Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-17 | Fort Worth | Tx | Bell Flight | Forehead | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was manually engaging the ground handling wheels for a helicopter. He lost his grip on the tool, which struck him above the right eye. | |||||
2021-11-15 | Alma | Ga | Beach Timber Co., Inc. | Forearm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was straightening boards being fed into an edger. He reached to straighten a board and tripped the electric eye, which shut the machine down. The roller came down and pinned the employee's right arm causing damage to the soft tissue on the forearm. | |||||
2021-11-11 | The Villages | Fl | Tropical Maintenance, Inc. | Eye(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was lifting a spray tank off a truck when the handle struck his right eye. | |||||
2021-11-11 | Pitts | Ga | Pitts Gin Co Inc | Head and trunk | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning up cotton from around a conveyor belt. He fell onto the belt, passed under an auger that was over the belt, and hit a metal support beam with his head. He continued down the conveyor and a piece of metal overhead struck his left eye. He suffered trauma to the eye, as well as chest fractures. | |||||
2021-10-29 | Houston | Tx | Medtronic, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was unpacking testing equipment. While releasing the bungee hooks, the first cord slipped out of their hand and a metal s-hook hit their left eye. | |||||
2021-10-27 | Madison | Wi | TruGreen Lawn Care | Multiple head locations | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
Two employees were repairing a latch on a roll-up door. The door came down on one employee's head, causing fractures to the skull, an eye socket, and a cheekbone. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-27 | Dublin | Tx | ABF Packing, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking away from his work station when he slipped on a piece of fat that was lying on the floor and fell and hit his head on another machine in the area, resulting in a laceration between his eyes and a fractured hip that required surgery. | |||||
2021-10-22 | Grand Island | Ne | Levander's Automotive | Eye(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
An employee was using a hammer to loosen a part on an automobile's suspension system when the employee was struck in the eye by the automobile's control arm, resulting in an eye injury. | |||||
2021-10-20 | Kenilworth | Il | The Davey Tree Expert Company | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was preparing to climb a tree. To set his climbing line, he threw a throw line and throwball in the tree. The throwball got stuck in the tree and he pulled on the throw line to dislodge it when it came toward him and struck him under his right eye. The employee suffered a fractured orbital bone that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-10-17 | Evadale | Tx | WestRock Company | Eye(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was cleaning a copy machine. While trying to open the filter compartment to finish the cleaning by rinsing with water, the pressure exerted on the lid caused a solution with possible traces of a sodium hypochlorite to spray into the employee's eyes, resulting in eye irritation that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-10-15 | Plymouth Meeting | Pa | Spray Products Corporation | Multiple body parts | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
An employee was trying to remove an aerosol can from the warm water testing tank it had fallen into. The can exploded. The employee suffered injuries to the face, an eye, and the hands, as well as lacerations. | |||||
2021-10-09 | Stratton | Oh | FirstEnergy Solutions - W.H. Sammis Power Plant | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
On October 9, 2021, an employee fell while climbing down a scaffold ladder. The employee landed on the floor and suffered five broken ribs, a collapsed lung, a broken jaw, and a fracture to an eye orbit. | |||||
2021-10-06 | Opa Locka | Fl | Bryant Electrical, LLC | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was pulling wire with equipment and a 5/8-inch rope attachment. The rope snapped and struck him, causing bruises to the face and eye. | |||||
2021-10-04 | Crosby | Nd | Brigade Energy Services LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
Two employees were removing a well head bolt using hammers. The hammers hit each other, causing one hammer to shatter. A fragment of the hammer went under an employee's safety glasses, causing an injury to their left eye. | |||||
2021-09-29 | Hershey | Pa | Power Component Systems | Eye(s) | Rubbed or abraded by foreign matter in eye |
An employee was chipping ceramic tile when a small particulate landed in his eye. He rubbed his eye and felt pain. The employee sustained an injury to his eye that required surgery. | |||||
2021-09-27 | Texarkana | Ar | Cooper Tire Rubber Company | Multiple face locations | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a tugger, connected to a full tread cart, down an aisle. The front right corner of the cart contacted the blunt end of a guardrail. The tugger turned sharply and stopped, causing the employee to fall off and strike his face on the guardrail. He suffered fractures to the cheek and around the eye. | |||||
2021-09-24 | Lincoln | Ar | Prime Petro Services | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
Two employees were standing about 10 feet apart as one of them prepared to use a handheld grinder to cut a metal pipe. When the employee turned on power to the grinder, a piece of the cutting wheel flew off and struck the other employee, injuring that employee's face and eye. | |||||
2021-09-24 | Eight Mile | Al | McInnis Construction LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was drilling out an anchor bolt when debris struck his eye, resulting in an eye injury. | |||||
2021-09-22 | Farwell | Tx | Johnson Bros. Corporation, a Southland Company | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was assisting with cleaning the distributor truck's tank. The distributor tank was still hot causing a rapid release of stems, burning the employee and causing them to fall from the tank to the flatbed work truck. The employee sustained burns to the face and hands, a head contusion, and a laceration above the right eye. | |||||
2021-09-21 | Effingham | Il | Whelan Security Co | Eye(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
While assisting hospital staff with a combative patient, an employee was struck in the eye by the patient's hand/fist. The employee sustained a contusion to the face and injury to the eye. | |||||
2021-09-19 | Brooklyn | Ny | Fridge No More, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was making a grocery delivery using a scooter. While attempting to get onto the sidewalk, the employee hit a bump and fell off the scooter. The employee sustained lacerations to his forehead, road rash to his knees, a swollen lip, and a cut under his left eye. | |||||
2021-09-17 | Hazelwood | Mo | GKN Aerospace | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure |
After a chemical leak at the plant, an employee reported heavy breathing and eye pain. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
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. | |||||
2021-09-10 | Newport News | Va | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Incorporated | Eye(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee using twist pliers to install insulation panels was struck in the face by the pliers when a wire broke. The employee sustained a left eye orbital fracture and possibly a detached retina. | |||||
2021-09-06 | Urbana | Oh | The Kroger Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting bone-in ribeyes on a meat saw. A piece of meat twisted and pulled his right hand into the saw, which amputated the tip of the thumb and lacerated the index finger. | |||||
2021-09-02 | Willacoochee | Ga | WMT Housing, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged or flying object |
An employee was shooting brads into the top of a house. The brads came in sleeves, held together by plastic fasteners designed to fall off when the gun was fired. As it came off, one of these plastic fasteners struck and injured his left eye. | |||||
2021-08-30 | Jacksonville | Fl | Subcontractor Solutions, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
At about 2:50 p.m. on August 30, 2021, an employee was holding a 2-by-4 in place when a nail from a nail gun struck him in the eye. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-27 | Perrysburg | Oh | Skyworks, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
On August 27, 2021, an employee was using a hammer to tap a sprocket on the tracks of a skid steer. A metal flake hit the employee's face. The employee suffered a temporary loss of sight in the left eye and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-24 | Helena | Ok | Dacoma Farmers Co-Op Inc | Multiple face locations | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was loading an ATV onto a flatbed truck. The ATV rolled over onto the employee, who suffered a broken jaw, nose, and eye socket. | |||||
2021-08-23 | Kansas City | Mo | ZECO | Eye(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was changing a product transfer hose. Sodium hydroxide splashed onto the employee's face, eyes, and torso. The employee sustained chemical burn to the eye(s). | |||||
2021-08-19 | University Park | Il | ADVANCED MOBILITY & SHELTER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee had been using a scissor lift to caulk seams around an air conditioner. The employee exited the scissor lift and was kneeling on top of the air conditioner when he lost balance and fell to the floor approximately 13.5 feet below. The employee sustained a hip fracture and a laceration above the left eyebrow. Fall protection was not used at the time of the fall. | |||||
2021-08-18 | Joliet | Il | YRC Freight dba Yellow Transportation | Forehead | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
On August 18, 2021, an employee tripped over a hose near a fuel island and hit his head on the pavement. He suffered a bruise above his right eyebrow and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-17 | Duncannon | Pa | Noaker¿s Auto Body LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was dismantling a vehicle. When the employee struck a bolt with a hammer, a piece of metal went into the employee's eye. | |||||
2021-08-15 | Columbus | Oh | Panera Bread FDF | Multiple body parts | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee pulled his truck into a return lot, got out, and was robbed and beaten with a 2-by-4 by one or two assailants. He suffered a skull fracture on the left side, fractures to the eye orbits, and a fractured collarbone, as well as bruising to the mouth. | |||||
2021-08-09 | Glencoe | Ok | Riggs Tree Service Inc. | Face | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was cutting a tree into logs. He tripped on a log, then fell into another log and struck his head on it. He suffered a laceration to the left side of the head, by his eye. | |||||
2021-08-05 | Madison | Wi | Gerber Collision LLC | Eye(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a pry bar to reshape a metal auto rail. The tool came loose and struck the employee's nose, causing a laceration. The long edge of the pry bar struck and ruptured the employee's left eye. | |||||
2021-08-02 | Chicago | Il | Pet Smart, LLC | Eye(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An employee was taking a dog out of its harness, helped by the dog's owner. The dog lunged over and bit the employee, causing an injury to the left eye that required surgery. | |||||
2021-07-27 | Birmingham | Al | Revere Control Systems Inc. | Eye(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee opened the door of an enclosure and, while looking at a termination, was struck in the right eye by a disconnect panel shaft. The eye was injured. | |||||
2021-07-18 | La Porte | Tx | Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Deer Park Incinerator | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was placing a large bulk bag that weighed approximately 1000 lbs. onto a pre-positioned pallet utilizing four eye rings attached to the bulk bag when his right thumb was caught between the forklift tine and the bulk bag ring resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-07-14 | Marathon | Wi | Marathon Cheese Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was preparing to straighten a photo proximity eye in a machine when their left index finger was pinched between a moving belt and a fixed component of the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2021-07-14 | Saint Joseph | Mo | Triumph Foods, LLC | Eye(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was setting up their work station for the day, slipped and hit their head on a nearby conveyor. The employee was hospitalized for an eye contusion and later lost their right eye. | |||||
2021-07-10 | Roswell | Ga | Michael Peeples | Multiple head locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was directing the track loader as it backed up. A half-inch double-braided polyester rope that being used to remove tree trunks broke and struck the employee resulting in a traumatic head injury and the loss of their left eye. | |||||
2021-07-09 | Gonzales | La | Divi Hospitality of Gonzales, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
Two employees fought in a parking lot. One of them suffered eye injuries and broken bones. | |||||
2021-07-08 | Coeymans | Ny | Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc. | Multiple face locations | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
A mechanic was using a prybar to remove a pin from the arm of an excavator that was being offloaded. The prybar slipped, striking the employee in the face. The employee sustained a severe laceration to the face and was hospitalized for surgery. The employee also lost the use of his right eye. | |||||
2021-07-07 | Berwyn | Il | CALIBER HOLDINGS CORPORATION | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
On July 7, 2021, a painter was attempting to remove residual material while using a portable pneumatic powered abrasive wheel. The organic rubber wheel broke apart and debris struck the employee's eye. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-07 | Cutler | Me | SNK Technologies | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were changing a guy wire, trying to remove the pin using a hammer and bull pin. When the pin came free, it crushed one employee's hand in the guy wire eyelet. | |||||
2021-07-03 | Demopolis | Al | Westrock Mill Company, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was using a manlift to observe a leak at a white liquor line. The gasket at the leaking flange area failed and sprayed hot white liquor on the employee, who suffered burns to his side, buttocks, and eyes. | |||||
2021-07-01 | Decatur | Ga | U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
On July 1, 2021, an employee was sitting at his desk when he began to smell a sulfur odor, resulting in dizziness, nausea, the inability to focus, and eye sight issues that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-06-30 | Nashua | Nh | UPS | Eye(s) | Vehicle struck by falling or flying object-roadway |
An employee was driving a vehicle down a dirt road when a windstorm caused tree branches to come down all over the road. A branch struck a mirror bracket and glass broke. A piece of glass got into the employee's eye and lacerated the retina. | |||||
2021-06-24 | Troy | Il | Crete Carrier Corporation | Eye(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was securing a toolbox when they were struck in the eye by a bungee cord hook, resulting in an eye globe laceration that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-06-23 | Saint Louis | Mo | PrimeFlight Aviation Services Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was running when she tripped over a dolly tongue and fell. She suffered a laceration above the right eye and a broken left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery for the leg fracture. | |||||
2021-06-17 | Tucker | Ga | Alchemy-Spetec LLC | Multiple body parts | Exposure to other harmful substances |
An employee was unloading a tanker full of chemicals into a storage tank. During this process, a pipe at the base of the tank broke and the chemical began running into the containment chamber. One of the employee's attempted to plug the leak with a piece of wood when the air pressure caused the material to discharge in a vaporized form. A second employee entered the area to offer their assistance. Both employees suffered irritation to their respiratory systems and eyes. One employee was hospital | |||||
2021-06-15 | Manchester | Ct | Flextronics International USA, Inc. | Eye(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was sweeping a floor. As she bent to clean under a machine, the broom handle jabbed her eye and injured it. | |||||
2021-06-11 | Dacula | Ga | Publix Super Markets, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was inspecting a valve on a product line when the valve became dislodged, causing the employee to fall to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the jaw and left wrist, and a laceration above the right eye. | |||||
2021-06-06 | Opa Locka | Fl | Stainless Marine, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was filling air pockets in seam welding for structural support on an aluminum platform. As the employee was grinding the platform with a grinding disk, a piece of metal from a wire brush (which had been embedded in the aluminum) came free and injured his left eye. | |||||
2021-06-03 | Greeley | Co | W & W - AFCO Steel LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was attempting to attach chains to a 1,060-lbs. steel frame when the frame fell onto the employee, resulting in eight broken ribs and lacerations above the eye and to the fingers. | |||||
2021-06-02 | Swedesboro | Nj | Neshaminy Electrical Contractors, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was using a screwdriver to clean out a hole saw attached to a drill. The drill was activated and the blunt end of the screwdriver struck the employee in the right eye. The employee suffered bleeding to the eye and permanent vision loss. | |||||
2021-06-01 | Sunshine | La | Plaquemine Point Shipyard | Multiple body parts | Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. |
An employee descended a ladder inside a barge tank to take depth measurements of the lining. About 2-3 rungs from the bottom of the ladder, he turned and jumped to leap over a puddle of liquid around an inside pump. The employee landed in the liquid, which splashed on his face and eyes. The liquid was caustic and the employee suffered loss of vision in his right eye and third degree burns on his legs. | |||||
2021-06-01 | Hatfield | Pa | Clemens Food Group, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was repairing a plastic flighted conveyor when a plastic piece broke and flew into their eye, resulting in an injury. | |||||
2021-05-28 | Statesboro | Ga | Claude Howard Lumber Company | Eye(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee had been using a coil cleaning product when the wind blew the chemical into his face resulting in eye irritation. | |||||
2021-05-21 | Conway | Ar | Conway Corporation | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on top of a ladder pulling network cable through an open ceiling to wire for a security camera. The bottom of the ladder slipped out and the employee fell close to the wall. A large piece of crown molding was sticking out from the wall and the employee hit his head on it as he fell. The employee was rendered unconscious and was hospitalized for a head injury and a laceration above the right eye. | |||||
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. | |||||
2021-05-12 | Palmetto | Fl | Thatcher Chemical of Florida, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure |
An employee was carrying a 5 gallon bucket of 50% hydrogen peroxide solution when the handle broke or he dropped the bucket and the solution splashed onto him. He experienced chemical burns on his left arm, chest, left shoulder, and just above the left eye. He was hospitalized for burns as well as inhalation of vapors and ingestion of liquid solution. | |||||
2021-05-12 | Bridgeton | Mo | MIDWEST BLOCK & BRICK COMPANY | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning dust off the photo eye of the dump hopper when it activated and caught his left arm between the dump hopper and the frame of the machine. The employee sustained a left ulnar fracture, an elbow wound and traumatic muscle injury. | |||||
2021-05-12 | Laredo | Tx | Wilkinson Gary Iron & Metal, Inc. | Eye(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was feeding strands of aluminum conductor steel-reinforced wire into a chopper machine. A strand tangled up in the machine, which jammed. The employee disengaged the feed rollers and was trying to free the tangled wire when the end of it sprung back, striking him in the left eye. He lost the eye. | |||||
2021-05-06 | Hazelwood | Mo | Woods Basement Systems, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was trying to free a stuck anchor bit and his head was hit above his left eye resulting in a fractured orbital socket. | |||||
2021-05-05 | Batesville | Ar | Future Fuel Chemical Company | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
On 5/4/2021, an employee was opening the top of a rail car for unloading and was sprayed with oleum on their head, face and eyes, torso and both arms and hands. | |||||
2021-05-05 | Greeley | Co | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was releasing the pressure from a setting tool. As the employee was screwing a wrench into the burst disc retainer, the retainer nut came free and the pressure escaped from the chamber. Debris struck the employee in the right shoulder and face, leaving foreign material in his eyes and causing contusions to the shoulder and the right side of his face. | |||||
2021-05-05 | Erie | Pa | C.H.A.T. of PA, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was tearing down a rack/pallet. When he bent down to pick up a beam from the floor, another beam fell and struck his eye resulting in crushing injuries to the eye. | |||||
2021-05-04 | Liberal | Ks | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was unclogging a drain with a water hose when it backwashed on him. There was residue of a cleaning agent in the drain that caused burns to his arms, right knee, face, and eyes. | |||||
2021-04-29 | Rochester | Ny | FC Finishes, LLC | Wrist(s) and elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee working in a home under construction was prepping trim on a ladder that was on top of scaffold. The scaffold tipped over while he was on the ladder and the employee fell to the floor, resulting in a broken right elbow, broken left wrist, cut nose, and contusion above the right eye. | |||||
2021-04-24 | Columbus | Oh | Allied Universal | Multiple head locations | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
The security officer was working at a bus station when a bus driver stopped and asked for assistance. The officer asked a passenger to leave the bus and the passenger assaulted the officer, resulting in a fractured nose, concussion, and a laceration above left eyebrow. | |||||
2021-04-21 | Sanford | Fl | Core Pipe Products, Inc. | Eye(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On April 21, 2021, an employee was using a 4 1/2-inch handheld grinder on a 10-inch stainless steel fitted pipe. The grinder kicked back, knocked his safety glasses off, and struck his face, lacerating it near his left eye. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-16 | Pleasanton | Tx | NOVA Tuboscope | Eye(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was sweeping around his area and putting trash into the trash can. The employee was picking up the trash by hand when a piece of plastic struck his left eye. | |||||
2021-04-16 | Grand Prairie | Tx | O'Neal Steel, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on top of a flatbed truck. The employee slipped and fell to the ground, suffering a broken wrist, eye socket, and ribs. | |||||
2021-04-14 | Searsport | Me | GAC Chemical Corporation | Eye(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was removing a hose after unloading sodium hydroxide. The hose had residual pressure in it and sprayed the employee in the face, resulting in chemical burns to the eyes. | |||||
2021-04-14 | Buford | Ga | Dany's Construction Siding Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
A siding worker was climbing up a ladder and fell approximately 6-10 feet onto a concrete slab. The employee sustained a fractured wrist, the loss of a front tooth, a swollen eye, and a broken lip. | |||||
2021-04-14 | Charleston | Wv | AM Communications LTD | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a ladder while repairing a drop line. The employee landed on blacktop and suffered hip and skull fractures, a sprained left arm, and a gash over an eye. | |||||
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. | |||||
2021-04-06 | North Palm Beach | Fl | Smithco West Palm Beach | Eye(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee scratched his left eye on a stationary exterior metal panel of an ice machine. | |||||
2021-04-05 | Jacksonville | Fl | Pearl Welding & Repair Inc | Eye(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was installing a beam with a chain fall when it fell and hit the employee on the top of his eye. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-04 | Providence | Ri | UMelt LLC. | Multiple face locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was cleaning a grill using water. The lid of the grill fell, causing hot water to splash onto the employee. The employee sustained burns to the face and eye. | |||||
2021-04-03 | Casselberry | Fl | Central Florida Group Homes, LLC. | Eye(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
On April 3, 2021, a resident punched an employee on the left side of her face. She was hospitalized with a fracture to her left eye socket. | |||||
2021-04-02 | Heath | Oh | Nature's One, LLC | Eye(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was swabbing a drain and caustic splashed into the employee's right eye, resulting in an injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-04-01 | Christine | Tx | San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was working on the limits of a conveying ash booster pump discharge valve. When the employee turned, his head struck a straight valve handle, resulting in a laceration to the lower right eyelid. | |||||
2021-03-26 | Alachua | Fl | Thermo Fisher VVS | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
On March 26, 2021, an employee was walking across the lab and her left boot laces caught on the speed lace eyelets of her right boot causing her to fall on the floor and fracture her right ankle. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-26 | Gulfport | Ms | O'Brien Diesel & Performance, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was using a ball press when a pin that joins parts of the tool together broke. A part of the broken pin struck the employee in the left eye, resulting in a laceration. | |||||
2021-03-26 | Austin | Tx | Now Specialties, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was filling up a boom lift with a 5-gallon diesel can. He fell from the top of the boom lift's wheel to the ground and his face hit the fuel can. He suffered a cut above his left eyebrow and nose from the fuel can, as well as a broken neck vertebra and a contusion to the right hand from the fall. | |||||
2021-03-24 | Houston | Tx | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On March 24, 2021, at approximately 8:05 AM, an employee was sweeping the floor. She bent down to pick up the broom and the top of the broom poked her right eye. The employee was hospitalized and had eye surgery. | |||||
2021-03-24 | Tampa | Fl | Gulf Marine Repair Corporation | Eye(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee welded an I-beam into place. The employee then turned to the left and struck his left eye against the I-beam, sustaining an eye injury. | |||||
2021-03-22 | Pflugerville | Tx | Shambaugh & Son, L.P. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was descending a concrete stairway with wire rope guardrails. He began to fall and grabbed the guardrail, which gave way. He fell to the concrete floor about 15 feet below, suffering a left-side impact that caused an eye socket fracture and other fractures. He was hospitalized, requiring treatment including a rod in his back. | |||||
2021-03-20 | San Antonio | Tx | HEB DISTRIBUTION CENTER | Eye(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving a pallet from an elevated shelf. A small piece of wood fell from the pallet, striking the employee in the eye. | |||||
2021-03-19 | Fort Bragg | Nc | Ranger Land Systems Inc | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
The wheel of a grinder disk broke off and struck an employee (standing 6-7 feet away) in the eye. The employee suffered an eye injury. | |||||
2021-03-19 | Hanover Township | Pa | Jacobson Warehouse Company | Eye(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a forklift when it struck a structural pole in a building. The employee's head struck a side view mirror on the forklift, causing an eye contusion. | |||||
2021-03-18 | Benton | Ar | Coors Tek Inc. | Eye(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was pressure-washing ductwork. As he was adjusting the pressure washer, it came back and hit his face and eye. He suffered cuts to the right eye and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-03-18 | Columbus | Ga | AUTONATION, INC. | Eye(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was working under the dashboard of a vehicle with a sharp pick tool. The tool slipped from his hand and lacerated his right eye. | |||||
2021-03-16 | Forest Park | Ga | Inhance Technologies, Inc. | Multiple face locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
The employee was disconnecting old equipment and installing new equipment when he was exposed to hydrogen fluoride. He suffered chemical burns to the left arm and light burns to his left cheek and eye. | |||||
2021-03-16 | North Charleston | Sc | American Bureau of Shipping | Eye(s) | Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. |
Two employees were inspecting separate sides of a void tank in a ship. When one of them stood up from a squat, his glasses slid down his face and his eye and right brow struck a protruding piece of a metal bracket. He suffered a cut to the brow and an eye injury from the bracket piece. | |||||
2021-03-11 | Rapid City | Sd | Horsley Specialties Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was bending over to pick up a dropped item when a broom handle punctured his right eye. | |||||
2021-03-11 | Harmony | Pa | Valley Lines, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
A school bus driver fell while stepping out of his bus in a parking lot. He landed on the ground, suffering lacerations to his left thumb and right middle finger; a left leg injury that left the leg unable to support weight; and abrasions to the forehead, right eye, and nose. |