Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-16	Tampa	Fl	AutoPlus	Knee(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was moving parts with a pallet jack. The pallet jack displaced a stack of plastic totes in front of the material being moved. The employee attempted to stop the stack of totes from falling and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a torn muscle in his left knee that required surgery.
2021-11-16	Colorado Springs	Co	Tri Star Masonry	Multiple body parts	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
An employee was tendering the grout pipe line to the wall of structure. He jumped from a higher level down onto the planks of the scaffold on a lower level, collapsing the planks and falling 17 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a compound fracture on the lower left leg and a fractured spine.
2021-11-15	Sinton	Tx	Adelphi Construction LC	Multiple body parts	Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
An employee was inside an aerial lift basket approximately 140 feet above ground level prepping for installation of an intake hood. The employee was connecting a welding lead to the welding machine. An overhead bridge crane struck the aerial lift. The boom of the aerial lift collapsed and the employee was catapulted out of the basket falling 34 feet onto the top section of the crane. The employee remained attached to the basket with the lanyard he utilized. The aerial lift basket then landed on
2021-11-14	Mobile	Al	US Coatings, LLC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee was removing a marine hanging staging scaffold when he fell approximately 25 feet to the bottom of the tank. The employee sustained a fracture to their right orbital socket, a contusion, and a compression fracture to their vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized. Fall protection was not worn at the time.
2021-11-12	Perryville	Mo	TG Missouri	Ankle(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was using a stand-up tugger to move materials when a dry erase board on the front of the tugger came loose. The employee attempted to pick up the board and place it in a box behind him on the tugger. While the employee was turned, the tugger drove across a slope, which caused the employee to lose his balance and fall off the tugger. The employee sustained a broken left ankle.
2021-11-12	East Hartford	Ct	Capital Industrial Group, LLC	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was removing wooden trash from a 12-foot-high platform. He lost his balance and fell to the hard floor, suffering a broken leg and ankle. Fall protection was not worn at the time.
2021-11-11	Jonesboro	Ar	Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
On November 12, 2021, at 9:45 AM, an employee was using a pallet jack to deliver goods to the front door of a school. As he started to turn, the load shifted and began to fall. The material fell and struck his left leg and hip, resulting in a broken left femur.
2021-11-09	Newark	De	Food Lion, LLC	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was moving a trash can on a dolly to a dumpster. The dolly wheels caught on an object, causing the employee to fall to the ground and suffered fractures to the left hip and leg.
2021-11-08	Austin	Tx	Tesla, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was installing solar panels on a roof when the standing seam metal roof anchor detached from the roof, causing the employee and the fall protection system to fall to the ground approximately 11.5 feet below. The employee suffered fractures to their vertebrae, wrist, and hand.
2021-11-08	Wausau	Wi	Apogee Wausau Group, Inc.	Arm(s)	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was on a step ladder at the open back of a CNC machine, watching the oiler system run. The employee slipped and fell toward the opening in the machine. His right arm was caught and broken between the moving CNC head and the back guarding area as he tried to stop his fall.
2021-11-05	Clearwater	Fl	Baycare Health System	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was circulating during a surgical case. The employee was using a wand machine and got their right foot tangled in a wire, causing them to fall to the floor. The employee sustained right hip and right foot fractures.
2021-11-04	Palmdale	Fl	Cape Leisure Corporation	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a pressure washer to clean a garbage can. The can started to fall over; when he moved to catch it, the pressure spray lacerated the top of his hand.
2021-11-03	Austin	Tx	4MC Enterprises LLC	Leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was walking through a corridor when his legs gave out, causing him to fall to the floor. The employee's left leg was broken.
2021-11-01	Cross Lanes	Wv	Walmart, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a box that had fallen onto the floor and fell. They were hospitalized for an injury to their right hip.
2021-11-01	Saint Petersburg	Fl	Pinnacle Services of Pinellas, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee was setting up for work on the upper level of a two-story roof when he slipped on moisture that was on the new underlayment. He slid down the roof (6:12 pitch) and fell off the second-story eave, landing on the first-story roof deck, creating a hole in the wood sheathing; he continued falling and landed on the ground below. The employee sustained fractures to his wrist and lower back.
2021-11-01	Portsmouth	Oh	Collier Construction Services, LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
Two employees were doing masonry work from a tubular welded-frame scaffold about 20 feet above the ground. Work stopped so they could install additional planking above. As an employee was moving a scaffold plank upward, the planks fell down onto him, causing him in turn to fall to the ground below. He suffered head lacerations and fractures to the head and collarbone.
2021-10-30	Davie	Fl	Dynaserv Florida, LLC	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing on the back of a spray truck. The employee's legs became entangled in a hose, causing the employee to fall from the bed of the truck to the ground about 4 feet below. The employee suffered two broken ribs, a concussion, and bruises to the right shoulder and left foot.
2021-10-29	Alton	Il	ALTON STEEL, INC.	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment
A falling chunk of scrap metal struck an employee on the foot, breaking bones.
2021-10-29	Wyandanch	Ny	Raymour & Flanigan Furniture, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was delivering a couch to a customer's house. The employee was lifting the couch over a living room banister when the couch began to fall. As the employee reached over the banister to catch the couch his left hand was caught on the couch, resulting in a wrist fracture.
2021-10-28	Cincinnati	Oh	American Scaffolding, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was unloading 12 scaffolding frames for a client. The frames were standing upright against the back window of a pickup truck and were strapped in. The pickup was on a street with a slight incline. The employee unsecured the frames, took one section off, and moved to the tailgate area of the truck to hand the frame to the client on the ground. As the employee's back was turned, the frames started falling toward him and he tried to jump out of the back of the truck, but the frames caug
2021-10-27	Stratton	Oh	Enerfab Power & Industrial, Inc.	Brain	Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
An employee was exiting a coal conveyor when he stepped on a piece of plywood that broke, causing him to fall approximately 80 feet into a bunker. The employee suffered a broken wrist, a head laceration, and brain bleed.
2021-10-26	Ainsworth	Ne	Farmers Ranchers Cooperative - Mr Tire	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was moving tires when they stepped off the truck and missed the bumper, falling to the ground and resulting in a broken femur.
2021-10-25	Liberal	Ks	JV Energy Services Inc	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An oil derrick hand fell off the oil derrick platform and struck the derrick during the fall resulting in a fractured back.
2021-10-25	Emmetsburg	Ia	U.S. Postal Service	Brain	Bitten and struck by animal
On October 25, 2021, an employee was attacked by a dog while delivering mail, causing the employee to fall and strike their head on the ground. The employee suffered a fractured skull, bleeding on the brain, bite marks on the arm and leg, and a fractured right arm.
2021-10-25	Rocky Hill	Ct	Capstone Logistics	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was struck in the head by falling pallets, resulting in multiple skull fractures and bleeding on the brain.
2021-10-25	Fort Hood	Tx	Akima Support Operations	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was replacing a windshield wiper arm on an up-armored Humvee. The employee pulled on the wiper blade arm and it broke free, causing the employee to lose balance and fall 3 feet to the maintenance bay floor. He sustained a fractured right shoulder and bleeding in the head.
2021-10-21	Mason City	Il	William Charles Electric, LLC	Head and trunk	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee working inside a wind tower was hit in the head by a falling object, resulting in a skull fracture and broken ribs that required hospitalization.
2021-10-21	Round Rock	Tx	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center ¿ Round Rock	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was pushing a ring stand down the hallway when the wheels of the ring stand bound, and twisted the ring stand toward the employee, catching her right foot and causing her to trip and fall. The employee landed on her left hip and suffered a hip fracture.
2021-10-21	Jacobsburg	Oh	Patterson-UTI Energy Inc	Face	Fall on same level
An employee was unscrewing and separating a connection of a drill pipe when drilling mud sprayed out of the connection, causing the employee to fall backward and strike his face on a piece of equipment. The employee suffered a laceration on his lip and a facial fracture.
2021-10-20	Lake Buena Vista	Fl	Cirque Du Soleil (us), Inc.	Lumbar region	Other jump to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was practicing an acrobatic act and jumping from one swing to another when she fell approximately 10 feet to the wood floor below, resulting in a lower lumbar fracture. Fall mats were in place at the time of the incident, but the employee fell outside of the mats.
2021-10-19	Hattiesburg	Ms	Mar-Jac Poultry MS, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee reached to pick up a tender that had fallen from a chicken frame when their right index finger contacted a knuckle chain that moves frames down the line, resulting in an amputation down to the first joint.
2021-10-19	Rosenberg	Tx	Autozone	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was conducting inventory in a stockroom when he tripped and fell. On the way down, he reached out to brace his fall on a nearby rolling ladder, which cut his left middle finger and resulted in a partial amputation. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-10-18	Chicago	Il	MTH Enterprises LLC dba MTH Industries	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet
Four employees were assigned to replace two damaged glass panels that were on a large atrium in front of a residential high-rise. After replacing one glass panel, the injured employee went down for a break. After the break, the employee was repairing caulk on the replaced glass panel when they stepped into the opening of the second glass panel and fell approximately 21 feet 3 inches to the ground. The employee suffered severe injuries to their legs and hips and was hospitalized. Fall protection
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.
2021-10-12	Warsaw	Mo	Walmart Supercenter	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a clothing rack while walking, falling and suffering an injured right hip.
2021-10-11	Saint Louis	Mo	Cauttrell Enterprises, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was standing beside a stack of steel beams that had been lifted with an overhead crane. After trying to move the chain with the hook away from under the stack, the employee raised the crane. The chain hooked back onto the beams, causing them to fall onto the employee and to fracture both legs.
2021-10-08	Ellenwood	Ga	KEYSTONE MASONRY, INC.	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
A masonry worker was on a scaffold when a 2-by-4 broke, causing the employee to fall to the ground and suffer two broken arms.
2021-10-08	Atlanta	Ga	Newrest ATL LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was unloading an aircraft service cart when it fell over, causing her to lose balance and fall. She suffered a back injury.
2021-10-07	Santa Ana	Ca	U.S. POSTAL SERVICE - SANTA ANA PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working with a forklift when their leg got caught in the forklift, causing the employee to fall and suffer a head injury.
2021-10-05	Viera	Fl	Pre-Con Construction, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
An employee was getting ready to set a piece of pre-cap on a parking deck that was being erected when he lost footing and fell to the level below. The employee's fall protection caught him as he fell and his leg struck against a wall brace, resulting in broken bones in his left foot.
2021-10-05	Temple	Tx	Wellington Healthcare, INC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was cutting down a tree branch while on a ladder. The branch fell and struck the ladder, knocking the employee off of it. The employee struck the bumper of a parked vehicle and the ground after falling, resulting in a laceration to the chin and face, as well as four fractured ribs.
2021-10-05	Atlanta	Ga	Jim Ellis University	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was attempting to access the roof of a storage closet. The employee stepped from a rolling ladder onto a trough on the outer edges of the closet roof. He misstepped and his ankle rolled, causing him to fall to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a broken right arm.
2021-10-01	Mobile	Al	Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was operating a forklift on an assembly line while a co-worker operated a layer picker. The forklift was struck by the layer picker attachment, causing it to fall over. The employee suffered four broken toes, damage to their big toe nail, and soft tissue damage to the big toe.
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.
2021-10-01	Wilkes Barre	Pa	Intermetro Industries Corporation	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was adjusting a ram on a filter press by pulling on a press plate with a hook. The hook slipped, causing the employee to slip and fall 6 feet from an elevated platform. The employee struck the staircase and the floor. The employee suffered two broken wrists, a broken nose, and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-30	Oregon	Wi	Standarski Builders, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was re-roofing a roof when they fell approximately 17 feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured pelvis and broken ribs. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident.
2021-09-29	Locust Grove	Ok	Southern Electric Corporation of Mississippi	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was in a bucket working on a set of powerlines when he had to reposition his bucket truck. The knuckle of the boom truck hit a tree branch, which put the boom under tension. When the employee moved forward, the bucket jerked free from the branch, causing him to fall 15 feet from bucket to the ground and resulting in a broken L1 vertebra 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.
2021-09-27	Decatur	Al	DXP Enterprises	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on a flatbed trailer as a pump was being loaded. The pump caught his right ankle, causing him to lose balance and fall from the trailer to the ground about 3 to 5 feet below. He suffered fractures to his right ankle and the left side of his pelvis.
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.
2021-09-23	Kennedy	Ny	Jamestown Roofing, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
As an employee was climbing down a ladder from the second roof level to the first roof level. The base of the ladder slipped, causing the employee to fall to the first-level roof. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae in their back.
2021-09-22	Groveport	Oh	LaserShip	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
On September 22, 2021, an employee was operating a forklift inside a truck when the truck pulled away, causing the forklift to fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a back injury.
2021-09-22	Pickett	Wi	Rosendale Dairy, LLC	Brain	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
Two employees were in a gated area of the holding pen at Rosendale Dairy replacing a motor and gearbox for a waste auger. The injured employee was struck by the hinged gate enclosing the auger pit when the fork from the skid steer did not clear the side of the gate. The gate was pushed into the enclosure, striking the injured employee on the forehead and causing him to fall backward and hit his head on the concrete wall. The employee was hospitalized for a subdural hematoma and an epidural hemat
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.
2021-09-22	Bronx	Ny	Guytec Steel Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
The injured employee was standing on a precast plank. A weld was cut from the plank causing it and the injured employee to fall about 10 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.
2021-09-22	Oakley	Ks	STP Drilling LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was preparing to connect drilling pipe when the elevator came open causing the 30 foot by 4.5-inch drilling pipe to fall onto the employee. The employee was struck on the shoulder, ribs, and back area, and sustained a punctured lung. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-21	Maspeth	Ny	Rebar Steel Corp	Multiple pelvic region locations	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 21 to 25 feet
An employee was using a portable ladder to descend into a shaft. Both side rails of the portable ladder snapped, causing the employee to fall approximately 22 feet to the concrete level below. The employee sustained lacerations on their head and multiple fractures to their hip and pelvis.
2021-09-18	Highland	Ny	Tee Bar Corp.	Lower leg(s)	Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
An employee was saddled in their horse monitoring other horses on a walking trail when a guest dropped their reins. The employee leaned forward to grab the guest's reins. The employee's horse then backed up about 10 steps, reared up, and fell over, causing the employee to fall off and the horse then landed on the employee's left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a broken tibia.
2021-09-15	Omaha	Ne	Enterprise Precast Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was hooking air lines to an empty trailer to return to the plant, and he used the steps on the fuel tank to exit the truck. The employee missed the bottom rung of the step, causing him to fall approximately 2 to 3 feet to the ground. The employee sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung.
2021-09-14	Menands	Ny	Brand Industrial Services	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was removing insulation from the dust filters on the second floor of the warehouse. The employee was climbing an 8-foot step ladder to access the work area when his right foot slipped on a rung, causing him to fall about 5 feet to the ground below. He landed on both knees and sustained fractures to his pelvis and knee.
2021-09-14	Houma	La	Stabil Drill Specialties, LLC	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Employees were at the facility to perform hurricane cleanup and repair. The frame of a pull-down overhead door had been blown out during the hurricane. An employee was mounting a board to a bracket of the frame to then install a temporary vinyl curtain. The employee was standing on a pallet that was attached to a forklift and was approximately 8-10 feet above the gravel ground. When the employee struck the overhead door, it came loose and struck him, causing him to fall from the pallet to the gr
2021-09-14	Clarksville	Ar	Walmart Distribution Center No. 6082	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a stand-up forklift when items on a nearby elevated slot were displaced and started falling. The employee reached out to stop the items from falling and his left middle finger was caught between a pallet, the elevated slot, and the forklift, resulting in an amputation.
2021-09-14	Effingham	Il	John Boos & Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was repairing the lift assist on a dock lock system. The block used to support the frame came loose and caused the frame to fall, hitting the employee's left bicep and causing a partial amputation to a finger on the employee's left hand.
2021-09-13	Moonachie	Nj	4 Over International, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was troubleshooting a paper feeding issue with a printing press. He lost his balance, and while trying to catch himself from falling, he grabbed the power transmission belt. The employee was hospitalized, and three of his fingertips were amputated.
2021-09-13	Antigo	Wi	Fleet Wholesale Supply Company	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
On September 13, 2021, an employee was using a rolling ladder to restock shelves. The ladder moved as the employee stepped back onto it, causing the employee to fall to the floor about 10 feet below and suffer a broken hip. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-13	Wesley Chapel	Fl	ELITE ROOFING SERVICES, INC.	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was re-roofing a commercial building when it started raining. He turned around, slipped, and fell 15 to 20 feet to the ground, striking his arm on an HVAC condenser during the fall. The employee's arm was broken.
2021-09-13	Port Arthur	Tx	United Rentals	Multiple body parts	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
On September 13, 2021, an employee was underneath a rough-terrain forklift removing a steering rod column. The jack stands used to support the forklift collapsed, causing the forklift to fall onto the employee. The employee sustained injuries to the shoulders, collarbone, and ribs.
2021-09-10	Daytona Beach	Fl	Crown Information Management	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was pushing a wheeled document bin when its weight caused her to lose balance and fall to the ground on her back. She suffered two broken vertebrae.
2021-09-10	Atlanta	Ga	Kimoyo Productions LLC	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was unpacking a crate of glass panes. As the employee was holding them, the panes began to shift and fall. The employee attempted to move out of the way and fell onto her left side. The metal frame around the panes landed on the employee's lower right leg and broke it.
2021-09-10	Bonita Springs	Fl	Vance Brothers Construction, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was laying plywood on a roof. After moving to pick up a bunk of plywood, he fell 12 feet from the roof to the ground, suffering a broken arm and a broken back. The employee was wearing fall protection but it was not connected to an anchoring point at the time of the fall.
2021-09-09	Quapaw	Ok	RoofLynx, LLC	Shoulder(s) and back	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Employees were securing a 40-foot ladder to the trim of a building. The extension portion of the ladder descended, causing an employee on the ladder to fall to the ground 8 to 10 feet below. The employee suffered a shoulder and back injury.
2021-09-05	Cleveland	Oh	U.S. Cotton, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was replacing a 3-inch belt that had fallen off a flywheel. When he placed the belt back on the flywheel, the spinning wheel caused his left hand to be pulled into a pinch point. He suffered amputations to the index and middle fingers.
2021-09-04	New Carlisle	Oh	Green Velvet Sod Farms, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
The employee was helping load seed into a seed spreader. The employee was injured when they stepped on a tire that moved, which caused them to fall.
2021-09-03	Griffin	Ga	Bridgestone Bandag, LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was helping another employee with a roll of cured tread that had fallen over in a storage rack. Another roll of tread fell and hit the employee, who suffered a back injury.
2021-09-03	Lakewood	Nj	Northeastern Building Supply & Kitchens	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee was adjusting straps for a sheetrock truck. While moving to step off the truck, the employee stepped on a board that snapped, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a back injury.
2021-09-03	Hopewell Junction	Ny	Global Foundries	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was putting on a cleanroom suit. When he stood up, he slipped and twisted his left ankle resulting in a fall and a fractured ankle.
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.
2021-09-02	Washington	Dc	Clark Concrete, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was hoisting an 18-inch, 6-foot wooden work platform from the ground to a height of 12 feet. The cleat used to secure the rope failed causing the platform to fall 2-3 feet. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae.
2021-08-27	Parkland	Fl	ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI, INC.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
At 3:30 p.m. on August 27, 2021, a teacher slipped on hand sanitizer that had fallen to a classroom floor. She fell, suffering a broken hip. She was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
2021-08-26	Circleville	Oh	K.N.S. Services, Inc.	Face	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using an 8-foot, A-frame ladder while pulling wiring for a new security camera through the wall to the outdoor loading dock area. While stepping down the ladder, the ladder tipped away from the building and the employee tried to step down again to stabilize it. The ladder continued to fall and the employee fell onto a guardrail and struck the ground, resulting in fractures to the face and various bruises.
2021-08-26	Baraboo	Wi	Walmart, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall while sitting
An employee was sitting on a stool at a cash register, scanning purchased items. Her foot got stuck between the stool and the bag carousel, causing her to fall to the floor and suffer a broken hip.
2021-08-26	Macon	Ga	Irving Consumer Products, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was stepping around caution tape surrounding a newly painted floor when she slipped and fell. While attempting to stop the fall, the employee fell on her right hand, resulting in a broken wrist that required surgery and hospitalization.
2021-08-25	Wheeling	Il	Bertog Landscape Co	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading plant material onto a truck. The plant's 50-pound, 20-gallon plastic container broke, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall off the truck. He suffered three herniated disks in his neck.
2021-08-23	Paragould	Ar	B & W Construction LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
At 12:02 p.m. on August 26, 2021, an employee lost consciousness while working on a rooftop. The employee slid off the rooftop, fell about 30 feet, and suffered fractures to a shoulder blade, the pelvis, three ribs, and both heels. The employee was hospitalized. Fall protection was not being worn at the time of the incident.
2021-08-21	Lake Zurich	Il	Gere Marie Corporation	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Trip over self without fall
An employee tripped while walking the plant floor, but caught himself before falling. The employee sustained a bulging disc in his back and was hospitalized.
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.
2021-08-19	Fisher	Il	The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company	Pelvis	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On August 19, 2021, an employee was unloading a pipe storage rack from a flatbed trailer. A chain was holding two sections of pipe rack together. When the chain was removed, a section of pipe rack became unstable, causing the rack and the employee to fall approximately 3 feet from the flatbed trailer to the ground. The employee became pinned under the section of pipe rack and was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis. The section of pipe rack was 30 feet long and weighed approximately 1,380 pound
2021-08-18	New York	Ny	Glenridge Fabricators, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing an A-frame ladder to take down a chain fall. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground about 5 feet below, suffering injuries to the right shoulder and left-side waist.
2021-08-17	Orange	Tx	Modern Roofing	Nonclassifiable	Fall through surface or existing opening
After unloading metal roofing materials on a roof, an employee fell through a skylight to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures. Fall protection was not connected at the time of the incident.
2021-08-13	Adairsville	Ga	UFP NAC, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
A forklift hit a pallet holding corrugated boxes. The boxes fell, causing a nearby employee to stumble and fall to the floor. She suffered a broken hip.
2021-08-11	Morrisville	Pa	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
An employee was working inside a bank at a drive-through. A car struck the building and drove through an exterior wall, causing bricks and a metal cabinet to fall onto the employee. The employee suffered injuries to a hip, the jaw, and a shoulder.
2021-08-10	East Alton	Il	Olin Winchester, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was grabbing a cartridge that had fallen when punches in an ejection cartridge capper came down. The employee's right little finger was amputated.
2021-08-09	Naples	Fl	KURTZ HOMES NAPLES, LLC	Skull	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell off a 4-foot step ladder. His head hit a doorway during the fall, and he suffered skull fractures.
2021-08-09	Miami	Fl	Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
An employee was hitting a socket with a hammer to loosen it while a second employee monitored. The second employee grabbed the socket to keep it from falling to the ground and was struck by the hammer, suffering an amputation at the end of the left index finger.
2021-08-09	New Holland	Pa	Keystone Hemp Growers LLC	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was installing commercial-grade racking and was holding up a 15-foot section of racking. The racking began to fall and kicked out, pushing the employee to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury.
2021-08-07	Round Rock	Tx	TDIndustries, Inc	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Three employees were installing a no-hub band over a 12-inch cast iron 90-degree elbow and a stub that went to a roof drain. The no-hub band broke during installation, and they descended in a lift to get a new one. The elbow fell down on one of the employees from about 20 feet above. It struck his head, which caused him to fall and hit his head on the toe board of the scissor lift. The employee sustained injuries to the head, neck/spine, and shoulder.
2021-08-06	Fairview Park	Oh	Contract Network Services LLC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder when a mid-span clamp attachment broke, causing the tension of the fiber optic cable to waver. This caused the employee to bounce around, then fall from the ladder to the ground. The employee suffered a broken leg.
2021-08-05	Auburn	Al	GNC Painting, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
Two employees were working from an aerial lift, preparing the outside of a building for painting. Another lift struck the aerial lift and both employees were ejected falling approximately 30 feet to the ground. Both employees were hospitalized for fractures and contusions. Safety harnesses were worn, but were not attached to the lift by a lanyard/lifeline at the time of the incident.
2021-08-05	Lowville	Ny	QubicaAMF Worldwide, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working on a cheek plate line making bowling pins. The employee tried to grab a falling bowling pin when a moving chain contacted their left hand, resulting in amputation of the ring finger down to the first knuckle.
2021-08-04	Chicago	Il	MA Rebar Services, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was welding studs on a bridge deck. During the welding process, a flash occurred causing the employee to fall backward onto the bridge deck. The employee was hospitalized with bruises and contusions.