Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-01	Champion	Pa	BNL Tree Service	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped and slid down an embankment. He suffered a broken arm and was hospitalized.
2021-10-20	Hoover	Al	Cahaba Services LLC	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
An employee set up an aerial lift with two outriggers positioned on a road and the other two on an embankment. The employee raised the aerial lift approximately 45-50 feet high to prepare to trim a tree when the embankment gave way and caused one of the lift's legs to slide. The lift fell over and the employee landed on the ground outside of the basket, resulting in compression back fractures at the L1 and L4 vertebrae and damage to the L1, L3, and L4 vertebrae that required hospitalization. The
2021-08-10	Houston	Tx	WILLIAMS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.	Cheek(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving a dozer when it went over a 5-foot embankment. A grab bar over the controls struck the employee, who suffered a broken right-side cheekbone and a head contusion.
2021-03-08	Yellowstone National Park	Wy	Yellowstone National Park	Head	Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway
An employee was operating a bulldozer on a road when it slid on ice, then rolled a full 360° down an embankment and came to rest with its tracks wedged in rocks. The employee was found outside of the vehicle with a gash on his head and was hospitalized.
2020-09-18	Fairfield	Ct	Fairfield University	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
While returning to their patrol vehicle after dark, an officer slipped and fell down an embankment in the woods fracturing three ribs.
2020-09-17	Horseshoe Bay	Tx	BRK Services Group	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was walking along a temporary path to a bathroom when the employee slid/fell approximately 8 feet down an embankment to the ground, suffering fractured ribs.
2020-07-03	Greeley	Pennsylvania	Saeilo Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was driving an ATV while inspecting the property. He lost control of the vehicle and ran off an embankment. The employee was hospitalized with multiple injuries, including fractured ribs.
2020-06-26	Fombell	Pennsylvania	YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was riding a zero turn mower. The wheel began to slide down an embankment. The mower turned around, did not flip, and slid down the embankment. The mower's blade cut the employee's left foot, causing fractures to the first, second, and third toes as well as severe cuts.
2020-02-18	Fort Benning	Georgia	Department of Defense Education Activity	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was walking from her personal vehicle back into the school by going down an embankment that was 18 feet long and had a slope of approximately 70 degrees. While walking down the embankment, she fell and broke her left leg (fibula and tibia).
2019-09-23	Lords Valley	Pennsylvania	James D. Morrissey Inc.	Multiple head locations	Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway
At about 4:00 p.m. on September 23, 2019, an employee was moving a shoulder widener paving machine along a highway under construction. The machine rolled over the edge of the highway embankment, ejecting him. He suffered severe head and facial trauma and was hospitalized.
2019-08-06	Wall	South Dakota	United States Department of Agriculture	Nonclassifiable	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was riding an ATV to the next prairie dog town. The ATV went into a drainage ditch that was hidden by vegetation. As the employee fell into the ditch their head struck an adjacent embankment. The employee initially lost feeling below the neck, and later recovered some sense of touch. The ditch was approximately 5 feet deep by 4 feet wide.
2019-07-13	Frisco	Texas	Murray-Ward Contracting	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was moving material using a telehandler. He was on the road, which is elevated, and the right wheels dropped off the embankment. The telehandler rolled over and the employee was hospitalized with broken ribs.
2019-05-22	Blakeslee	Pennsylvania	Muschlitz Excavating, Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was operating a roller to compact dirt along the edge of an embankment in a construction zone. As the machine was backing up, the left rear tire ran off the edge of the embankment and the machine rolled down the embankment four to five feet and came to rest on its side. The employee was hospitalized for a rib fracture and a fractured pelvis.
2019-04-30	Fort Benning	Georgia	APTIM Federal Services LLC	Pelvis	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was using a backhoe to move dirt from the material holding area to a low spot where dirt is discarded for backfill. While the employee was moving the dirt, the soil collapsed under the weight of the loader, causing it to slide down an embankment before overturning. Upon overturning, the employee fell from the seat and landed on his left side, fracturing his pelvis.
2019-04-10	Dalton	Georgia	Universal Textile Technologies, LLC	Multiple body parts	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was operating a rough terrain forklift. The forklift rolled 270 degrees on an embankment and the roll cage struck the employee, breaking the employee's ribs and scapula.
2019-04-03	Rowlett	Texas	Brookway Horticultrural Services	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was on a riding lawn mower when it tipped over into an embankment. The lawn mower fell on top of him resulting in collapsed lungs, fractures to the wrist, ribs, collar bone, shoulder blade, and cheek bone as well as cuts to the left ear and wrist.
2019-03-26	Cleveland	Ohio	TRC Companies	Face	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
On March 26, 2019, an employee slipped down an embankment, hitting a post and suffering fractures to the face.
2019-02-13	Allentown	Pennsylvania	LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee fell on a snow-covered embankment, suffering a broken ankle.
2018-09-21	Clark Fork	Idaho	Noble Excavating Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
While working on a bridge, an employee was catapulted off a surface and fell 20 feet off the bridge onto a dirt embankment, suffering broken vertebrae that required hospitalization.
2018-08-30	Boston	Massachusett	J.F. White Contracting Company	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped while walking down an embankment and fell to the ground, suffering a ruptured patellar tendon.
2018-06-28	Clymer	New York	Scott's Peek'n Peak, LLC	Head and trunk	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving a trap rake vehicle to a golf course bunker to rake. The employee's glasses became foggy/wet due to inclement weather. As the employee attempted to clean his glasses, the vehicle overturned into a ditch/embankment and landed on the employee. The employee sustained a mild concussion, ruptured appendix, and a laceration to the left side of the head.
2018-06-26	Orlando	Florida	Skanska-Granite-Lane A Joint Venture	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was shoveling material to expose a temporary drainpipe. A piece of clay/rock rolled down an embankment and struck the employee's lower left leg, breaking it.
2018-06-25	Fort Carson	Colorado	T & H Services	Nonclassifiable	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was using an ATV to spray weeds. The ATV rolled over on an embankment, injuring him.
2018-06-18	Winfield	Pennsylvania	New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was providing air to support a bridge dismantling project. He began to walk to a truck where the air compressor was housed when his knee gave out at the top of a hill, causing him to slip down the embankment approximately 12 to 15 feet. He sustained knee injures and was hospitalized for surgery.
2018-04-12	El Paso	Texas	SUNDT Construction Inc.	Ankle(s)	Slip without fall, n.e.c.
An employee was descending on an angled concrete embankment when his right foot slipped downward and shifted his body weight to his left foot. This caused his left ankle to rotate laterally, fracturing it.
2017-08-23	Austin	Texas	Century Link	Foot (feet)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee located a ticket that required him to maneuver down an embankment under a highway overpass. A contractor then approached the area to have a discussion, so the employee proceeded down the embankment to speak with the contractor. About halfway down, he was stepping on a boulder when it shifted. His right foot twisted and broke, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2017-08-02	Harrah	Oklahoma	O.G.E ENERGY CORPORATION	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was pumping water from a pond to another nearby pond location. As the employee was walking on an embankment, he tripped and fell on rocks, breaking his leg.
2017-07-21	Custer	South Dakota	Custer State Park Resorts	Nonclassifiable	Ran off roadway
Three employees were in a minivan on a non-commercial road when the vehicle went down an embankment. Two of the employees received multiple fractures and were hospitalized.
2017-06-22	Decatur	Alabama	Nucor Steel Decatur, LLC	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking down an embankment to move a railcar when his foot slipped on wet grass and he fell on his knee, fracturing it and tearing ligaments.
2017-06-05	Scranton	Pennsylvania	U.S. Department of the Interior	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
On June 5, 2017, at 11:50 AM, an employee was directing a tour of elementary school children and attempting to retrieve biological samples from the Lackawanna River with a net. The employee dropped the net into the river. While attempting to retrieve the net, the employee fell down an 8-foot embankment and landed in the river, breaking three ribs and four vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-06-02	Coeur D Alene	Idaho	Collins Engineers Inc	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.
An employee was walking down an embankment when the employee's foot became caught and an ankle was shattered, requiring hospitalization.
2016-07-17	Paxinos	Pennsylvania	H.H. Knoebel Sons, Inc	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was working on a billboard while standing on a step ladder. The ladder kicked out and the employee fell about five feet, then rolled down an embankment about ten feet. He suffered a broken wrist.
2016-06-13	Derby	New York	National Property Management Associates, Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
While throwing brush off a truck and down an embankment, an employee lost his balance and fell 75 feet down the embankment. He broke ribs, lacerated his spleen, and fractured his spine.
2016-03-17	Drakesboro	Kentucky	KIEWIT Power Constructors, Co.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway
An employee was driving a forklift, traveling to his next pick-up, when the road embankment gave way beneath his tires and caused the forklift to turn over. He broke nine ribs, punctured a lung, and lacerated his forehead and right elbow.
2016-01-06	Choctaw	Oklahoma	Associated Environmental Industries	Head and neck	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was moving soil and debris over a pile with a dozer. The equipment went nose down over an earthen embankment and slung the employee out. He struck the ground, and the equipment landed near/on top of him, lacerating his head and damaging his neck vertebrae. He was hospitalized. No seat belt was worn at the time of the incident.
2015-11-22	Zanesville	Ohio	Dow Cameron Oil & Gas LLC	Multiple body parts	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
On or about November 22, 2015, an employee was seriously injured and hospitalized with a crushed pelvis and a lower left arm amputation, after being ejected from a front end loader that went over an embankment at the facility.
2015-11-13	Victoria	Texas	Russell Marine LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was cleaning a bridge along the embankment of canal. An operator was using a crane and clam bucket. The employee was guiding the bucket when it came down on and fractured the employee's right foot.
2015-10-08	West Union	West Virgini	Proactive Services LLC	Ankle(s)	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
On October 8, 2015, at approximately 12:45pm, an employee was operating an ATV when it began to slide on gravel. The ATV went over an embankment and rolled approximately 100 feet. The employee fell out of the ATV and suffered a fracture to his right ankle.
2015-09-19	Salem	West Virgini	Indianhead Pipeline Services LLC	Multiple body parts	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
On September 19, 2015, at approximately 3:45pm, an equipment operator was hospitalized after suffering fractured vertebrae in his neck and back, a broken left arm, and broken ribs. The employee was operating a Morooca tracked dump truck on an access road hauling water when the track slipped off the road and the vehicle rolled over an embankment.
2015-09-02	Hellertown	Pennsylvania	United States Postal Service	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was delivering mail in a residential area when a dog chased after him as he crossed the street. He fell down a 5.5-foot retention wall embankment, breaking his pelvis and vertebrae.
2015-04-16	Odessa	Texas	T & T Earth Movers Inc	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
On or about 16 April 2015 at approximately 1530 hrs an employee was leveling a section of the construction site with a 2007 Ingersoll Rand SD77DX Vibratory Smooth Drum Roller, when the vehicle started to slide down the embankment. The employee dismounted the vehicle and injured his neck upon impact with the ground.