Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-22	Shawnee	Ks	Heartland Logistics	Head and neck	Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
A haul truck driver had bounced in a rut causing him to hit his head on the roof of the truck cab. He sustained neck pain, couldn't walk, and was nauseated. The employee was hospitalized overnight with swelling in his neck and forehead.
2021-10-08	Saint Marys	Ga	Performance Contracting Incorporated	Forehead	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was erecting a scaffold. A scaffold plank was being hoisted up when it fell, striking and lacerating the employee's forehead.
2021-09-29	Lombard	Il	Von Maur	Head	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was assembling a four-arm clothing rack when she was hit in the forehead with a metal bar, resulting in hospitalization.
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
2021-09-21	Cape Coral	Fl	AJ BUILDING CONTRACTORS, LLC	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Two employees were working on the roof of a two-story residential home. They were aligning sun trusses. They had a ladder on each end and were on the ladders holding the bottoms of the trusses, about 3-4 feet high. The trusses began to shift and several fell, creating a domino effect. The employees were knocked to the ground, together suffering a dislocated/fractured elbow, a forehead laceration, and a dislocated/fractured toe. They were hospitalized.
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.
2021-09-04	Fort Worth	Tx	American Airlines	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was driving an electric bag tug from one airport concourse to another. While turning right to enter a bag room area, the employee's tug collided with another tug. The employee suffered two broken ribs on the left side; a lacerated spleen (with internal bleeding); and contusions and abrasions to the left side of the head, forehead, left knee, and left arm.
2021-08-28	Parkersburg	Wv	Kohl's	Forehead	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee was walking to the back of a store when she tripped and fell to the ground, resulting in a laceration to her forehead and pain in her wrist. She was hospitalized.
2021-08-09	Boise	Id	Brooks Excavation, LLC	Leg(s)	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was operating an excavator when it fell over the edge of a seepage bed excavation, landing 12 feet below. The employee suffered fractures to the left leg, as well as a forehead injury (from the excavator's cracked windshield) that required stitches.
2021-08-06	Chesterfield	Mo	MERS GOODWILL INDUSTRIES	Brain	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee tripped and fell on sidewalk steps while walking from her vehicle to a building. Her knee, elbow, and forehead hit the concrete sidewalk. She was hospitalized due to a possible brain bleed.
2021-07-14	Eaton	Oh	Neaton Auto Products Manufacturing, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee working at a loading dock entered the back of a truck. The truck pulled away causing the employee to fall out of the truck. The employee sustained a concussion, left forehead hematoma, broken left shoulder, and broken left heal.
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.
2021-07-07	Uniontown	Oh	Barberton Tree Service Inc	Skull	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Two employees were unclogging the chipper after a rainstorm. One employee opened an access panel to the drum of the chipper to unclog it while the second employee went to the other side of the chipper. The first employee then shut the access panel. The motor was off, but the drum was still spinning. A piece of clogged brush kicked the panel open and struck the second employee in the forehead, resulting in multiple skull fractures.
2021-07-07	Bridger	Mt	Carbon Equipment Repair INC	Head and trunk	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was filling a repaired tire with air. The tire exploded and the employee sustained a fractured skull, a broken pelvis, a broken rib, a punctured lung, and a forehead laceration.
2021-07-03	Aurora	Il	Compass Group USA, Inc.	Forehead	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee lost his balance on carpeting and fell, hitting a handrail and the wall. He suffered a laceration and a contusion on his forehead and was hospitalized.
2021-07-02	El Dorado	Ks	Albert Hogoboom Oil Field Trucking	Multiple face locations	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was getting a tarp crank handle out of the way by pushing the handle behind the ledge of a roll-off box. He then turned to pick up a chain that was on the ground to hook to the box. Tension on the handle caused it to release and hit the employee in the head/face. He was hospitalized with a forehead contusion and a laceration to the bridge of the nose.
2021-07-01	Denver	Co	King Soopers	Multiple face locations	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking between a pallet and a wall rack when their foot got caught. The employee tripped and fell, hitting his head/face on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised orbital area and a cut to the forehead.
2021-07-01	Denton	Tx	Decking Texas	Hip(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
An employee was assisting the crew in laying the last piece of material. He stepped on the material so it could be welded by a co-worker. The material slid and the employee fell through the hole approximately 30 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained a dislocated hip and injures to the face and forehead.
2021-06-14	Fairfield	Al	United States Steel Corporation - Fairfield Tubular	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was using an air wand to remove sand when hot sand was blown back into the employee's face and under his jacket. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns on the forehead and right forearm.
2021-06-04	Morris	Al	National Insulation Contractors	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was carrying ceiling panels and placing them on a scissor lift for installation. The employee fell through a floor hole and landed on a concrete floor below, suffering a punctured lung, a broken kneecap, and a laceration to the left side of the forehead.
2021-06-01	Washington	Dc	Landis Architects/Builders	Brain	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was working near an elevator shaft opening on the third floor when he fell down the elevator shaft and onto the roof of the elevator, resulting in a laceration on his forehead, brain hemorrhaging, and back pain.
2021-04-28	Columbus	Tx	Drymalla Construction Company	Brain	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was walking toward the back of a truck to grab a pair of gloves. Scrap iron was being unloaded from a trailer attached to the truck. A piece of angle iron fell from the trailer and struck the employee on the forehead, causing internal bleeding.
2021-04-12	Champions Gate	Fl	OMNI RESORT	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee was walking through a landscape bed (bushes and mulch) to enter a building. The employee tripped on a curb/lip at the edge of a sidewalk and fell. The employee sustained face/forehead and knee injuries.
2021-03-31	Pensacola	Fl	Center for Information Warfare Training	Forehead	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell forward, sustaining a laceration to the forehead that required hospitalization.
2021-03-30	Ocala	Fl	FLORIDA HOSPITAL OCALA, INC.	Forehead	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
A security guard was responding to a combative patient when the patient punched the guard in the forehead. The security guard became diaphoretic and fainted. The security guard was hospitalized.
2021-03-24	Dover	Ok	Farrar Construction Co. Inc.	Forehead	Struck by falling object or equipment
A backhoe struck a vent pipe while digging next to it, causing the weld at the bottom of the pipe to fail. The pipe fell and struck an employee on the hardhat. The employee suffered a forehead laceration.
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.
2021-02-23	Orlando	Fl	Trussway Manufacturing, Inc.	Forehead	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On February 23, 2021, an employee was attempting to clean/remove cardboard from a block saw when the saw's rotating blade lacerated his forehead. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-02-23	Tontitown	Ar	L & L Metal Fabrication	Brain	Struck by discharged or flying object
An employee was observing the metal fabrication process. The employee was struck in the head by a small metal projectile created from the fabrication process, resulting in a laceration to the forehead and a possible concussion.
2021-02-15	Wellston	Oh	SUPERIOR HARDWOODS OF OHIO, INC.	Multiple face locations	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was sweeping and shoveling chips, wood debris, and sawdust around a chipper. A wood slab on the chipper's conveyor hit the employee in the head. The employee fell to the concrete floor and suffered head trauma, orbital and nasal fractures, and a forehead laceration.
2021-02-08	Toledo	Oh	Libbey Glass Inc.	Multiple head locations	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On October 8, 2021, an employee was walking to a furnace when he tripped over a spud bar approximately 18 inches off the ground and fell into a batch charger, resulting in head wounds on their forehead and scalp that required staples and stitches.
2021-01-14	Sabina	Oh	Pennant Moldings, Inc.	Forehead	Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising
An employee was kneeling down next to a coil of steel that was going through a straightener. When the employee stood up, the edge of the coil struck and lacerated the employee's forehead.
2021-01-11	Portage	Wi	Encapsys LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
Two employees were attempting to fix a hot water line leak. While they were putting the valve and gasket back in place, hot water sprayed them. One of them suffered second-degree burns to the forehead and arm and was hospitalized.
2021-01-05	Lighthouse Point	Fl	FirstService Residential, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was on a ladder removing Christmas lights from the trees on the property and fell approximately six feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured neck, chipped teeth, and a forehead laceration.
2020-10-14	Knott	Tx	Consolidated Wellsite Services LLC	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was operating the snubbing unit snubbing a pipe out of the hole and laying down pipe using a single latch elevator on the driller side rig winch. The elevator got hung up on the tubing board above and the latch on the elevator opened allowing the pipe joint to come free, fall, and strike the employee in the forehead. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-10-13	Van Buren	Ar	SIMMONS Prepared Foods	Head and trunk	Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising
An employee was in an attic service space to perform maintenance when they bumped their head on an I-beam and fell back. The employee sustained a back sprain and a laceration to the forehead.
2020-10-08	Hialeah	Fl	OHL USA, Inc./Community Asphalt, Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee climbed onto the back of the cones truck in order to secure a ice cooler and fell to the ground, suffering a forehead laceration and a broken finger.
2020-09-25	Vero Beach	Fl	The Moorings Clubs, Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell while moving from a roof to a ladder. The employee landed on the ground and a metal grate, about 10 feet below, and suffered a broken left wrist; a broken nose; and lacerations to the right foot, right knee, and right-side forehead.
2020-09-23	Stevenson	Al	Westrock CP, LLC	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Employee 1 was replacing a bucket (480-volt breaker) while Employee 2 was observing from outside the arc flash boundary (36"). Employee 1 completed the work and was closing the door when an arc flash occurred. Employee 2 sustained first degree burns on the forehead and cheek and first and second degree burns to the hand. Employee 2 was hospitalized. Employee 1 was not injured.
2020-09-22	Philadelphia	Ms	Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee tripped over the threshold of a door and fell striking their forehead on the floor. The employee sustained a concussion.
2020-09-17	Tyler	Tx	STRIPING TECHNOLOGY L P	Multiple body parts	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee fell from a trailer while it was in motion. The employee sustained fractured ribs, a possible dislocated shoulder, an ankle injury, and required stitches on the forehead.
2020-09-16	Chicago	Il	Illinois Institute of Technology	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was approximately 4 feet above the ground on a 6-foot A-frame ladder using a drill to remove screws from an air handling unit vent when the drill kicked back. The employee lost balance and fell backward onto a concrete ledge, suffering a fractured skull, forehead cut, fractured heel, and hematoma.
2020-08-27	Venice	Fl	ManorCare Health Services	Forehead	Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.
An employee was trying to reposition a resident in bed. The resident was pulling on the employee and hurting her, and she leaned back to get away from him. When he released her, she fell and lacerated the left side of her forehead on the leg of the patient's lift machine. She was hospitalized.
2020-08-08	Conroe	Tx	United States Census Bureau	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell while descending steps outside a residence, suffering contusions to the forehead, right wrist, and both knees. The contusion to the forehead resulted in internal bleeding on the brain.
2020-08-06	Franklin	Wi	Nova Coil, Inc.	Forehead	Other fall to lower level
An employee lost consciousness while dismounting a forklift, fell, and struck his head on the concrete floor. He was hospitalized and required stitches to the forehead.
2020-08-02	Houston	Tx	Southwest Heat Treat	Forehead	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was pulling out a pipe from a furnace when the mechanism that he was using malfunctioned and caused a part to break and hit the employee. The employee suffered a forehead laceration.
2020-07-13	Loveland	Colorado	5 Star Home Improvement, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was doing a final inspection to verify that all contracted work had been completed. While retrieving a paint tray that was left on the roof, he fell approximately 8 to 10 feet from the roof to a bed of rocks and a concrete sidewalk. He was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra, a fractured toe, a broken wrist, a cut on his forehead that required stitches, and a bump on the forehead.
2020-07-13	Dayton	New Jersey	International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.	Forehead	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
While stepping out of an elevator an employee slipped and fell into a table. The employee sustained a laceration to the forehead.
2020-07-10	Irving	Texas	WESCO Distribution	Skull	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was working to free a stuck overhead door. While trying to get a roller back into the track, a bottom plate which was under tension, came loose, and sprung up striking the employee in the forehead. The employee sustained a forehead laceration and possible skull fracture in the frontal lobe area.
2020-06-30	Coral Springs	Florida	SFM LANDSCAPE SERVICES, LLC	Multiple body parts	Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was backing a mower into a tractor trailer when the mower's gas tank struck the trailer and exploded. The employee received burns to the face (around eyes and forehead), arms, and knees.
2020-06-26	Burnet	Texas	Primoris Rockford Corporation	Brain	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was struck on the head with a winch bar while securing a ratchet on a pipe hauling trailer, suffering a concussion and a forehead laceration that required sutures. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-06-08	Clearwater	Florida	Dixie Construction Services, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
The injured employee was building a tubular scaffold to do a stucco repair on a condo. While the injured employee was receiving a scaffold frame, the employee that was handing the frame lost their grip on it, and the injured employee fell 15 ft. with the frame in hand. The injured employee sustained a compound fracture to the right leg and a laceration to the forehead.
2020-06-08	De Forest	Wisconsin	Illingworth-Kilgust Mechanical, Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was taking apart a flange to a 2-inch pipe. Alkaline product inside the pipe sprayed onto his forehead, upper chest, and abdomen. He suffered chemical burns in those areas, including third-degree burns to the chest and abdomen.
2020-06-06	Dwight	Illinois	LSC Communications US, LLC	Multiple face locations	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An LSC Communications security guard was performing security checks throughout the facility while operating a three-wheeled electric cart. The cart struck a vertical steel I-beam, causing the employee to continue forward and contact the edge of the I-beam and then fall to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations on the forehead and nose, and fractures to the forehead and right cheek bone.
2020-06-04	Hot Springs	Arkansas	Craft Manufacturing & Tooling Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee opened a paint oven door to unload a cart of parts from the oven. As he was reaching into the oven, the door hit the left side of his forehead above the eye. He fell to the ground and the door of the oven broke loose from the chain, then fell onto him. He suffered a broken hip, a broken thumb, and a cracked heel bone and was hospitalized.
2020-05-25	Mcgehee	Arkansas	Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
An employee was on the roof of a fertilizer storage building, shoveling fertilizer that had spilled out through the hole in the roof. He slipped and fell down 20 feet of roof, then dropped 12 feet straight onto a trolley rail, then fell from the rail to the ground 18 inches below. The employee suffered three brain bleeds, a broken fractured left wrist, stomach injury, a kidney injury, a fractured eye socket, a pelvis fracture, a gash in the forehead (requiring stitches), and a cut that left skin
2020-05-23	Mission	Texas	Rodco Steel Distributors	Forehead	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Two employees were standing in a loading area and operating an overhead crane with a remote when a set of PBR aluminum steel sheets fell from the crane and landed on the employees. The first employee suffered a forehead laceration. The second employee suffered a broken right leg.
2020-05-22	Moorefield	West Virgini	American Woodmark Corporation	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was working in her designated area pulling parts when she slipped and fell to the floor, striking her left knee and forehead. She was hospitalized for her injuries.
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.
2020-05-06	Kermit	Texas	Skye Blue Services, LLC	Head and trunk	Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
Three employees were cleaning a heater treater when a gas build-up caused an explosion in the building. Two of the employees received minor injuries; the third was hospitalized, having suffered a severe laceration across the forehead, burns to the face and neck, and a fractured spine.
2020-04-28	Claymont	Delaware	Honeywell	Multiple face locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
At about 1:00 p.m. on April 28, 2020, an employee was checking a sulfuric acid railcar to ensure that it was empty before it was sent offsite for cleaning and decommissioning. The employee loosened the railcar's dip tube cap with a pipe wrench, then removed it. Residual pressure in the railcar sprayed about 4 pounds of acid into the employee's face, causing chemical burns to the employee's forehead, cheeks and nose.
2020-04-26	Fort Myers	Florida	SalusCare, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
A nurse was attacked by a patient in a care unit. She suffered a cut to the forehead, a bruised elbow, eye injuries, and injuries to the head area and was hospitalized.
2020-04-25	Troy	New York	Eddy Memorial Geriatric	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was working in a COVID-19 unit, and accordingly was wearing full PPE during her shifts on April 25 and April 26, 2020, including an N95 mask. She felt itching on her forehead and around the mask on April 25, then developed swollen eyelids and hives to the face, trunk, and legs on April 26. She became short of breath at home on April 28 and was hospitalized, suffering from diffuse urticaria and dyspnea, possibly from the mask.
2020-04-15	Athens	Ohio	G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers Inc.	Multiple pelvic region locations	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
A truck driver's tractor had begun to roll away from its trailer. The driver was trying to reach it to stop it when his body struck one of the tires. He fell, rolled, and suffered a laceration above the left eye, another laceration on his nose, and hip and pelvis fractures. He was hospitalized, requiring sutures to the forehead and glue for the nose laceration.
2020-04-14	Decatur	Illinois	Kroger Limited Partnership	Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On April 14, 2020, an employee was retrieving produce from a walk-in cooler. The employee tripped on a pallet and fell forward onto the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured nose and contusions to the cheek and forehead.
2020-04-09	Carrollton	Texas	Kemi Services.	Head and trunk	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was on top of a dumpster to cut a strap. The frame that holds the basket hit him in the forehead and knocked him into the dumpster. He suffered head and back injuries.
2020-04-09	Prattville	Alabama	BASS PRO SHOPS	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level
An employee was walking down an aisle. The employee turned, lost his footing, and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a broken nose, a broken shoulder, and a laceration on the forehead.
2020-04-02	Maplesville	Alabama	South Coast Paper, LLC	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was filling a gas truck with liquid propane fuel. The fuel caught fire and the employee suffered burns to both hands, a wrist, and the forehead. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-03-29	Lauderdale Lakes	Florida	United Electric LLC	Forehead	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was installing breaker wires. An arc flash burned the employee's forehead.
2020-03-06	Saraland	Alabama	Allied Steel Corporation, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Struck by discharged object or substance
A temporary employee was using a sandblaster to prepare steel product for painting. The employee lost control of the sandblaster and sandblasting material struck the employee's face and eyes. The employee sustained abrasions to the left side of the face (cheek and forehead).
2020-03-04	Firestone	Colorado	ASPHALT SPECIALTIES CO.	Multiple face locations	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An excavator was being used to turn a wrench to remove nuts on a crusher. The wrench came loose and hit an employee in the head. The employee suffered a welt and knot on his forehead and a swollen right eye.
2020-02-26	Shullsburg	Wisconsin	White Hill Cheese Company, LLC	Multiple face locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A maintenance employee entered the cheese molding cell after de-activating it to troubleshoot the equipment. When the equipment was re-activated, the cheese lid armature moved and struck the maintenance employee on the face causing a laceration from the forehead to the lower cheek that required surgery.
2020-02-25	Naples	Florida	Bob Evans Restaurants LLC	Forehead	Fall on same level due to slipping
While walking down an aisle in the restaurant, an employee slipped, hit her head on a table, and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a forehead laceration.
2020-02-10	Verona	Pennsylvania	American Beverage Corporation	Forehead	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was hand stacking cases when he tripped and fell forward, hitting his head on a lab station desk. He was hospitalized with a forehead contusion.
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.
2020-01-27	Milford	Delaware	Atlantic Concrete Company, Inc.	Forehead	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was sitting in a concrete truck that was stuck in the mud. The back of a second concrete truck was attached to the front of the concrete truck that was stuck in the mud by a ratcheting strap. The connecting strap snapped, flinging the metal ratchet device crashing through the driver side window of the concrete truck. The device struck the employee in the head, causing a forehead laceration that required sutures and hospitalization.
2020-01-14	Round Rock	Texas	Arch Technical Services, LLC	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was trying to gain access to the attic from the second floor when the employee fell approximately 10 to 12 feet to the concrete below. The employee suffered forehead trauma (bleeding on frontal lobe), facial lacerations and fractures, and a collapsed lung.
2020-01-07	Breckenridge	Colorado	Bridge Hospitality, LLC	Forehead	Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
An employee in a kitchen prep line suffered a laceration to the forehead when another employee stabbed him with a kitchen knife.
2019-09-23	Edgewater	New Jersey	Northstar Contracting Group, Inc.	Forehead	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
Am employee was cleaning an open-top tank by filling it with water to flush it. The employee lost consciousness and her forehead struck the top of a gate valve, which caused a vertical laceration.
2019-09-20	Oviedo	Florida	Bay Painting & Decorating, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee stepped off a ladder onto a roof and fell about 10 feet. He suffered forehead lacerations, a broken right forearm, a broken left shoulder, a broken rib, and a broken nose. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to the forearm.
2019-09-18	Wappingers Falls	New York	Veteran Hospital Administration	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
After repairing a ceiling from a ladder, an employee was found on the floor with one leg in the ladder rung. The employee was hospitalized with a forehead laceration and left leg and back injuries.
2019-09-11	Mentone	Texas	Brigad Energy Services, LLC	Skull	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Employees were rigging up a work-over rig. One of the rig wires caught on a 1-inch ball valve and the pressure from the rig rising caused the valve to be sent up as a projectile. It struck an employee on the right side of the face and forehead, fracturing his skull. He was hospitalized.
2019-09-08	Darien Center	New York	Live Nation	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was walking across the venue when she tripped on a crack/uneven area of pavement and fell to the concrete surface. She hit her head on the ground and sustained injuries including a contusion/laceration to the forehead above the right eye, shoulder and upper arm pain on the right side, and numbness of the left arm. She was hospitalized and required neck surgery.
2019-08-28	Jamaica	New York	Social Security Admininstration	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level
An employee was filing paperwork when she fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip and wrist and a forehead laceration.
2019-08-27	Akron	Ohio	Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was working at a policyholder's residence responding to their insurance claim. He was on their outside deck and began to climb up a ladder. He was on the 2nd rung from the ground when the ladder lifted back towards him, hitting his forehead area. He continued to fall backwards, hitting the back of his head on the deck and knocking him unconscious.
2019-08-26	Savannah	Georgia	Harcon, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was dismantling sections of scaffolding. A section of the scaffolding took his personal fall protection with it as it fell, causing the employee to fall about 15 feet to the ground. He suffered a fractured left shin and a laceration to his forehead.
2019-08-22	Cartersville	Georgia	Shaw Industries Group, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee had been trying to clear a clogged drain with drain cleaner. As the employee was using compressed air to clear the drain, the drain cleaner sprayed out and caused second-degree burns to his cheek, nose and forehead.
2019-08-20	Tampa	Florida	SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT CORPORATION	Head and neck	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was driving a pickup truck towards the hangar. When he turned towards the hanger door the truck impacted the stationary clamp used to secure the hangar doors. He struck his head inside of the vehicle and sustained a concussion, forehead laceration, and a herniated disc in the neck.
2019-08-19	La Porte	Texas	METTON AMERICA	Forehead	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was attempting to use a portable concrete mixer along with two other employees when the lid of the cement mixer came off and hit the top of the employee's forehead, causing a laceration just behind the hairline.
2019-08-16	New Britain	Connecticut	Guida-Seibert Dairy, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was leaving a truck at the end of his shift. As he climbed down the stairs built into the tailgate, he slipped, hit his forehead on the truck (suffering a forehead laceration that required stitches), and then fell backwards to the ground, breaking his left wrist.
2019-08-09	Sarasota	Florida	Tideline Staffing	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was using compressed air to blow a sponge through a concrete pipeline to clean the pipe. The employee was disengaging the fitting of the air hose reducer, which was still under pressure, when the reducer struck the employee just below the hard hat line. The employee suffered a concussion, brain bleed, and forehead laceration.
2019-08-05	Winter Haven	Florida	Manheim Remarketing, Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was bending over to remove a license plate from a car. He then stood up, lost his balance, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a contusion to the left side of the forehead, a subdural hematoma, and a laceration above the left eye.
2019-07-31	Naples	Florida	P & S Transportation, LLC	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee delivering building materials fell from the truck to the ground, resulting in a fractured right ankle, a forehead laceration, and an injured wrist requiring hospitalization.
2019-07-29	New Boston	Texas	West Fraser New Boston Division	Brain	Fall on same level
An employee fell, hitting his nose and forehead on the ground below. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury and lacerations to the nose and above the right eyebrow.
2019-07-22	La Porte	Texas	USA Environment LP	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
During a truck inspection, an employee opened a valve on the truck and was sprayed with phenol and detergent. He sustained burns on his forehead, abdominal area, chest and underarm area.
2019-07-12	Warrendale	Pennsylvania	Magee Plastics Company	Forehead	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a CNC machine when a cutter attachment installed on the machine contacted the employee's head. The employee sustained a laceration to the forehead on the left side, extending upward.
2019-07-10	Broken Bow	Nebraska	Becton Dickinson	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
Two employees were removing a screw from a high-speed injection molding machine. As they were removing the screw tip, pressurized molten plastic was released through an opening around the screw tip which resulted in both employees being burned by the molten plastic. They sustained burns to the forehead, right neck, face, right arm, and right hand. One employee was hospitalized.
2019-07-10	Mount Laurel	New Jersey	Brightview	Forehead	Nonroadway noncollision incident
On 7/10/2019, an employee fainted while riding a self-propelled walk-behind mower. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead.
2019-06-26	Dade City	Florida	Helena Agri Enterprises LLC	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was in a forklift lift cage (man basket) replacing a piece of metal siding. The employee fell out of the man basket 8-10 feet and fractured his right arm. He also sustained a cut on the forehead.
2019-06-06	Ladysmith	Wisconsin	A&M Fiberglass Manufacturing, LLC.	Skull	Struck by object or equipment
On June 6, 2019, an employee was separating a fiberglass part from a mold using compressed air. The part released from the mold and struck the employee's forehead. The employee was hospitalized for a skull fracture.