HTRE2, LLC | Head and trunk | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was getting ready to use an oxy propane torch to cut some aluminum on or near empty 55-gallon drums that last contained tertiary-butyl alcohol. During lighting of the torch, vapors in a drum immediately adjacent to the torch exploded. The employee suffered second and third degree burns to the hands, face, chest, and stomach. | |||||
2020-05-22 | Cumming | Georgia | Southern Skid Design and Fabrication | Face | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was testing an HVAC system when the face of the pressure regulator blew off and hit the employee in the face. The employee suffered multiple fractures and lacerations to the face and a ruptured eardrum. | |||||
2020-05-04 | Neenah | Wisconsin | Michels Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was installing/winding a rope on a four-drum, motorized rope puller. The employee's right little finger was caught between the rope and the drum, and 1/2 inch was amputated from the tip of the finger. | |||||
2020-05-02 | Trappe | Pennsylvania | Viant Collegeville, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was trying to get the jaws to retract inside a machine's drum. The jaws retracted on the employee's left little finger, causing an amputation to the tip. | |||||
2020-04-29 | Port Orange | Florida | Firestone Complete Auto Care | Head and neck | Explosion |
On April 29, 2020, at 12:45 PM, an employee was walking to the back store room to check the level of the anti-freeze drum. Less then a minute later, an explosion occurred in the building. Two employees ran to the back room and found the employee with face and neck burns and singed hair. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-04-28 | Mckinney | Texas | Encore Wire | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was starting up a reel on a wire packaging machine when a loop in the wire wrapped around his pinky finger. As the reel was turning to wrap around the drum, the loop tightened around his pinky finger and lacerated it, resulting in a pinky fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-04-23 | Danville | Arkansas | Wayne Farms, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was pushing a two-wheeled cart carrying a 55-gallon drum. The cart slipped and pressed the employee's left little finger between the cart and the wall, causing the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2020-04-20 | Mount Prospect | Illinois | NEW USN CHICAGO, LLC dba Soluble Packaging Solutions | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to clear an equipment jam when his right index finger was caught between the equipment's roller and drum, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-03-23 | Winfield | Kansas | Rubbermaid Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was inspecting the brake drum and the left wheel on a forklift. While the employee was reinstalling the brake, his left little finger was caught between the drum and the brake drum. The finger was lacerated and the tip was amputated. | |||||
2020-03-16 | Saint Joseph | Missouri | TYSON FOODS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
While moving 55-gallon drums from one pallet to a storage pallet, a barrel slipped and an employee's hand was caught between two barrels, amputating part of the right middle finger. | |||||
2020-03-10 | Valdosta | Georgia | C. Terry Hunt Industries Inc. | Head | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was monitoring a welding heat prep operation for a large drum shell that was braced for support. The drum expanded during heating, and the brace failed and struck the employee, who fell to the concrete floor. The employee suffered a head injury requiring stitches and hospitalization. | |||||
2020-03-10 | Hicksville | New York | Land O'Lakes, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
The injured employee was using a drum lifter to move 55-gallon drums. A drum became dislodged and another employee was helping to lift it manually. The 55-gallon drum then fell off the drum lifter and amputated the injured employee's left thumb tip. | |||||
2020-02-27 | Peachtree City | Georgia | Sany America, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing on the steps of a single drum compactor, cleaning its windows. His left foot slipped from the wet front frame and he fell to the ground, breaking his leg. | |||||
2020-02-27 | Orlando | Florida | Fire Stop Systems, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using a mortar mixer to mix fireproofing material. He was cleaning off the sides of the mixer drum when the mixing blade caught his fingers. His right index finger had skin removed, and his right middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2020-02-22 | Stevenson | Alabama | Westrock CP, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding paper through a winder. The paper did not transfer from the back of the drum to the roll; the employee was trying to transfer it when the front drum came into contact with her left arm and pulled it into the nip point between the roll and the drum. The arm was bruised. | |||||
2020-02-13 | Bernville | Pennsylvania | D & A Lawn & Landscape Services | Nonclassifiable | Explosion |
An employee was welding on a 55-gallon drum when it exploded, injuring the employee. | |||||
2020-01-27 | Elkhorn | Nebraska | Jeff Mactaggart Masonry LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee placed his right hand on top of a mortar mixer grate to pull the drum back into the upright position when the paddles came down and made contact with three of the employee's fingers, causing a partial amputation of the ring finger. | |||||
2020-01-23 | Farmer City | Illinois | Monsanto Company | Arm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was cleaning a grader drum with compressed air. His arm was caught and injured between the drum and the equipment's frame. He was hospitalized to treat a muscle injury. | |||||
2019-09-08 | Kenton | Ohio | Durez Corporation | Head and neck | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was attempting to dislodge a blockage from the transfer line. The steam was shut off, but pressure remained in the line. When the blockage was dislodged, hot resin (200 degrees Celsius) sprayed down into the drum and onto the employee's face and neck. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face and neck. | |||||
2019-09-07 | Eufaula | Alabama | Keystone Foods, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was taking product from a drum and placing it on a chute that leads to the rework area. The employee's right hand made contact with a conveyor adjacent to the chute and became caught between the conveyor belt and the conveyor frame. The employee sustained the amputation of the right pinky fingertip. | |||||
2019-08-28 | Bolingbrook | Illinois | Welsch Ready mix Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was washing a ready mix truck when the employee's water hose became caught on the mixer's drum fin and the employee's arm was pulled into the mixer. The employee suffered a right arm laceration. | |||||
2019-08-23 | Gerald | Missouri | GERALD INDUSTRIES INC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was loading an oil drum onto a hand truck. Upon placing the oil drum onto the hand truck, the employee's fingers were caught between the two objects. The employee sustained amputations of the right middle and index fingertips. | |||||
2019-08-19 | Columbus | Georgia | Stepan Company | Face | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was transporting drums of finished polyester resin to a reactor for rework. When he removed the bung on one of the drums, the polyester resin splashed his face, causing a chemical burn. | |||||
2019-08-17 | Rankin | Texas | Aries Well Service Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee of Aries Wells Service was visually and physically inspecting a tubing line. He glove got stuck on the line and his right index finger was pulled into the drum, which pinched it, removing skin. He was hospitalized and the finger was medically amputated. | |||||
2019-08-07 | Red Bud | Illinois | ROESLEIN and Associates, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was manually repositioning a full 55-gallon drum when the employee's left index fingertip was caught between the rim of the drum and a second 55-gallon drum, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-08-07 | Fort Smith | Arkansas | Ryder System Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were moving a 55-gallon drum containing windshield wiper fluid. One of the employees had to re-position the barrel from the vertical to the horizontal position using a rocking stand and strap. As the employee was positioning the barrel, it slipped. The employee's right pinky finger was caught between the drum and stand, resulting in a finger amputation. | |||||
2019-08-03 | Springdale | Pennsylvania | PPG | Nonclassifiable | Nonstructural fire, n.e.c. |
While an employee was filling a drum/tote on the production floor, an e-cigarette that was in his pocket caught on fire. The employee sustained burns. | |||||
2019-08-01 | Houston | Texas | Dickson Upholstery, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was filling cushions with blown polyester fiber. The employee's right hand was amputated in the machine's fiber opening drum. | |||||
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. | |||||
2019-07-15 | Webb | Alabama | Qualico Steel Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was assisting in lifting a 55-gallon drum with a crane and a chain. The chain slipped on the drum and the employee sustained a left ring fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-07-14 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Amcor South | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was threading the web on a coater machine. While verifying the tape on the silicon roll was under the web, the employee noticed contamination (scrap film) on the coater drum and attempted to remove it. The employee's left hand was caught in an ingoing nip point and was degloved. | |||||
2019-07-12 | Ashtabula | Ohio | Ashta Chemicals Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was loading a truck. While positioning a steel chemical drum on a drum tipper apparatus, the drum slipped through the straps and pinched the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized for a severe laceration to the thumb. |