Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-14 | Suwanee | Ga | ABM - Facility Services | Forearm(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was blowing off debris and baking products from a conveyor belt using an air gun to prepare for the next production run. In the process of blowing off the conveyor belt, the air gun got caught in the belt, causing it to spin and strike the employee in the left arm. The employee suffered a fracture above their left wrist. | |||||
2021-10-18 | Van Wert | Oh | Cooper Hatchery, Inc. | Hand(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was moving a metal rack and placing products onto it when their left hand was pinched between the rack and a post, resulting in an injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-10-09 | Rochester | Ny | Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was placing cases of products on pallets on a grocery shipping line. While he was between two pallets, adjusting a case on one of them, a pallet jack moved to pick up one of the pallets. The employee was caught between the two pallets and suffered a sprained ankle, two broken ribs, and a punctured lung. He was hospitalized. | |||||
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. | |||||
2021-10-02 | Enid | Ok | Bimbo Bakeries USA | Head and trunk | Nonclassifiable |
After backing up a truck to a receiving door to unload products, an employee was found unconscious near the rear of the truck. He had suffered a fractured skull, broken ribs on the left side, and a neck injury. | |||||
2021-09-29 | Orlando | Fl | Halperns Steak & Gary Seafood | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting meat products on a bandsaw. Product bound up in the saw, causing the employee's left hand to contact the sawblade and resulting in amputation of the ring finger. | |||||
2021-09-26 | Manitowoc | Wi | Kwik Trip Inc | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working from a step stool to turn shelved products' labels to face forward and check the products' expiration date(s). As the employee stepped down from the stool, the employee's left leg caught the rubber covering the step. The employee's left hip struck the concrete floor in the resulting fall and was broken. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-21 | Hereford | Tx | Hereford Ethanol Partners LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was trying to break up products that were clogged in the rotary valve of a grain bin dust collector. The collector partially amputated two fingers on the employee's left hand, up to the second knuckle. | |||||
2021-08-02 | Hamilton | Oh | Hamilton Rural King Supply, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was on their hands and knees going through a pallet of products. A forklift backed into the employee, who suffered a broken foot. | |||||
2021-07-30 | Houston | Tx | Sysco Houston - Wholesale Restaurant Food Supplies | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was unloading food products for a customer when they began feeling lightheaded and disoriented, resulting in hospitalization for dehydration. | |||||
2021-07-30 | Greensburg | Pa | Dollar Tree, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
On 7/30/2021, an employee was stocking products on a top shelf when they fell off a step stool and landed on the floor, resulting in a right hip fracture that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2021-07-15 | Delray Beach | Fl | Quality Custom Distribution, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was delivering products to a store when they fell from the side of the trailer attached to the delivery truck, resulting in head injuries. | |||||
2021-07-08 | Fargo | Nd | Miller Insulation Co., Inc. | Elbow(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment |
An employee was installing pipes and ducts in an attic space. His elbow struck a metal frame and was injured. | |||||
2021-06-23 | Hawthorne | Nj | Premio Foods Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was grabbing products from a conveyor when his finger was caught in the ingoing nip point between the conveyor and the backstop resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-05-26 | Cocoa | Fl | Walmart, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
On May 26, 2021, an employee was driving a standup forklift taking products from the backroom to the produce area when the forklift hit a pole and then a pallet of wine causing her foot to be caught between the forklift and the pallet of wine. The employee suffered a broken left foot and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-26 | Lees Summit | Mo | CVS Pharmacy | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a step ladder moving products. While descending the ladder, the employee missed a step and fell striking the shelf and then the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right hip. | |||||
2021-05-04 | Port Wentworth | Ga | OA Logistics Services, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was verifying products in a facility when they were struck by a forklift that was backing up. The employee's foot was crushed beneath the forklift, resulting in hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2021-03-31 | West Seneca | Ny | Tops Markets, LLC #212 | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
An employee was stocking shelves when they suffered an allergic reaction to nuts and cleaning products, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
2021-03-31 | Belton | Tx | O'Reilly Auto Parts | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was moving products from the truck into the backroom of a retail store. She tripped over a box of product near a walkway aisle and fell on her left hip and leg. The employee sustained a broken left hip. | |||||
2021-03-27 | Devine | Tx | Walmart Associates Inc. | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee had been stocking products in an aisle and fell from a ladder cart. The employee's left knee was fractured and dislocated. | |||||
2021-03-10 | Jasper | Tx | Coburn Supply Company, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was using a manlift to pull products from a shelf. He fell from the manlift to the cement floor about 9 feet below, suffering fractures to the pelvis and shoulder. | |||||
2021-02-26 | Tyrone | Pa | CCK, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was pushing meat products down into an extrusion tunnel. The blades in the tunnel crushed and lacerated his index and middle fingers. | |||||
2021-02-19 | Englewood | Co | Dairy Farmers of America | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
On 2/19/2021, an employee was near the top of an extension ladder attempting to "blow out" a clogged milk line. There was ice on the floor where the ladder was standing. The ladder slipped on the ice, and the employee fell onto products/equipment, a concrete barrier pole, and the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the left tibia, nose, left side ribs, and knee cap. | |||||
2021-02-15 | Canton | Ma | QCD | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from the rear of a delivery trailer to the ground while moving products around preparing for delivery. The employee sustained a broken arm. | |||||
2021-02-03 | Archbald | Pa | Chewy, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee was picking products when she tripped and fell, resulting in a fractured left femur that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-02-02 | Denver | Co | Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was banding wood products together. As he walked around to the other side of a bundle, he tripped and fell to the floor, breaking his hip. | |||||
2021-01-28 | Fairless Hills | Pa | Delta/BJDS, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was cutting air ducts in the ceiling of a gymnasium from a manlift when the duct work broke loose and knocked over the manlift. The manlift and the employee fell to the floor, resulting in broken bones. | |||||
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. | |||||
2020-10-09 | Buda | Tx | The Hershey Company | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
An employee was stocking shelves with chocolate products. The employee lifted a box weighing 20 to 30 pounds, and while twisting to put it on a shelf, he sustained an injury to organs in his lower right abdomen. | |||||
2020-08-17 | Hempstead | Ny | Pro Metal of NY Corp | Cranial region | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was bending metal to make air ducts and the machine caught the employee's hair. | |||||
2020-08-03 | Columbia | Mo | Harbor Freight Tools Store 242 | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was transferring products from a pallet to a non-motorized conveyor belt. While walking around the pallet, she tripped on one of its corners and fell to the ground, breaking her lower left leg. | |||||
2020-07-18 | Snowshoe | West Virgini | Snowshoe Mountain, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was using chemical cleaning products to unclog a sink drain when the employee inhaled the chemical mixture and suffered respiratory irritation. | |||||
2020-07-10 | Fort Worth | Texas | Barnsco | Upper arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While delivering products an employee fell about 5 feet off the back of a truck bed and sustained a broken humerus. | |||||
2020-06-26 | South Pasadena | Florida | Walmart, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on spilled hair lotion while stocking products on shelves. The employee fell to the concrete floor and suffered a broken right knee. | |||||
2020-05-30 | Golden | Colorado | MolsonCoors Beverage Co | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a forklift when it got stuck on low overhead ducts. As the employee tried to back up, his right hand was caught between the forklift's overhead cage and a duct. His little finger was amputated. | |||||
2020-05-23 | Providence | Rhode Island | McLane Company, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was rolling a fully loaded cart down a truck ramp to deliver products to a retail store when the cart struck the edge of the truck ramp, causing the load to shift forward and the employee to lose control of the cart. The employee then fell off the ramp to the ground below, breaking the left tibia. | |||||
2020-02-13 | Snellville | Georgia | The TJX Companies, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was putting up products in the beauty department and slipped, landing on the countertop. The employee sustained a fractured right hip. | |||||
2020-02-11 | Spring | Texas | Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
While delivering building products to a residential jobsite, an employee slipped and fell from a rooftop to the ground below. The employee sustained fractured vertebra and ribs and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-02-01 | Walker | Louisiana | The Martin-Brower Company | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was moving pallets of products on the warehouse floor. While repositioning an electric pallet jack, her foot was pinned between the pallet jack and an empty pallet. She was hospitalized with lacerations and fractures to the first, fourth, and fifth toes, requiring surgery. | |||||
2020-01-05 | Rochester | New York | Wegman's Food Market | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While stocking products in an aisle, an employee was descending a rolling ladder carrying a box when she missed the second step from the bottom and fell forward, catching her right foot on the bottom step and then impacting the floor. She was hospitalized and required surgery for a right lower leg/ankle fracture. | |||||
2019-09-12 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Kohls Department Stores | BODY SYSTEMS | Bites and stings |
An employee was bitten by an unknown bug while moving fixtures and products for merchandise setting, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-09-09 | Newberry | Florida | Hogan Dedicated Service, LLC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was unloading products from inside a truck trailer when he passed out in part due to the heat and hit his head on the ground. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-03 | Henderson | Colorado | WILLIAMS SCOTSMAN, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving pre-finished door products into position for assembly when his right middle fingertip was caught and amputated between finished products. | |||||
2019-08-31 | Apopka | Florida | Finfrock Architecture and Engineering, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee climbed a stack of precast concrete products to place support pads onto the top edge of the top product. After placing the pads, he lost his grip and fell approximately 6' 8" from the stack onto the ground below, breaking his left femur. | |||||
2019-08-29 | Mobile | Alabama | Genesis Industrial Staffing Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
A forklift operator was loading chicken products onto a crane going to a vessel's freezer area when he struck an employee who was on the dry dock. The forklift's fork punctured the injured employee's right calf and pinned the employee between the forklift and a wood pier piling on the dock. | |||||
2019-08-26 | Jacksonville | Florida | Core and Main LP | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving a forklift with a pallet full of products into a storage container when he put his left foot against the inside wall of the storage container. The forklift then moved, causing his left foot to be caught between the container's wall and forklift. He suffered multiple fractures to his left foot and ankle. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-12 | Winter Park | Florida | PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. | Brain | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
As an employee was exiting a restroom (pushing forward on a hinged door that opens outward), another employee was pulling a pallet of products past the restroom door. The door hit the pallet and then bounced back and hit the employee in the head. The employee suffered a head injury. | |||||
2019-07-27 | Elm Mott | Texas | Texas Concrete Partners | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was preparing dunnage for the setting of concrete products. The employee's hand was on top of the dunnage when the product was placed, pinching the employee's finger between the dunnage and the product. As a result, the employee's left index fingertip had to be amputated at the nail. | |||||
2019-07-17 | Tampa | Florida | Residential Acoustics LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was manufacturing acoustic panels with fiberglass products. The employee was cutting a panel with a table saw when his right pinky finger contacted the saw blade. The finger was amputated below the second knuckle, and was later reattached. | |||||
2019-06-18 | Indianola | Mississippi | Dollar General | Leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was using a motorized pallet jack to load products when she stepped off the motorized pallet jack and accidentally pulled the throttle handle. The pallet jack then backed into her leg and broke it. | |||||
2019-05-20 | Topeka | Kansas | RESERS FINE FOODS | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was palletizing finish good products. When he turned towards the pallet while holding a package, he tripped on the corner of the pallet and fell to the floor resulting in fractured ribs. | |||||
2019-05-08 | Denton | Texas | Sysco North Texas | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
A delivery driver slipped while walking on wet concrete and fell, landing on his right side. The driver's hand cart, loaded with food products, fell and amputated the driver's right middle finger. | |||||
2019-05-06 | Lakeland | Florida | SADDLE CREEK CORPORATION | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was securing a trailer to the dock to unload products. The employee engaged the dock lock and extended the manual dock plate. The plate did not go down when the employee stepped on it. The employee then used a stand-up lift to lower the plate. The employee backed the lift towards the dock and his left foot was caught between the stand-up lift and the dock plate. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to his left toe requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-04-02 | Webb | Alabama | Qualico Steel Company, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee had just finished loading metal products onto a flatbed trailer and was attempting to egress the flatbed trailer by stepping on the frame of an adjacent machine when the employee fell approximately 3 to 4 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with broken bones (including a compound fracture) to the left tibia and fibula. | |||||
2019-02-21 | Deer Park | Texas | EADS Distribution, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working on piping products using a flanging and finishing machine. His left hand was caught between the jaws of the machine and the product, causing the dislocation/fracture of the middle and index fingers. | |||||
2019-02-05 | Altamonte Springs | Florida | The Home Depot USA Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was using a 9-step ladder to pack down dryer ducts. As she was descending the ladder, she missed the bottom step and fell, breaking her ankle. | |||||
2019-01-14 | Green Bay | Wisconsin | Air Quality Specialists, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee lost balance and fell from the third rung from the top of an 8-foot portal ladder while positioning air ducts in a drop ceiling. The employee contacted the concrete floor and suffered a head injury. | |||||
2019-01-09 | Boca Raton | Florida | US Foods, INC | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee slipped and sustained injuries to her right foot/ankle while selecting products in the freezer. | |||||
2018-09-24 | Jacksonville | Florida | Amazon.com.DEDA, LLC | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was using an order picker to place products onto a warehouse rack/shelf. The employee stepped out of the operator's platform and was struck on the head and face by two falling boxes. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured sinus cavity. | |||||
2018-09-05 | Houston | Texas | Cardinal Health, LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was moving products from one pallet to another when the employee's shoe lace was caught on the corner of a pallet, causing the employee to trip and fall to the floor. The employee fractured the right femur. | |||||
2018-08-28 | Milton | New York | Ethan Allen Personnel Group | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning an area in and around a heavy piece of equipment (machine removes products from a pallet and moves them to a conveyor belt) when the machinery lowered and crushed him, causing abdominal/internal injuries. The machinery was in motion at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-08-14 | Clifton Park | New York | US Foods, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was operating a hand cart and delivering food products down a staircase when his finger was pinched between the stairwell and the hand cart, crushing and lacerating his finger and resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-07-02 | Zanesville | Ohio | Dollar General Distribution Center | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was standing in the inbound operation area checking products coming in when a forklift hit the employee's left foot. The employee's leg was amputated below the knee, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2018-05-25 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Waste Management-Pittsburgh Greenstar Recycling | Shoulder(s) and back | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was pulling a piece of plastic off a bale of paper products at a loading dock. As the plastic broke free, he lost his balance and fell through the chain across the dock, landing on the ground about 2.5 to 3 feet below. He suffered multiple fractures to his shoulder and lower back. | |||||
2018-05-21 | Merrick | New York | Consolodated Electrical Distributors, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was unloading products from a company vehicle. While lifting the rear gate, the employee's left hand was caught in the lift mechanism, amputating the middle and ring fingertips. | |||||
2018-05-03 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Saddle Creek Logistics | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was inventorying products when a forklift struck her, fracturing her left leg. | |||||
2018-04-13 | Buffalo | New York | US Foods - Buffalo Division | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working in the back of his delivery vehicle (a tractor trailer) pulling a pallet of food products onto the lift gate of his trailer. As he pulled the pallet to the liftgate, he fell approximately 4 feet from the lift gate to the blacktop street below. | |||||
2018-03-16 | Claxton | Georgia | Crider Claxton LLC | Forearm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a stand-up reach truck while pulling products (order) from a racking system. As he reversed the stand-up reach truck, his left forearm was caught between a metal storage rack and the body of the reach truck, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2018-01-25 | Freeport | Texas | Braskem America, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Explosion |
Two employees were performing maintenance and troubleshooting on the B side of a reactor catalyst feed system when the tubing failed on the A side and caused an explosion of hydrocarbon products. Both employees received thermal burns and were hospitalized. | |||||
2018-01-11 | Fort Worth | Texas | The Kroger Co. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on a step stool to ensure products were stacked neatly on a shelf when the employee missed the last step on the step stool and fell to the ground, fracturing the right hip. | |||||
2018-01-08 | Mundelein | Illinois | Perishable Distributors of Iowa | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While delivering products to a customer, an employee slipped on snow/ice in the customer's parking lot and broke a wrist, requiring surgery. | |||||
2017-10-06 | Jacksonville | Florida | Baker Distributing, LLC. | Forehead | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was placing products on a bottom rack and grabbing his calculator from the top of a box when he blacked out and lacerated his forehead, requiring stitches and hospitalization. | |||||
2017-09-26 | Fish Creek | Wisconsin | US Foods, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On September 26, 2017, an employee became dizzy, disoriented, and lightheaded due to heat stress while delivering food service products. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-09-18 | Crystal Lake | Illinois | TC Industries, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
On September 18, 2017, at approximately 11:55 p.m., employees were re-installing furnace ducts after replacing the duct rollers. The injured employee was working from an unguarded service platform located about 6 to 7 feet above the adjacent floor level when he fell and struck his lower back against a guardrail that was temporarily placed below the service platform. He fractured his vertebrae and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-09-09 | Saint Marys | Pennsylvania | Ledvance, LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was inspecting finished lightbulb products in a cardboard box at an inspection station. The inspection station was on a work platform that is 33 inches wide, 8 feet long, and 9 inches high. The employee finished inspecting the parts in the cardboard box and turned to go get another cardboard box full of light bulbs. As she turned to step off the platform, she fell to the ground and injured her hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2017-09-07 | Pleasant Prairie | Wisconsin | Lazer Spot, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was delivering a load to a company. When he opened his truck trailer doors, he was struck by falling pallets with products on them. He suffered hand and neck lacerations and a cervical neck injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
2017-08-28 | Daytona Beach | Florida | Werner Enterprises, Inc. | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was unloading products from a trailer when he fell off the trailer's lift gate to the ground, fracturing his skull. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-08-13 | Lake Forest | Illinois | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was putting products away when her scooter struck the edge of a sink and tipped over. She put her foot down as the scooter tipped, and her right foot and ankle were fractured, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-08-05 | Bottineau | North Dakota | Walmart Supercenter | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee slipped and fell from a ladder while stocking products in a cooler, suffering serious leg injuries. | |||||
2017-08-04 | Eau Claire | Wisconsin | J&D Manufacturing, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
On August 4, 2017, at about 10:30 a.m., an employee was operating a forklift while pulling products from shelves. When the employee was stepping off the lift, it accelerated, causing her foot to become stuck between a rack and the lift. She suffered a fractured foot. | |||||
2017-07-12 | Baldwinsville | New York | McLane Eastern Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
An employee suffered a back injury while lifting/moving products in the warehouse, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-07-05 | Madison | Alabama | Target Corporation | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a reach truck to move and retrieve products when her right leg was crushed between her reach truck and a bollard. She also suffered a possible broken pelvis. | |||||
2017-06-25 | Jacksonville | Florida | Fedex Supply Chain | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
A temporary employee was gathering products to be placed on a pallet jack when he walked to another aisle and was hit by a forklift, lacerating his foot. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-06-10 | Dodge City | Kansas | NATIONAL BEEF PACKING CO. L.P. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was packaging products into boxes on a conveyor line when the employee's hand slipped between the conveyor belt and a broken guard, de-gloving the ring finger down to the base of the nail which was then amputated. | |||||
2017-05-04 | Zephyrhills | Florida | Oldcastle Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was removing products that had fallen onto a reflector plate when a concrete matt log edger struck the employee's hand, crushing it. The employee required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2017-05-04 | Oregon | Ohio | MEIJER STORES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
On May 4, 2017, an employee was stocking shelves when the employee tripped on the shopping cart containing products to be stocked. The employee fell to the ground and fractured the left hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2017-05-01 | Kansas City | Missouri | Hallmark Cards Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a table saw to make prototype and merchandise products when the saw amputated the employee's left index finger. | |||||
2017-04-17 | Loveland | Ohio | Mainstream Heating & Cooling | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was installing HVAC ducts, fainted and fell approximately 10 feet injuring his head and back. | |||||
2017-04-01 | Blair | Nebraska | Frito-Lay, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was loading a wheeler with products from a truck. The employee went back into the truck to organize, moved toward the back of the vehicle, and then fell 33 inches to the ground, suffering back and leg injuries. | |||||
2017-03-24 | Sand Lake | Florida | Sutter Roofing Company of Florida | Multiple head locations | Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet |
An employee was leaving a roof where he was laying insulation when he fell 35 feet through an uncovered hole. He hit several air ducts on the way down and sustained head lacerations, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-03-21 | Kreamer | Pennsylvania | Wood-Mode, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a multiple spindle drilling machine to make stiles for wood products when the pneumatic hold-down came down on her right ring finger and amputated the fingertip to the first joint. | |||||
2017-02-15 | Smithton | Pennsylvania | Black & Veatch | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping a Lull operator offload crates of switch gear from a truck when one crate became caught on another. The Lull operator then tilted the forks down. The products slid down and pinched the employee's right fingertip, amputating it. | |||||
2017-01-13 | Atlanta | Georgia | Advance Design & Packaging | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee suffered chemical burns to the arms, back, chest and legs when LBX-106 splashed onto the employee as the employee was preparing to mix products. | |||||
2016-10-05 | Hawthorne | New Jersey | Premio Foods Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was packaging meat products and attempted to dislodge a package caught in the conveyor. The chain-driven conveyor belt then amputated the employee's fingertip. | |||||
2016-09-28 | Stuttgart | Arkansas | Delta Plastics Of The South LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was monitoring the production conveyor to remove defective products from production. While he was pulling a large piece of plastic off the conveyor, the piece of plastic fell into the equipment. The plastic started making a loud noise, so the employee attempted to remove it. His hand was then pulled into the equipment's wheel area. His right thumb and index finger had to be partially amputated. The guard was in place at the time. | |||||
2016-09-27 | Summerfield | Florida | Orlando Steel Enterprises, Inc | Brain | Nonclassifiable |
On September 27, 2016, an employee was using a forklift to load products on a truck. He either fell off the forklift or the truck and suffered a head injury, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-09-16 | Boca Raton | Florida | Snell Air Conditioning, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
On or about 9/16/2016, an employee was performing demolition work by cutting away metal ducts when suddenly the duct fell to where the employee was on a 12-foot ladder, knocking the employee to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs and a tailbone. | |||||
2016-09-12 | Fernandina Beach | Florida | Performance Food Group, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was moving products around for scanning when he slipped and fell off the back of the trailer fracturing the right shoulder. | |||||
2016-08-22 | Saint Marys | Ohio | Kroger #910 St. Marys | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was getting cleaning supplies from a storage area and was using a short step stool to reach products on elevated shelving. He fell while getting down from the step stool, injuring his hip and requiring surgery. | |||||
2016-08-22 | Wampum | Pennsylvania | Doren, Inc. | Multiple head locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a machine that had molds used to form concrete products. When he attempted to remove built-up product from the mold, he was struck by the moving mold. He suffered a broken nose and head laceration, requiring hospitalization. |