Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-17	Cotulla	Tx	Bell Supply Company, LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was moving pipe on a trailer when his leg was struck by a joint of 6-inch pipe that rolled off a flatbed trailer. The employee sustained a leg fracture, which required surgery.
2021-11-16	Palatka	Fl	M.G. Dyess, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On November 16, 2021, a truck driver was removing straps from a load of utility poles on a flatbed trailer. When he removed the last strap, the top pole on the load rolled off and struck the left side of his body, crushing his left wrist and the lower part of his left leg. He was hospitalized, and the leg was medically amputated below the knee. He also suffered a brain injury and two fingers were medically amputated.
2021-11-08	Rahway	Nj	Berto Construction Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading a flatbed trailer when his boot got stuck. He fell off the trailer to the ground, suffering a cut on the head and three broken ribs.
2021-10-26	Springfield	Mo	Lowe's Home Improvement	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stepping off a flatbed trailer when they fell to the ground, resulting in a collar bone injury.
2021-10-21	Decatur	Il	Ryder Integrated Logistics	Brain	Other fall to lower level
A delivery driver arrived at a customer's location to unload product. The driver fell from the flatbed trailer to the ground and suffered a brain bleed.
2021-10-15	Birmingham	Al	MarJam Supply Company	Elbow(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was helping to spot for a flatbed truck that was backing up beside a boom truck. The employee's right arm was pinned between the two truck beds; the elbow was crushed and fractured. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-10-14	Webster	Tx	Western Extrusions Corporation	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was removing the straps from a load on a flatbed 18-wheeler. As the employee removed the last two straps, two bundles of aluminum extrusion (30 feet long, weighing 866 and 699 pounds) fell from the side of the load and struck him. He suffered severe fractures to the right leg, as well as fissures to his vertebrae.
2021-09-30	Elgin	Il	Groot Industries, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
On September 20, 2021, at 2:00 p.m., an employee was retrieving his tools that were on top of a flatbed truck. The employee climbed down a 3-foot fixed ladder fixed when he fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a left leg fracture.
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.
2021-09-22	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.
2021-08-27	Siloam Springs	Ar	Bieker Electric, Inc.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
At 10:30 a.m. on August 26, 2021, an employee was helping unload material from a flatbed trailer. He was standing on product when he tripped and fell, striking his head on the ground and losing consciousness as well as suffering two broken ribs. He 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.
2021-08-19	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
2021-08-09	Macedonia	Oh	Ryder Integrated Logistics	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was chaining down a load onto a flatbed trailer. He tripped on some equipment, fell onto the trailer, and rolled off onto the ground, suffering fractured vertebrae.
2021-08-02	Pittsburgh	Pa	Interior Supply Inc	Ankle(s)	Other jump to lower level
On 8/02/2021 at 3:00 p.m., an employee jumped to the ground from the bed of a flatbed truck and suffered a broken ankle that required surgery.
2021-07-14	Tallahassee	Fl	H&E EQUIPMENT SERCIVES	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level
On July 14, 2021, at 3:15 p.m., an employee was loading a forklift onto a flatbed trailer. As he stepped off the forklift and onto the flatbed, he fell onto the asphalt and broke his femur.
2021-07-08	Youngstown	Oh	Youngstown Tube Co	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading a flatbed trailer with material. The employee slipped and fell from the flatbed to the ground, suffering broken ribs and a forehead laceration.
2021-07-02	Schwertner	Tx	SCHWERTNER FARMS, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was dropping cubes from the flatbed truck to feed cattle. As the employee was clearing out a cake, the hopper door came down and amputated the employee's left index fingertip.
2021-06-30	Rittman	Oh	PENSKE TRUCK LEASING CO LP OF WASHINGTON	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A delivery driver was unloading a flatbed trailer at a delivery site when a steel beam fell from the trailer and struck the driver and fractured their leg.
2021-06-30	Chicago	Il	G & V Construction Company, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was unloading lumber from a flatbed truck and fell backward off the back of the truck to the ground 4 feet below. The employee was hospitalized for brain swelling, a fractured collarbone, a fractured hip and memory loss.
2021-06-30	Saint Louis	Mo	KELLER FOUNDATIONS	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A truck driver was standing near the truck with his hand on the edge of the flatbed while a drilling mast was being loaded onto the truck bed. The mast shifted and pinched the truck driver's finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-06-29	Marion	Ma	Naval Station Newport	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was strapping down equipment to a flatbed truck when he was knocked off the back of the truck, landing on the ground and fracturing their tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2021-06-25	Dallas	Tx	Morsco Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A driver was removing a load securement strap on a flatbed trailer to offload PCV pipes at a customer location. A pipe (18" x 20') rolled off the top of the bundle of approximately 7 PVC pipes and struck him on the head. The employee sustained a neck fracture.
2021-06-17	New Castle	Pa	Faddis Concrete Products	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee and a co-worker were preparing to remove a load of mesh from a flatbed. After releasing the ratchet strap that was being used to secure the mesh, the tension on the strap caused the mesh to shift and fall toward the employee. The employee was pushed into a panel behind him, resulting in a fractured left index finger, C5 and C7 spinal fractures, and possible nerve damage.
2021-06-17	Janesville	Wi	Dedicated Fleet Services, LLC	Leg(s)	Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee jumped off a flatbed trailer to the ground 5 feet below, breaking his left leg.
2021-06-15	Galveston	Tx	Ports America	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was standing between two flatbed trailers. He ducked under one of them to avoid falling machinery, and his left hand was caught between the machinery and the trailer. He suffered amputations to the left index, middle, and ring fingertips.
2021-06-09	Guymon	Ok	Seaboard Foods, LLC	Multiple body parts	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was working to pull out an enclosed cab tractor that was stuck. A chain was hooked to the front of the tractor and the tail end of a flatbed truck. The tractor began to inch forward when the chain parted. The chain went through the windshield of the tractor and struck the employee in the chest resulting in a chest wounds, a broken left collarbone, and a collapsed lung.
2021-06-07	Milwaukee	Wi	Doral Equipment Rental	Foot (feet)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Employees were unloading a pallet of large forklift forks from a flatbed trailer using another forklift. The pallet cracked as it was picked up, and one of the forks fell to the ground and crushed an employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-06-04	Richland Hills	Tx	Hamilton Form Co Ltd	Brain	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Employees were loading a flatbed trailer with deck slab forms using a 15-ton crane. After the last form was loaded onto the flatbed, two employees climbed on top of the form to unhook the rigging between the form and spreader bar. The spreader bar was hoisted up and the crane began to move toward the east end of the building. The crane boom struck the employee, who was knocked to the ground (about 13 feet below) and suffered a head injury. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-05-20	Forest Park	Ga	AAA Auto Club Group	Knee(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was winching a truck onto a flatbed hauler. The winch cable snapped and the employee suffered a left knee injury that required surgery.
2021-04-22	Berwick	Pa	Don E. Bower Inc.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was tying down a crane boom onto a flatbed trailer. As he was on the flatbed, securing the boom with tiedowns, he lost his grip and fell about 5 feet. He hit a box trailer and then the gravel ground, suffering damaged vertebrae in the lower back.
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.
2021-03-30	Wheatland	Pa	Zekelman Industries, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was pulling a metal cart with a plastic roll on it toward a flatbed truck. His left little finger was caught between the cart handle and a piece of metal pipe on the truck. The finger was lacerated and the employee was hospitalized.
2021-03-09	Birmingham	Al	Interior Exterior Building Supply	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was strapping a load on a flatbed truck in a parking lot. Another truck ran over his right foot as it left the parking lot. He suffered a crushing injury, a contusion, a broken second toe, and a dislocation of the first toe.
2021-03-03	Eau Claire	Wi	Big Lots Stores, Inc. Store #822	Ankle(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
On March 3, 2021, an employee was pulling a wooden flatbed cart. The cart caught the employee's right foot and lacerated the Achilles tendon.
2021-02-25	Mclean	Va	George Washington Memorial Park	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on the back of a truck crane loading material into a dumper using a hand handled remote control. The employee fell from the flatbed of the truck crane onto the ground resulting in multiple fractures to their ribs, vertebrae and head.
2021-02-24	Oklahoma City	Ok	Locke Supply Co.	Hip(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An associate was troubleshooting a faulty electrical component on a golf cart equipped with a flatbed when the cart energized and started to move backward. The associate grabbed the front of the cart; the cart's directional switch was then flipped, causing the cart to move forward and push him against a stationary forklift. The associate was hospitalized with a fractured right hip.
2021-02-19	Imler	Pa	Corle Building Systems	Head	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working on top of a flatbed trailer in the receiving bay, unchaining coils from the trailer. The employee turned, tripped over a J-hook, and fell off the side of the trailer to the ground, striking his head on steel racks. The employee sustained a fracture to his head, as well as contusions and lacerations.
2021-02-17	Austell	Ga	Greif Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
At about 11:30 a.m. on February 17, 2021, an employee was clearing cardboard pieces from a flatbed truck. He began to slip on a piece of cardboard and jumped off the truck landing on the concrete surface about 6 feet below, suffering a right leg fracture above the ankle. He was hospitalized.
2021-02-03	East Moline	Il	Van Pelt Corporation	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
On February 3, 2021, an employee was walking on the deck of a flatbed trailer to put straps on steel tubing. He tripped over a fixed piece of the trailer and fell off to the driveway below, breaking his left ankle. He was hospitalized.
2021-01-27	Sturgeon Bay	Wi	Fincantieri Bay Ship Building	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was disconnecting the rigging from a rudder shaft that was secured on a flatbed trailer when he tripped on dunnage (wooden planks supporting the shaft), and fell on his hip on the flatbed trailer. The employee sustained a broken right femur.
2021-01-22	Springfield	Oh	Benjamin Steel Company, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was unloading angle iron from a flatbed trailer located inside the facility. While traversing the trailer, the employee's foot was caught on a piece of angle iron on the trailer floor, causing the employee to fall approximately 4 feet from the trailer to the concrete floor. The employee's head contacted the floor, resulting in a head injury.
2021-01-21	Dixon	Il	Raynor Mfg. Co.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was loading garage doors on a flatbed truck. A stack of garage door sections (about 7 feet high) fell onto the employee, causing three fractures in the leg and ankle.
2021-01-18	Caldwell	Id	Simplot Western Stockmen's	Shoulder(s) and back	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was helping to load empty 500-gallon water troughs from a forklift onto a customer's flatbed trailer. The water troughs slid from the forklift, fell onto the employee, and knocked him to the ground, resulting in shoulder and back injuries and a spinal cord contusion.
2021-01-15	Elk Grove Village	Il	Bake's Steel Erectors, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped and fell backward from a flatbed truck. His head struck the ground. He was hospitalized.
2020-10-14	Orlando	Fl	ION Electric, LLC.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a flatbed trailer, choking a rigging sling to a concrete cylinder when he fell backward off the trailer approximately 53 inches onto compacted soil and sustained a broken right hip.
2020-10-11	Eufaula	Al	Equity Group Eufaula Division, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was hooking up a flatbed trailer to a pickup truck. While letting the hitch down onto the receiver ball, the hitch became bound. The employee jostled the hitch pin while continuing to let the jack stand down. The hitch slipped while the employee's fingertip was in the safety pin hole, causing a fingertip amputation.
2020-10-03	Hull	Tx	Jack Rabbit Services, LLC	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee had been filling water tanks on top of a flatbed trailer. The employee jumped three feet to the ground from a ladder on the truck. When he landed, his right ankle twisted and he fell, resulting in fractures to his right leg and ankle.
2020-09-23	Oregon	Oh	Jeffers Crane Services	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
On September 23, 2020, an employee had been decommissioning a bundle puller on a flatbed trailer. The employee went to descend from the trailer, swung his leg over the side of the trailer and lost balance, falling into the forks of a forklift that was parked parallel to the trailer. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs and a possible spleen injury.
2020-09-17	Osceola	Ar	TELLING INDUSTRIES LLP	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was tying down a load on a flatbed trailer with binding straps. As he threw a strap across the load, he released the strap and lost balance. He fell to the ground, striking and fracturing his left hip.
2020-09-16	Milford	Nh	P&S Transportation	Multiple upper extremities locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee was securing a load on a flatbed trailer and slipped off the trailer to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured wrist, dislocated shoulder and a head laceration.
2020-09-15	New Castle	Pa	Bessemer Concrete, LLC	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
A truck driver was working from a stepladder, loading pre-cast concrete sound barriers onto the flatbed of a truck. He stepped off the ladder, slipped, and fell about 5 feet to the ground. He suffered a hip injury and was hospitalized.
2020-09-14	Woodstock	Il	Associated Electrical Contractors, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
At about 6:30 a.m. on September 14, 2020, an employee was preparing to load reels of copper cable onto a flatbed truck. The employee's left ring finger was pinched between two of the reels, causing a displaced fracture and an amputation to the fingertip.
2020-09-09	Pittsburgh	Pa	CPS Construction Group, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was unloading a flatbed truck. He fell off the truck onto the ground, injuring his ankle, and was hospitalized.
2020-09-03	Naples	Fl	Sunniland Corporation	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a flatbed truck and was using a center-mounted conveyor belt. As the employee was loading a cube of foam insulation onto the conveyor belt, the cube rolled back onto the truck. The employee stepped to the side to avoid the cube and fell 52 inches off the truck to the ground. The employee sustained a broken right leg and a bruised right shoulder.
2020-08-27	Apopka	Fl	PHOSPHORUS FREE WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was working at a treatment facility construction site. A flatbed had transported a single platform about 1 mile to the site. The platform was strapped onto the flatbed and had wood blocks to keep it from moving. During the transport, one of the pieces of wood vibrated out of position. When the employee released the ratcheted straps, the tubular steel frame platform toppled over and off the flatbed. The platform struck and broke his left leg. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2020-08-19	Newport	Ar	Ecosystems Protection SVC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
At 1:45 p.m. on August 19, 2020, two employees were putting a highway sign on a flatbed truck. The wind blew the sign, knocking one of the employees off the truck. The back of his head struck the curb. He suffered lacerations to the back of the head, a laceration near his left cheek, a broken forearm, and a concussion. He was hospitalized.
2020-08-18	Sarasota	Fl	Interior Logic Group, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was loading countertop slabs onto an A-frame on the back of a flatbed truck. The slabs began to fall, causing the employee to fall onto the ground with his head and torso below the truck. The slabs then fell onto his legs. His left leg was amputated.
2020-08-01	Vestavia	Al	United Towing and Transport	Forearm(s)	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
An employee was under a disabled vehicle that had been raised on a flatbed truck. The vehicle rolled off the bed of the truck and its tire landed on the employee's right forearm, causing multiple fractures.
2020-07-29	Cincinnati	Ohio	Allison Landscaping, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing down a ladder on a flatbed truck and jumped from the second rung. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a broken leg.
2020-07-21	Lawrenceville	Georgia	Sunstate Equipment Co., LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
A mini-excavator was being loaded onto a flatbed trailer when it rolled over the side of the trailer and struck an employee. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised kidney.
2020-07-17	Pittsburg	Kansas	HD Supply Construction Supply, Ltd.	Nonclassifiable	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
A delivery driver was lifting bundles of wire mesh off a flatbed trailer using a truck-mounted lift. As he was lowering the mesh, the lift tipped over and ejected him forwards. He landed on the ground and was injured.
2020-07-13	Hudson	Florida	Ferguson Enterprises	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was making a delivery at a customer's shop. He fell from a flatbed truck to the pavement and sustained a broken femur. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-07-07	Huntington	West Virgini	J. H. Fletcher & Co.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was watching as equipment was loaded onto a flatbed truck. The employee was caught between the machine carrier's two moving poles while unhooking a chain, suffering four broken ribs.
2020-06-30	Birmingham	Alabama	Terex Utilities, INC	Ankle(s)	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
An employee was loading a telehandler onto a flatbed trailer. The employee stepped down 1 foot, trying to avoid mud, and stepped onto a grassy patch, then rolled his left ankle which was fractured and dislocated.
2020-06-30	Alsip	Illinois	ALSIP TRUCK CENTER, LLC	Hip(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was working on a tractor's drive shaft. The tractor was positioned on an incline at the time. After working on the drive shaft, the employee moved some blocks that were used to hold the wheels in place. The brakes were not set at the time, so the tractor rolled slowly back and crushed his body between the tractor and a flatbed that was waiting outside the bay. He was hospitalized for a fractured hip.
2020-06-30	Fulshear	Tx	Lagreca Services Horizontal Directional Drilling Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
A drilling pipe was being unloaded from a flatbed trailer and being strapped to a backhoe. The flatbed trailer collapsed. The pipe rolled to the right and struck an employee in the chest, causing chest and neck injuries. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-06-26	Salem	West Virgini	M Betters Construction, Inc.	Heel(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
Two employees (one driving, one a passenger) were transporting a load of steel reinforcement on a rough-terrain flatbed truck. The truck rolled down a hill and overturned. The driver suffered a broken heel and the other employee's foot was broken.
2020-06-19	Haines	Alaska	Haines Packing CO	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was walking across wet slippery totes that were on top of a flatbed truck when he slipped and fell approximately 20 feet to a floating concrete dock below. He suffered a broken pelvis, a broken elbow, and broken bones in his face.
2020-06-17	Lake Worth	Florida	Eastern Metal Supply, Inc	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on the deck of a flatbed truck getting ready to un-tarp a load. When he pulled the tarp, he lost balance and fell to the ground sustaining abrasions and a sore hip.
2020-06-17	Lawton	Oklahoma	Goodyear Tire and Rubber Plant	Leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee operating a forklift attempted to stop at a stop sign and slid into a flatbed cart, suffering a fractured leg.
2020-06-12	Rotan	Texas	Rogers Premier Enterprises, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was applying edge protectors on top of a load of drywall on a flatbed truck. He fell to the ground, suffering broken vertebrae and bleeding under the skin.
2020-06-10	Miami	Florida	Worldwide Flight Services, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
An employee was pushing a container to the end of a flatbed truck's bed. A forklift pushed a container while it was lifting another container from the truck's bed. The employee's right ankle got caught between two containers on the flatbed and was fractured.
2020-05-22	Monson	Massachusett	P&S Transportation	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was tarping a load of lumber on a flatbed trailer when the employee tripped and fell off the trailer to the ground, suffering a laceration above the left eye and a broken left ankle.
2020-05-20	Wheaton	Illinois	Pipe Strong LLC.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a flatbed trailer to the ground. The employee suffered a broken skull, with brain bleeding, and was hospitalized.
2020-05-13	Watertown	Massachusett	TMC Transportation, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a flatbed trailer, suffering right facial fractures, a cervical spine fracture, a right cheek abrasion, a forehead laceration, and paralysis.
2020-05-12	Newark	Delaware	Diamond Materials, LLC	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing a 6-foot step ladder to access the back of a flatbed crash truck. He realized he needed to move the ladder and climbed down. As he stepped down to the first step, he lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor, twisting and landing on his hip. He suffered a fracture at the top of a femur.
2020-04-30	Defuniak Springs	Florida	Florida Transformer, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
At 2:15 PM on April 30, 2020, an employee was unloading a bushing from a flatbed trailer. He was lifting one side of the bushing to place a lifting strap under it. As he lowered the bushing, it pinched his finger against the bushing that was beneath it, resulting in the amputation of his right index fingertip to the first knuckle.
2020-04-24	Wheat Ridge	Colorado	THOMPSON INC.	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was hauling granite on a flatbed truck and stopped at a truck stop for a routine check of the load. The employee noticed one of the chains was becoming loose and used a snap binder to secure the load. The employee went up on the flatbed to tighten the chain when the snap binder snapped back up and hit the employee in the face, causing a fractured skull and brain bleed. The employee was found unconscious on the ground.
2020-04-20	Florham Park	New Jersey	VDM Metals, LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level
After unloading materials from a flatbed truck, an employee was climbing down from the flatbed truck when the employee fell and suffered a head concussion.
2020-04-18	Toledo	Ohio	Beren Equipment Co. Ltd.	Arm(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was unloading a vehicle from a flatbed tow truck. The vehicle slid sideways and its frame pinned his arm against the frame of the tow truck bed. His arm was broken and he was hospitalized.
2020-04-16	Monroe	Wisconsin	Sloan Implement Company Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee lost his balance while securing lawn mowers on a flatbed trailer. He grabbed one of the lawn mower hoods to prevent himself from falling. The hood flipped up and the employee fell 3 to 6 feet onto his back. He suffered bruising to his back and knees and was hospitalized.
2020-04-09	Lincoln	California	THUNDER VALLEY CASINO RESORT	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
At 1:00 p.m. on April 9, 2020, an employee was turning to walk away from his truck when he tripped on a flatbed cart and fell to the ground. He landed on his knees and sustained injury to the knees and quadriceps tendon.
2020-04-08	Jackson	Ohio	U.S. Pipeline, Inc	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing down from a flatbed truck. He slipped and fell to the ground, breaking his femur. He was hospitalized.
2020-04-03	San Antonio	Texas	Urban Concrete Contractors, Ltd.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading a piece of equipment onto his flatbed delivery truck when he slipped and fell to the ground, dislocating his right arm from his shoulder.
2020-03-25	Little Rock	Arkansas	Maverick Transportation LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was delivering glass to a client. He was attempting to secure tarps that were covering the glass on a flatbed trailer when he pulled on a rope and the rope broke. When the rope broke, he fell off the trailer and onto the concrete ground, fracturing his right scapula and three right ribs. He also suffered a concussion and neck injury.
2020-03-23	Westtown	New York	Belknap White Group	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
While loading material onto a flatbed trailer, an employee lost his balance and fell to the ground. He sustained a fractured arm.
2020-03-16	Ballinger	Texas	Mueller Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
An employee was working on a flatbed semi-trailer that could extend its length. The air cylinder to release the pinning device was not working properly, and he manually released it. When the truck pulled forward, the employee was caught between two pieces of steel. He suffered broken ribs and punctured lungs.
2020-03-03	Dallas	Texas	Builders Transportation Co.	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee had finished securing a load on a flatbed trailer when the employee lost balance and fell to the ground below. The employee's left arm was dislocated at the elbow.
2020-02-27	Athens	Texas	Wright's Tree Service, Inc.	Arm(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Employees were using a rope puller to load a broken chipper onto a flatbed trailer. When the rope puller was tensioned, the hook broke; the rope and broken hook rebounded, striking an employee. The employee suffered a broken right arm and internal bleeding.
2020-02-25	Imperial	Texas	M.A. Mortenson Company	Arm(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
While adjusting the forks of a forklift that were resting on a flatbed trailer, something shifted and the employee's left arm was crushed. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-02-24	Candia	New Hampshir	M&S Logistics, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was securing a load on a flatbed trailer and fell off the trailer onto the ground. The employee sustained broken ribs, swelling around the spine, and an abrasion above an eye.
2020-02-24	Moultrie	Georgia	Trawick Construction Company, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was standing on top of stacked wooden utility poles that were positioned on a flatbed trailer while connecting lifting chains to one of the poles to be unloaded. While connecting the lifting chains, the employee lost his balance and fell approximately 10 feet to the earthen ground, sustaining a fractured right tibia.
2020-02-10	Pecos	Texas	Longhorn Tubular Services, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was attempting to load a rough terrain forklift onto a flatbed trailer. The forklift slipped off the trailer onto its side and the employee suffered a fractured pelvis and three fractured ribs.
2020-02-10	Rochester	New York	Skyworks LLC	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
A delivery truck with a flatbed semi-trailer was parked in the yard. The back end of the trailer has a hydraulic dovetail to facilitate drive-on/drive off loading and unloading. It was in the down position. The injured employee drove a scissor lift and parked it over the tail end lip of the lowered dovetail. With the unit placed against the dovetail, the injured employee initiated testing of the pothole protection system and began lifting the basket. The delivery truck driver, unaware of the sci
2020-01-30	Gering	Nebraska	Wenger Manufacturing	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was loading ductwork onto a flatbed trailer when the sliding gate pinched the employee's right middle finger, causing a partial amputation to the fingertip.
2020-01-29	Stratford	Connecticut	BURNS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee walked to the edge of a retaining wall to throw a chain rigging onto a flatbed truck. He stepped on the edge of the concrete block retaining wall, slipped, and lost his balance, falling approximately 5 feet and landing between the flatbed truck and the retaining wall. He fractured his right tibia.
2020-01-28	Houston	Texas	Champion Rentals	Neck and back	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was helping a yardman unload a metal material lift from a flatbed truck to the ground using a forklift when the metal material lift fell forward and hit the employee's forehead. The employee fell to the ground and hurt his neck and back.
2020-01-14	Maspeth	New York	Aquifer Drilling and Testing, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was loading a 5-foot auger drill bit onto a flatbed truck. His right pinky finger was caught between the auger he was rolling and another that was already on the truck. He sustained amputation of the pinky finger below the lower knuckle.
2020-01-13	Binger	Oklahoma	ACTION SAFETY SUPPLY COMPANY	Brain	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was in the back of a flatbed truck moving portable signs when the wind caught one of the signs and caused it to strike the employee, knocking him off the truck. He then struck his head on the roadway.