Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-08-09	Houston	Tx	Elmington Property Management	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving a heavy piece of furniture when the furniture shifted and dropped onto the employee's leg, resulting in a broken leg.
2021-07-21	Myrtle	Ms	Jackson Furniture	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was in a non-climate-controlled building, applying packaging material to furniture in preparation for shipment. The employee developed a possible heat-related illness.
2021-07-20	Lakeland	Fl	J & J Family Moving & Storage LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee developed heat stress/dehydration and collapsed while moving household furniture.
2021-07-08	Tampa	Fl	Black Wolf Group, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been moving furniture and passed out in the company parking lot from dehydration and heat-related illness.
2021-06-26	Gainesville	Fl	Elite Power Moves, LLC	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On June 26, 2021, an employee was unloading furniture from a truck when he slipped and fell on the truck's ramp, resulting in a fractured ankle that required hospitalization.
2021-05-24	Northport	Al	Two Men and a Truck	Forearm(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was moving a glass piece of furniture. The piece fell and lacerated the employee's right forearm.
2021-05-01	Wesley Chapel	Fl	Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was moving furniture to the back edge of the delivery truck when they fell out of the back of the truck, landing on the ground and sustaining bleeding on the brain.
2021-04-22	Grapevine	Tx	Camden Riverwalk Apartments	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was cleaning a pool with a leaf net. He tripped on pool furniture and fell, suffering a head contusion and a concussion.
2020-09-22	Englewood	Co	Goodwill	Ankle(s)	Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
An employee was using a pallet jack to unload boxes of furniture from a trailer. A box of furniture was sitting on a pallet that was partially shattered. As the pallet was pulled, it completely shattered causing the furniture to fall onto the employee. The employee suffered displaced fractures to both bones in the right ankle.
2020-09-03	White Sands Missile Range	Nm	Raytheon	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was moving office furniture. The employee's right middle finger was caught between a cabinet and a pallet, and the fingertip was amputated.
2020-07-14	Asbury Park	New Jersey	Market Street Mission	Arm(s)	Injured by object breaking in hand
An employee was moving furniture. When the piece being carried bumped into a stationary object, the carried piece's glass shattered. The glass lacerated the employee's arm resulting in a cut artery and nerve.
2020-06-30	Belle Rose	Louisiana	Waste Management of South Louisiana	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
A temporary employee was loading a piece of furniture into the hopper of a garbage truck. A glass part on the furniture broke and severely lacerated the employee's lower right leg.
2020-04-08	Waltham	Massachusett	Heavy Foot, L.L.C.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
While moving furniture, two employee's fell from the second-floor balcony to the ground level when the railing gave way. The employee's were hospitalized with trauma to the back, head and face.
2020-02-27	Logan	West Virgini	Logan Regional Medical Center	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was moving furniture on a loading dock. The employee felt dizzy and fell backwards three feet off the loading dock to the ground. The employee sustained bleeding on the brain.
2020-01-21	Saint Louis	Missouri	West Elm, Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking in the stockroom and tripped on a furniture skate. The employee fell to the ground and broke a leg.
2020-01-17	Victor	New York	RIDGEWAY EQUIPMENT	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Two employees were delivering refrigerator up a ramp using a furniture dolly when the dolly and refrigerator tipped over, striking one employee. The employee suffered three broken vertebrae in the neck area and was hospitalized.
2020-01-06	Gassaway	West Virgini	Waste Management of West Virginia, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was dumping an 8-yard rear-load container. A piece of furniture was caught between the scraper blade and the hopper seal. When the blade came down, it kicked the container off the truck and into the employee, who suffered bruising to the kidney, spleen, and liver, as well as possible fractures to ribs and/or vertebrae.
2019-09-17	Houston	Texas	Labor Finders of Pasadena	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
A temporary employee was dragging boxed furniture off a truck trailer. The truck was not backed up all the way to the building and the employee's leg slipped between the truck and building. The employee was hospitalized for leg and hip injuries.
2019-08-26	Houston	Texas	YRC Freight	Ankle(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was unloading a furniture box at a customer's location when the box fell and hit the employee's right ankle, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-08-15	Smithtown	New York	Raymours Furniture Co. Inc	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee fell on the stairs while delivering furniture.
2019-07-17	Greenville	Wisconsin	Weigh Industries	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was moving furniture and boxes into a new home when the employee became overheated and suffered heat exhaustion.
2019-06-26	New York	New York	Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Lumbar region	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was helping to set up furniture in a conference room when a cart tilted and landed on the employee, causing an L1 fracture.
2019-06-11	Jasper	Texas	Aaron's	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
An employee was loading furniture in a car when a bee stung him, causing an allergic reaction. He was hospitalized.
2019-03-26	Shreveport	Louisiana	Willis Knighton Health Systems	Hip(s)	Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
An employee suffered a hip injury while moving furniture.
2019-03-18	Boston	Massachusett	Hebrew Senior Life	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
An employee suffered a ruptured spleen after a day moving heavy furniture.
2019-02-23	Kirkwood	Missouri	Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee on a 6-foot ladder, cleaning an external dryer vent that was about 11.5 feet above a patio. The ladder tipped over and the employee fell; his head hit the patio furniture and then the concrete patio itself, and he briefly lost consciousness. He was hospitalized.
2019-02-07	Baraboo	Wisconsin	Menard, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
While building furniture, an employee suffered a smashed finger. The finger became infected, and the employee was hospitalized.
2019-02-02	Shorewood	Illinois	Bob's Discount Furniture	Pelvic region	Boarding, alighting-excluding slip, trip, fall-single episode
An employee had been loading furniture into a customer's rented box truck. As the employee stepped down from the truck, they felt a pull/pain in the pelvic region.
2019-01-19	Columbus	Ohio	American Signature Inc	Foot (feet)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
While operating a stock picker at the Value City Furniture Distribution Center, an employee's hand slipped off the steering mechanism and the stock picker veered towards racking. The employee jumped off the stock picker while it was in motion, and the machine ran over his left foot.
2018-08-20	Perth Amboy	New Jersey	Metropolitan Warehouse & Delivery	Brain	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was hit on the head by the cross beam on a racking system while bringing down furniture.
2018-08-17	Hanover	Pennsylvania	Utz Quality Foods	Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was assembling office furniture when the employee contacted the blades of an adjacent ceiling fan, sustaining a broken and lacerated nose.
2018-08-17	Amory	Mississippi	UNITED FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC.	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by another person
An employee was working at the dock when a second employee who was using a dolly with approximately 30 pounds of furniture bumped her. She fell to the floor, fracturing her right knee and hip.
2018-07-21	Burlington	New Jersey	Masonic Charities Foundation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was unloading furniture from a truck to a dumpster when an armoire fell on the employee's left hand, resulting in a finger amputation.
2018-07-21	Arcadia	Wisconsin	ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.	Head	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was picking furniture with a lift when a piece of furniture fell from above, striking the employee in the head.
2018-07-11	Bellevue	Nebraska	Coleman Worldwide Moving LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was moving furniture when he started cramping, vomiting, and feeling exhausted. He was hospitalized for heat-related illness.
2018-06-14	Pontotoc	Mississippi	American Furniture	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was using a two-wheeled dolly to move furniture. He grabbed banding on the product to help lift it onto the dolly when the banding broke, causing him to fall backwards and injure his left thigh.
2018-06-14	Newton	Mississippi	La-Z-Boy	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting wood furniture parts on a band saw when the moving blade struck and amputated the employee's left pinky finger.
2018-05-22	Westminster	Colorado	Covenant Village of Colorado	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level
An employee was unloading furniture from a truck. He was climbing down the back of the truck when he fell, hitting his head on the ground and fracturing his pelvis.
2018-04-22	Northbrook	Illinois	Dania of Illinois Inc., dba Dania Furniture	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was unloading boxes of furniture from a shipping container when a large tabletop struck and knocked the employee to the floor. The employee suffered a broken left hip.
2018-01-20	Orlando	Florida	Ahead, LLC	Coccygeal region	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was setting up a booth at a merchandise show when two furniture fixtures fell, pushing the employee to the floor and landing partially on top of him. He suffered an ear laceration and fractured tailbone.
2017-09-18	Morgantown	West Virgini	Goodwill of North Central West Virginia	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While moving furniture and equipment, an employee backed through a doorway and backed into a piece of exercise equipment. The employee fell on her left arm resulting in a forearm fracture.
2017-08-21	Bismarck	North Dakota	Big Sur Waterbeds, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell approximately 10 feet from an elevated lift platform while pulling furniture to fulfill a customer order, suffering head and wrist injuries that required hospitalization.
2017-06-09	Harker Heights	Texas	Rooms To Go	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was in a trailer helping to unload furniture when his foot was caught in the trailer opening. He stumbled and fell onto the floor, breaking his knee/leg.
2017-05-11	Braselton	Georgia	Williams-Sonoma, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been at work since 7:00 a.m., unpacking boxes and building furniture on the dock, when he felt dizzy and collapsed. He was hospitalized for dehydration.
2017-04-10	Billings	Montana	Kenco Security and Technologies	Thigh(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was moving furniture in the office and bumped their upper right thigh resulting in a blood clot in the thigh. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-01-23	Norfolk	Nebraska	Apollo Retail Specialist, LLC	Tooth (teeth)	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee was at a residence to assemble some furniture. When he was walking to the house, he tripped on the concrete curb and hit his head/face. The employee lost some teeth and suffered contusions to face/head.
2016-09-29	North Fort Myers	Florida	Modern Movers Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee broke one of his legs while moving furniture from a house into the moving truck.
2016-09-14	Orlando	Florida	West Coast Sales Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
While retagging furniture in an elevated lift, an employee fell from the lift and hit the ground, requiring hospitalization.
2016-09-01	Safety Harbor	Florida	ZRS Management, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee suffered the amputation of the right ring and pinky fingertips while moving furniture when the couch fell onto his hand on 09/01/2016 at 11:00 a.m.
2016-08-19	Midway	Florida	Haverty's Furniture	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was delivering furniture when he started having severe cramps. He was hospitalized for dehydration.
2016-08-09	El Paso	Texas	K & J Woodworks, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting a flat piece of cork stock (1/8" thick from a 12"X12" section) to be used as trimming on furniture. He was having difficulty cutting the cork material because it would not slide on the table saw surface due to the cork material adhering to the table. He proceeded to apply more force, and as he attempted to push the stock into the blade, the material inadvertently folded, causing his left hand to move into the rotating blade. His left-hand pinky finger was amputated, and h
2016-08-07	Norman	Oklahoma	U.S. Postal Service	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion involving outside sources
On 8/7/16, at about 3:30 p.m., an employee injured his back while re-arranging office furniture, requiring hospitalization.
2016-07-25	Suwanee	Georgia	Two Men And A Truck	Multiple body parts	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was moving furniture and started having chest pains and pain in his left arm. He was hospitalized.
2016-07-19	Lubbock	Texas	Eddins Furniture	Sole(s)	Stepped on object
An employee was unboxing furniture and stepped on a nail on the furniture frame.
2016-05-21	Wilmington	Delaware	DiSabatino Construction	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was breaking up wooden furniture on a raised loading dock and then throwing pieces into a 30-yard dumpster positioned along the dock. While attempting to throw a wooden drawer into the dumpster, the employee's right foot entered the gap between the loading dock and dumpster. He then tripped over the dumpster lip, fell forward into the dumpster, and struck his chest on the debris inside. He broke two ribs and suffered internal bleeding, requiring hospitalization.
2016-05-06	Marshall	Missouri	Wal-mart #363	Multiple arm locations	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was walking around the corner of the furniture department, tripped and fell breaking his humerus and radius.
2016-03-04	Charlotte	North Caroli	Habitat for Humanity Int'l	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was moving furniture when a leg broke on a china cabinet. The cabinet hit her in the head, back, and leg, causing contusions.
2016-02-08	Ecru	Mississippi	Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc,	Head and neck	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
While removing furniture, an employee was struck by the furniture and fell backward into a metal rack, causing a neck fracture, cerebral concussion, and scalp laceration.
2016-02-05	Arcadia	Wisconsin	Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.	Brain	Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
An employee was operating an order picker and was struck by furniture when it fell from the order picker and pushed the employee into a mesh guard. The employee was hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness and a laceration above the right eye.
2016-01-12	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Hobby Lobby	Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee's right ring finger got caught between furniture and a template press during T-molding operations. The employee's fingernail was amputated.
2015-11-05	Picayune	Mississippi	Rent-A-Center	Hand(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee delivering furniture suffered nerve damage to the right hand when it was caught between a sofa and the tailgate of the delivery truck.
2015-09-09	Canyon Lake	Texas	True Blue Inc.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell off of a large moving truck while moving furniture, sustaining a head laceration and dislocated shoulder.
2015-09-04	Grand Prairie	Texas	Charter HR	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving furniture using a box truck with a hydraulic lift gate on the back. As he and a coworker raised the lift gate, he got off the lift and grabbed the side of the rail. The coworker began to operate the lift again, which caught and amputated the employee's thumb.
2015-08-15	Boca Raton	Florida	CITY FURNITURE	Ankle(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Two employees were delivering furniture to a private residence. One of the employees was inside the residence while the other stayed in the truck. The employee inside the truck slipped on a piece of plastic while moving a dresser, and the dresser fell on and fractured his right ankle.
2015-08-14	Ashland	Kentucky	Department of Justice	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee working in the Unicor Prison Industry furniture factory walked backwards and tripped over a pallet, breaking his leg. He was hospitalized.
2015-08-04	Pine Bluff	Arkansas	Ashley Distribution Services	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was standing on the floor of a trailer and pulling a piece of furniture. The employee lost his footing and fell to the floor of the trailer. He was unable to get back up and was hospitalized with a hip fracture.
2015-07-28	Preston	Connecticut	Labor Ready	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee unloading furniture from a freight truck suffered heat stress and was hospitalized.
2015-04-27	Beaumont	Texas	Labor Ready	BODY SYSTEMS	Bodily conditions, n.e.c.
The employee was moving furniture and cleaning up at the Red Roof Inn. He finished one room, walked upstairs, and collapsed.
2015-03-10	Jacksonville	Florida	Ebel, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was on a pallet set on top of the Daewoo forklift's forks in order to store furniture on the mezzanine. He fell 14 feet to the ground, fracturing his collar bone and lower back and sustaining trauma to his head.
2015-01-16	Houston	Texas	Cort Furniture Rentals	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Employee was part of a two-man team moving furniture from a customer's location. Employees were moving a large sleep sofa to the ground level when the sofa came into contact with a metal stair rail. The injured employee's finger was between the two objects at one point, and when they came together, they severed the employee's finger below the first joint.
2015-01-12	El Paso	Texas	Apollo Retail Specialists	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
Employee fell from a step ladder while assembling furniture.