Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-16	Grand Prairie	Tx	PENSKE LOGISTICS LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was using a fire extinguisher to put out a smoldering fire on a truck tailgate. The employee inhaled some of the smoke and fire extinguisher powder, suffered respiratory distress, and was hospitalized.
2021-11-10	Holland	Oh	Stericycle, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On November 10, 2021, an employee was loading a box truck. As they used their right hand to raise the lift gate, their left index finger was pinched between the liftgate and the truck. The employee sustained an amputation to the end of the finger.
2021-10-28	Cincinnati	Oh	American Scaffolding, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was unloading 12 scaffolding frames for a client. The frames were standing upright against the back window of a pickup truck and were strapped in. The pickup was on a street with a slight incline. The employee unsecured the frames, took one section off, and moved to the tailgate area of the truck to hand the frame to the client on the ground. As the employee's back was turned, the frames started falling toward him and he tried to jump out of the back of the truck, but the frames caug
2021-10-21	Fargo	Nd	Robert Gibb & Sons, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was setting up a mechanical room when a gate valve pinched his right ring finger. The finger was amputated.
2021-10-21	Cleveland	Oh	Jay Dee Obayashi JV	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was assisting a co-worker with repositioning PVC piping that was 13 feet long and weighed approximately 200 pounds. As the employee repositioned their end of the pipe, they slipped on the gate structure they were working on and fell resulting in a broken right tibia.
2021-10-19	Carthage	Mo	Dyno Nobel Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was troubleshooting a motorized gate when their glove was caught between the conductors of the gate's wheel, resulting in a partial amputation to the index finger.
2021-10-05	Madrid	Ny	Mapleview Cattle Company LLC	Wrist(s) and arm(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee working to free a cow from a swing gate became tangled between the gate and the cow, resulting in fractures to the employee's left arm and wrist.
2021-10-05	Kewaskum	Wi	JK Rentals, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was standing near the back of a truck as a lift gate was being lowered from the truck. A table and folding chairs fell from the lift gate as it was being lowered and struck the employee, resulting in a broken leg.
2021-10-05	Ponte Vedra Beach	Fl	Cavalier Spirits	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
On October 5, 2021, an employee was unloading products from the back of a box truck. He was on the lift gate with a dolly full of beer boxes; when he pressed the descend button, the dolly began moving away from him. As he tried to catch it, he fell off the lift gate with the dolly and the beer boxes. He suffered injuries to his shoulder, back, and leg and was hospitalized.
2021-10-01	Miami	Fl	CPC LOGISTICS INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was unloading freight when his right thumb was caught in a trailer's lift gate. The thumb was broken.
2021-10-01	Belfast	Me	Viking Lumber	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was performing maintenance on a truck lift gate when it fell on his leg, resulting in a broken femur.
2021-09-29	Middletown	Oh	Pilot Chemical Company of Ohio	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was helping fix a front entrance gate where a chain was twisted. The employee's right ring finger was caught between a rail guide and the rail, and the fingertip was amputated.
2021-09-25	Yigo	Gu	Smithbridge Guam, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was cleaning excess material off the back end of a dump truck when the truck's tailgate closed. The employee's right middle and ring fingertips got pinched between the tailgate and dump bed, resulting in amputations.
2021-09-24	Bluefield	Wv	WEL, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Explosion, n.e.c.
On September 24, 2021, at approximately 2:30 p.m., two employees were clearing weeds and brush from the exterior of the shop building. The employees found several pieces of a small, cord-like material and brought them inside the shop to investigate. An employee attempted to cut into the material with a grinder. The material turned out to be a detonation cord that exploded when it touched the grinder. One employee suffered amputations to fingers on his left hand and was hospitalized. The second e
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
2021-09-15	Defuniak Springs	Fl	General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was opening a sliding gate when it amputated the employee's left little fingertip.
2021-09-15	State College	Pa	Lowe's Home Centers, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was folding up a lift gate after making a delivery. His thumb was injured between the truck bed and the lift bed. The thumb was partially amputated.
2021-09-14	San Antonio	Tx	CRAM ROOFING COMPANY, INC.	Upper arm(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
And employee was removing a corrugated metal roof panel with a claw hammer and chisel. A metal shard shot from the hammer and punctured the employee's upper arm.
2021-09-13	Orlando	Fl	FedEx Ground	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
On September 13, 2021, an employee was closing a small gate on a package chute when it caught his left index fingertip. The fingertip was amputated.
2021-09-07	Shiner	Tx	NexTier Completion Solutions Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was trying to slide a work platform back into its housing. His middle finger was caught between the midrail and the side safety gate of the platform. The pad of the finger was severely lacerated, and was medically amputated.
2021-09-07	Janesville	Wi	Union Corrugating Company	Forearm(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was loading a press machine when their left forearm was struck and lacerated by the sheet of corrugated metal that was being loaded. The laceration resulted in tendon damage.
2021-09-07	Athens	Ga	Martin Brower/McDonald's Distribution Center - Atlanta	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was unloading product from a truck when they slipped and fell from the liftgate of the truck onto the concrete parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left wrist.
2021-09-04	Plano	Tx	Costco Wholesale	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was loading cardboard boxes onto a bailer. When the employee closed the bailer's gate, the bailer caught the tip of the employee's finger. The fingertip was amputated.
2021-08-23	Greeley	Co	Lone Tree Services LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Two employees were clearing debris from the back of a dump truck after it had dumped its load of soil. They lifted the tailgate up, but it fell and crushed an employee's right ring finger against the trailer bed. The fingertip was amputated.
2021-08-20	New Lisbon	Wi	Mill Haven Foods, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was checking to see if product was flowing through a blender. When the power to the blender was turned off, the pneumatic fly gate valve closed on the employee's left hand and amputated three fingertips.
2021-08-13	Adairsville	Ga	UFP NAC, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
A forklift hit a pallet holding corrugated boxes. The boxes fell, causing a nearby employee to stumble and fall to the floor. She suffered a broken hip.
2021-08-10	Highland Park	Il	Levy Restaurants at Ravinia	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
At 12:45 p.m. on August 10, 2021, an employee was driving an electric cart when his right leg struck a gate. He suffered lacerations and contusions to the leg.
2021-08-09	Gallatin Gateway	Mt	Turner Enterprises, Inc.	Leg(s)	Gored or rammed by animal
An employee was with a group in a pasture, observing a herd of bison from a truck. Two bulls approached the group. One of them rammed the truck's tailgate, and the employee's leg was punctured and lacerated. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-08-09	Irvine	Ca	U.S. Postal Service	Brain	Nonclassifiable
An employee hit his head on a gate while delivering mail. He suffered a head injury.
2021-08-03	Sun City	Az	U.S. Postal Service	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was stepping over a residential gate when they tripped, resulting in a broken left hip.
2021-08-02	Victoria	Tx	Powell HD, Inc	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was lowering a vehicle's lift gate. A spring broke and the gate crashed down on the employee's feet, amputating both big toes.
2021-07-29	Philadelphia	Pa	TransForce, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was removing the back gate of a flat bed truck fitted with a removeable fence. The employee fell from the loading dock less than 4 feet to the ground. The employee later collapsed in the parking lot when trying to leave for the day and was hospitalized.
2021-07-28	Denver	Co	Apollo Sheet Metal, Inc.	Elbow(s)	Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was loading a gang box onto a truck for delivery to a job site. The employee went to jump from the truck to the concrete floor about 38 inches below, but did not clear the lift gate and tumbled forward. His left elbow struck the floor and was broken. He was hospitalized.
2021-07-28	Garland	Tx	Henry Company LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was trying to put a roll of roofing that had fallen off a pallet back onto the pallet when the palletizer gate crushed the employee's chest, resulting in broken ribs.
2021-07-27	Orlando	Fl	A-1 Block Corporation	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On July 27, 2021, an employee was on a straight ladder to check the level of an open aggregate hopper when the ladder slipped, causing him to fall approximately 3-4 feet and resulting in a broken left ankle.
2021-07-26	Tyrone	Pa	Peoples Natural Gas	Multiple body parts	Explosion, n.e.c.
On 7/26/2021 at 1:08 p.m., an employee entered a customer's residence to investigate a natural gas odor. The house exploded and the employee sustained burns to their hands, arms, chest, and face that required hospitalization.
2021-07-25	Guntersville	Al	Wayne Farms, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was working on a platform. As he turned to get a tool, he stepped into an open hole, fell partly through an open pass-through gate and struck the platform. He caught himself on the ladder and the platform, but suffered two fractured ribs and a punctured lung.
2021-07-15	Naperville	Il	WESTROCK PACKAGING SYSTEMS, LLC	Ankle(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was manually lifting corrugated sheets off the production floor when she was struck by a moving T-car unit, resulting in a cut to the lower left leg above the ankle bone.
2021-07-14	Saint Louis	Mo	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints	Skull	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was riding on the tailgate of an off-road utility vehicle. The employee fell to the pavement and sustained a fractured skull.
2021-07-13	Pontiac	Il	Anthony Liftgates Inc	Multiple face locations	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was repairing a broken torsion rod on a liftgate when the rod released and struck the employee's face. The employee sustained facial fractures and a broken nose and was hospitalized.
2021-07-07	East Moline	Il	John Deere Harvester Works	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On July 7, 2021, an employee was removing a repair trailer from a utility vehicle's hitch using their right hand. As the hitch released, it pinched their right index finger between the tailgate of the utility vehicle and the trailer hitch latch resulting in a laceration and fracture to the right index finger that required surgery and hospitalization.
2021-07-05	Red Rock	Ok	OG & E	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee's index and little fingers were caught and fractured between a swinging gate and a stationary gate.
2021-06-30	Sheffield	Ma	Jason King Landscaping, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee lacerated their middle finger and fractured the tip of their pinky finger while dropping the tailgate on a truck.
2021-06-28	Muskogee	Ok	O' Reilly Auto Parts	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using a pallet jack to maneuver boxes of merchandise from a box van to a lift gate when the pallet began to roll and the jack handle pushed the employee off the lift gate, resulting in a possible broken ankle.
2021-06-24	Hialeah Gardens	Fl	Werner Enterprises, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was lowering a wheeled, steel cage filled with merchandise from the tailgate of a truck. When the tailgate made contact with the ground, the cage shifted and rolled off the gate, striking the employee's left ankle and resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-06-23	Dublin	Oh	Miles McClellan Masonry LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was disassembling a scaffold. After opening a gate to load a mud bin onto a forklift, the employee fell from the scaffold to the ground. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-06-23	Centennial	Co	GH Phipps Construction Companies	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee was opening a gate when they tripped on a curb and fell to the concrete ground, resulting in an open head wound and a broken rib.
2021-06-16	Fort Lauderdale	Fl	Colorado Boxed Beef Company	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a lift gate unloading product. He fell to the ground.
2021-06-15	Reedsville	Wi	Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association	Multiple body parts	Struck by animal, n.e.c.
An employee was trying to keep a wild steer in a holding pen by holding the gate latch down. The steer popped the lock and pushed the gate open, striking the employee in the head and knocking him to the ground. The steer stepped on him. He suffered a broken rib and a broken left leg.
2021-06-15	Palatka	Fl	TIC Power	Multiple trunk locations	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
On June 15, 2021, an employee was walking from the pipe fabrication area to a gate outside when he was struck by a company vehicle trying to turn around. The employee suffered a broken rib, a collapsed lung, and a lacerated liver that required hospitalization.
2021-06-08	Jacksonville	Fl	Dothan Security, Inc.	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On June 8, 2021, an employee was walking toward a gate when she slipped and fell down a slope. She suffered a dislocated hip and a broken leg and was hospitalized.
2021-06-07	New Orleans	La	AAA Cooper Transportation	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing up on a lift gate trailer. He slipped and his right ankle was caught on the steps. He suffered a broken right ankle and a laceration to the top of his right foot.
2021-05-22	Appleton	Wi	RecycleThatStuff.com	Lower leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was unloading a box truck. The employee was operating a manual pallet jack while walking backwards onto the lift gate. The jack struck the employee's right leg, fracturing the fibula and the tibia.
2021-05-20	Ogallala	Ne	McAtee Paving dba Simon	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was trying to clear asphalt from a tailgate latch. He had used a shovel to pry the gate open; the shovel slipped while his hand was between the tailgate and the truck bed, causing a fingertip amputation.
2021-05-20	Grove City	Pa	Ward Trucking, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was moving freight inside a trailer for delivery. The employee fell off the truck's lift gate to the ground, suffering fractured vertebrae.
2021-05-19	Gibsonton	Fl	DHL Supply Chain	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was making a delivery to a customer location. The employee's foot was caught between the truck's liftgate and the rear bumper as the liftgate was raised causing a crushing injury to his right big toe.
2021-05-18	Tioga	Pa	Ward Manufacturing, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was checking the roller alignment on a corrugated tubing machine when her left middle finger was caught between a roller and the tubing resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-05-14	Webster	Fl	Hawkins Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was fixing a battery-powered electric gate. After he reinstalled the battery, the gate actuated and his right index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket. The fingertip was amputated.
2021-05-12	Castle Rock	Co	SITEONE LANDSCAPE SUPPLY LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was loading a tandem dump truck with road base material. Some of the load had been dumped so the truck would not be overloaded, and material had collected under the tailgate, preventing it from closing. As the employee tried to clear away the material, the employee's right middle finger was caught between the tailgate and the tailgate latch. The fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.
2021-05-08	Houston	Tx	NCI Group, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was making adjustments to a limit switch located inside the slide gate electrical box. The motor actuated and his hand was caught between the chain and the sprocket. The employee sustained a laceration to the right hand that required stitches and hospitalization.
2021-05-08	Pueblo	Co	Lowes Home Improvement #318	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
The injured employee and a co-worker were loading a cart with corrugated roofing material. The cart tipped over and the merchandise fell, striking and fracturing the injured employee's leg.
2021-05-05	Lake Charles	La	LAKE CHARLES COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY	Fingertip(s)	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport
An employee was holding the flip plate up on the trailer lift gate. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the flip plate and the lift gate platform and partially amputated.
2021-05-01	Stratford	Tx	Cactus Operating LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating the batcher and mixing feed from the mill office when their left arm was caught in the automatic gate of the machine. The employee sustained a broken left arm and a laceration.
2021-04-29	Del Valle	Tx	Aaron Concrete Contractors, LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Bites and stings
An employee was helping a crew repair a gate that had fallen off its hinges. A snake was run over by heavy equipment near the gate where the crew was working. The employee tried to remove the snake from the work area and was bit on their right index finger.
2021-04-20	Wagner	Sd	CHS, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was shutting a lift gate on a delivery truck. The employee's fingertip was caught in the gate and was amputated (without bone loss).
2021-04-16	Austin	Tx	Averitt Express	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was unloading freight from a truck. The pallet holding the freight slid and the lift gate came down on the employee's left foot, breaking the foot and the ankle.
2021-04-12	Monroe	Wi	Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by animal
An employee was sorting steers in an alley. The employee's right ring and little fingers were crushed between the gate and the steer, and the employee's right thumb was lacerated. The ring and little fingers were medically amputated at the first knuckle below the nail.
2021-04-07	Soda Springs	Id	Zachry Industrial, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was welding the bottom of a chute on the underside of a bin. Hot material came through a small gap between a gate inside the bin and the chute, contacting the employee below. The employee received second and third burns to the neck.
2021-04-07	San Antonio	Tx	Core & Main	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
Two employees were moving gate valves from one pallet to another. A gate valve slipped and one of the employees reached out to catch it from falling and pinched his right middle finger between the falling valve and another valve, severing the fingertip.
2021-04-02	Lewisburg	Pa	Panera Bread	Head and neck	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was opening the gates to the dumpster area in order to dump materials. The wind blew one of the halves of the metal gate, striking the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized with face and neck injuries.
2021-03-31	Sarver	Pa	Halliburton Energy Services Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was closing the tailgate of a pickup truck and caught their left ring finger in the hinge of the gate, resulting in an amputation to the fingertip.
2021-03-31	Middletown	Oh	Metal Matic, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
At about 9:00 a.m. on March 31, 2021, an employee was using an overhead crane to pick up steel tubing to put it into a tube cutter machine. As the employee reached to remove a tag affixed to the tubing, his left middle fingertip was amputated by the guide gate of the tube cutter.
2021-03-27	Granite City	Il	United States Steel Corp Granite City Works	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was assisting an operator when they noticed an unusual amount of steam/leaking water coming from another area. The employee went to investigate and sustained burns from the steam, resulting in hospitalization.
2021-03-26	Cranbury	Nj	Monarch and Yale Electric	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was delivering materials to a customer location. While removing materials from the truck, the employee fell off the lift gate and landed on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with three fractured ribs, multiple left transverse process fractures, and a left scapula fracture. The employee required surgery.
2021-03-25	Chicago	Il	Allied Universal Security Services	Head	Shooting by other person-intentional
On March 25, 2021, a security officer was working at the return desk and went outside the return doors to investigate a commotion. A customer shot the security officer in the head with a gun. The security officer was hospitalized with a head injury.
2021-03-25	Victoria	Tx	Performance Materials NA, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
A fire occurred at the initiator tanks area within the facility when a small amount of organic peroxide slowly leaked by a gate valve into the main header flush line over a two-day period. The peroxide sat in the flush line and slowly decomposed as it warmed up. A production operator had been walking by the initiator tanks area when the fire broke out. He suffered burns to his back and lower body and was hospitalized.
2021-03-19	Mc Elhattan	Pa	Glenn O. Hawbaker, Incorporated	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was cleaning mud off the lights on a truck after a cargo container had been unloaded from it. As the truck's lift gate was being put away, the winch cable engaged and pulled in the employee's hand, lacerating it and causing four fractures to the palm.
2021-03-17	Caldwell	Id	Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on a trailer lift gate, trying to lock it. The hook broke and the employee fell onto a metal welding bin. The employee suffered three broken ribs and a punctured lung.
2021-03-12	Ray	Nd	Ruach Resources LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was removing a rock that had stuck on a dump truck gate. The gate shut on his fingers, causing amputations to three fingers on his right hand.
2021-03-01	Tallahassee	Fl	Reladyne Florida LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on the tailgate of a truck when he fell backward and hit his head on concrete, resulting in a concussion.
2021-02-27	Jerome	Id	Skyline Dairy LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was at a dairy holding pen next to a push gate. The push gate stopped, then started up again as she was investigating why it had stopped. Her fingertip was amputated.
2021-02-26	Amarillo	Tx	International Paper Company	Pelvis	Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle
An employee was struck by a stack of corrugated boxes while operating a transfer car. The employee suffered a broken pelvis and was hospitalized.
2021-02-25	Calhoun	Ga	Engineered Floors, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was emptying cardboard from a baler. As he was opening the baler door, he noticed it was stuck on the top gate. He lifted on the top gate to free the bottom door and the door swung open, smashing his right-hand fingers against the door latch. His right ring fingertip was amputated.
2021-02-23	Gainesville	Fl	Earl W. Colvard, Inc.	Lower extremities	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On February 23, 2020, an employee was moving a 570-pound tire onto a pickup truck's lift gate when the tire fell off the lift gate and knocked the employee to the ground. The employee suffered an injury to his right lower muscle and was hospitalized.
2021-02-22	Edgerton	Ks	Chewy Fulfillment Center	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a dock stocker. As the dock stocker made a left turn, it struck a stack of empty pallets and a corrugated gaylord. The employee's left foot was caught under the gaylord and was degloved. The employee was hospitalized, and two of her toes were medically amputated.
2021-02-12	Chicopee	Ma	Commonwealth Packaging Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting corrugated cardboard with a bandsaw when the blade lacerated a finger and amputated a fingertip.
2021-02-12	New Orleans	La	Tulane University	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was closing a metal gate when the wind threw the gate closed and severed the tip of the employee's left middle finger.
2021-02-11	Castle Creek	Ny	Avangrid Services Co	Hip(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was unlocking a padlock on a customer's gate when he fell to the ground and injured his hip. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-02-10	Houston	Tx	Williams Brothers Construction Company	Hand(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
A driver was cleaning out his truck when his hand became caught in the truck's tailgate, resulting in a fractured bone in his hand.
2021-02-10	Brooklyn	Ny	FedEx Freight	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a liftgate when the end of his right middle finger was partially amputated.
2021-02-09	Waxahachie	Tx	Admiral Security	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was closing a gate when they turned back and tripped over a wheel on the gate, falling to the ground and fracturing a hip.
2021-02-07	Carlisle	Pa	John W. Gleim Jr. Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was loading bags of salt into the bed of the pickup truck. The employee closed the tailgate, catching their finger between the tailgate and the job box and resulting in a partial amputation of the left ring finger.
2021-02-05	Largo	Fl	Rolling Frito Lay Sales	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was opening a liftgate by pushing a slider from the side. The employee's right index finger was pinched by the slider, resulting in an amputation to the finger just below the nail bed.
2021-01-30	Fort Pierce	Fl	MARTIN-BROWER MANAGEMENT CORP.	Nonclassifiable	Other jump to lower level
An employee was using a bun hook to pull a cart of product from a tractor trailer. The bun hook slipped out from underneath the cart, causing the employee to fall backward over the lip of the lift gate to the ground.
2021-01-27	Stone Mountain	Ga	PEPSI BEVERAGES COMPANY	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was at a customer site delivering product. He was trying to lower his lift gate when the dock leveler was engaged. He fell between the dock and the lift gate and injured his legs.
2021-01-22	Carrollton	Tx	PPG Architectural Coatings, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting the slide gate valve at the top of a materials silo. As the employee was reviewing the operation of the valve, the valve actuated and pinched his left thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-01-22	Loveland	Co	Connell Resources, Inc.	Brain	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was watching a front-end loader scrape frozen aggregate from a sidewalk. After the front-end loader had made a pass, the employee moved towards the sidewalk to begin melting frozen aggregate with a torch. The front-end loader began to make another pass of the sidewalk, causing the loader bucket to swing and strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and a strained neck.
2021-01-19	Russellville	Al	Pilgrim's Pride Corporation	Multiple body parts	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing packaging supplies from a vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC) or full-size freight elevator lift box. The two master links that connect the chains on each side of the gate to the counterweights failed and the inner door/gate fell down onto the employee and knocked her down to the ground. The door then bounced back up and came down onto the employee's leg. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and fibula, compression fractures to vertebrae, and a collapsed lung.
2021-01-16	Bloomingdale	Ga	Interfor US, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On January 16, 2021, an employee and a coworker were troubleshooting feed issues with the planer mill strapper. While the injured employee was placing the pin in the bump gate to check the banding track for alignment issues, the co-worker started locking out the strapper and lowered the bump gate. Stored energy pinched and amputated the injured employee's right middle finger between the gate and the pin.
2021-01-10	La Porte	Tx	CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was offloading material from a truck. The employee opened the tailgate to remove material, was caught between the tailgate and a wall, and fell to the floor. The employee suffered a broken tibia and a laceration to the leg.